Red Cabbage Experiment

The cabbage juice in this red cabbage experiment will help you find out whether items you test are acidic, neutral or base. Scientists use experiments such as this to discover the ph in an item. Anything acidic will turn the cabbage water or juice pink. Neutral will not change color and base will turn blue. Find several food items in your kitchen you'd like to test. Make predictions on what you think they will be acid, neutral or base. Then do the following experiment.

Red Cabbage Ph Experiment Steps

1. You need red cabbage leaves chopped.
   
2. Place cabbage in a bowl and pour boiling water over the top.
   
3. Let cool.
4. Drain cabbage and discard cabbage. Save the cabbage water.
5. Take a note of the color of the water.
6. Pour cabbage water in several small bowls.
7. Find several different food items in the kitchen you'd like to test.
   We did this experiment with homemade yogurt, lemon juice and pickle juice.
8. Drop a spoonful of a different food in each bowl and take note of the results.
   
   Here are our results.
   

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