American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society: Best of Wonder Science: Foiling Spoiling [Pdf]
A simple experiment to observe whether adding lemon juice to pieces of potato, apple, and banana helps to preserve them.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Uses of Calcium Chloride
Learn about some uses of calcium chloride as a food additive, as a drying agent, for de-icing, in concrete mixes, and for its exothermic properties.