FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION
FERMENTATION
Question
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How are lactic acid and alcoholic fermentation similar?
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They have the same products
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They have the same reactants
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They both require oxygen
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They occur in the same organisms
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -1)Both alcoholic fermentation and lactic acid show similarities because they both are fermentation processes and both fermentation occurs in absence of oxygen. 2)The products obtained in the alcoholic fermentation of glucose and lactic acid fermentation of lactose are different.
Detailed explanation-2: -The key difference between ethanol fermentation and lactic acid fermentation is that ethanol fermentation produces ethanol as a byproduct, whereas lactic acid fermentation produces lactate as a byproduct. Besides, ethanol fermentation has 29% efficiency whereas lactic acid fermentation has 41% efficiency.
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