Pickles and lemons have a sour taste. what types of substances are in pickles to give them this sour taste

The taste of Acid is Sour, that of Base is Bitter and salt is salty. So, Pickle and Lemons give sour taste due to presence of Acids. The sour taste of Lemon is due to presence of Citric Acid in it. While the sour taste of Pickle is due to presence of Vinegar (5% Acetic Acid Solution). Vinegar is mainly used to prevent the Pickle from Bacterial Attack.

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Oseni Oseni · Answer 2 · 2022-03-15T12:26:30+01:00

Pickles have sour tastes because of the presence of acetic acid/vinegar and or lactic acid in the brine.

Sour taste of pickles

Pickles are made of cucumber soaked in a solution that is a mixture of water, vinegar, salt, and other spices.

Vinegar contains an active ingredient known as acetic acid. It gives vinegar the characteristic sour taste.

Several other components of the spices can also result in the production of lactic acid which is also sour in taste.

Thus the sour taste of pickles can be attributed to one or the two acid components.

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