Leona is making lemon pudding from "scratch." Her ingredients include fat-free milk, corn starch, lemon juice, egg yolks, salt, sugar, and butter. When she added some of the ingredients together, little clumps formed in the mixture before she could heat it. What happened to those ingredients?

A. The corn starch transaminated the lactose in the milk.
B. The cholesterol in the raw egg yolks reacted with the butter.
C. The salt activated the sugar after being mixed with the egg yolks.   
D. The acid in the lemon juice denatured the milk proteins.


Answer: D

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