How Do You Measure Citric Acid In Fruits Simply?
Look on the ingredients list on your favorite soda or jelly and you will probably find citric acid somewhere in the mix. Citric acid differs from other preservatives because it occurs naturally in many different types of fruits. If you are curious to know which fruits contain citric acid, the answer is merely a taste or squeeze away. Put a slice of fruit in your mouth. Wait a few seconds for your brain to recognize the signals your taste buds are sending. Make pucker faces as necessary. The greater your desire to pucker, the higher the levels of citric acid. Set each shot glass on top of one napkin. Squeeze the juice of one fruit into one of the shot glasses. Repeat until each shot glass contains the juice of one fruit. Dip a strip of litmus paper into one of the shot glasses. Place the litmus paper on the napkin underneath that shot glass. Repeat until each napkin has a strip of used litmus paper on it. Check each strip of litmus paper to see which fruits turned the litmus paper red.
