Lactic acid

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Ball-and-stick model of a lactic acid molecule, with black, red, and white spheres representing carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms connected by rods.

A round wheel of cheese with a wedge cut out sits on a blue wooden surface, overlaid with large text reading How It's Made and very light blue question marks in the background.

Lactic acid: Media

chemical compound

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A round wheel of cheese with a wedge cut out sits on a blue wooden surface, overlaid with large text reading How It's Made and very light blue question marks in the background.

How Is Cheese Made?

If Wisconsin was a country, it would rank fourth in the world in cheese production.

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Ball-and-stick model of a lactic acid molecule, with black, red, and white spheres representing carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms connected by rods.

lactic acid

Model of a lactic acid molecule.

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