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Fresh milk has a pH of 6. Explain why the pH changes as it turns into curd.

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1. Fresh milk has a pH of 6. Hence it is a weak acid. 

2. To turn the milk as curd, we have to add yeast in the form of some curd. The fermentation takes place during this process and lactose changes in lactic acid and the pH decreases as milk sets as curd.

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