DISCUSSION:

This experiment is carried out to study the Vitamin C content in various fruit
juices, be them the bottled or the fresh ones. The smaller volume of fruit juice
needed to decolorize the blue DCPIP solution, the higher is the Vitamin C content in
the fruit. Higher Vitamin C content may be found in citrus fruits such as lemon and
orange. Citrus fruits are acidic; therefore this may explain why the Vitamin C
content in citrus fruits is higher compared to others. The smaller volume of fruit
juice needed to decolorize the DCPIP solution means that the DCPIP solution is
reduced at a faster rate; thus it can be assumed that the concentration of H+ ions
from the ascorbic acid in the fruit is higher.