The pH of a food can affect all of the following except a Ba

The pH of a food can affect all of the following except:

a.         Bacterial growth.

            b.         Color.

            c.         Flavor.

            d.         Reactions with other constituents present in the food.

            e.         The pH can affect all of the above.

Solution

answer : e

Explanation: pH has an important affect on color and flavor for example: Pigments (eg: chlorophyll, caroteniods, anthocyanins etc.,) responsible for fruit color, vegetables, meat color. Every microorganism has a minimum an optimum and an maximum pH for growth. At lower pH of food affect by yeast and molds and maximum pH at which mostly bacteria spoliage foods.   Similarly if other constituents present in the food affect pH of a food.