You Are Adding Acid to Either a Pectin or Starch

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Essay

You are adding acid to either a pectin or starch mixture. If you add the acid at the beginning of the cooking process, what will happen to the pectin and starch and why?

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Definitions:

Intent To Harm

The intention or purpose to cause physical or emotional injury to another individual.

Psychological Harm

Emotional or mental injury inflicted on an individual, often resulting from extreme stress, neglect, abuse, or trauma.

Emotion

A complex psychological state that involves a subjective experience, physiological responses, and behavioural or expressive patterns.

Plutchik's Model

A psychoevolutionary theory of emotion proposing eight primary emotion dimensions: joy vs. sadness, anger vs. fear, trust vs. disgust, and surprise vs. anticipation.