Answer: is neither an acid nor a base
Explanation: Water is a universal solvent which means it can dissolve most of the substances in it.
Water has high thermal heat capacity , which means large heat is required to heat the water.
Water is not always pure as it gets contaminated by various pollutants present in the atmosphere such as gases, bacteria and suspended matter.
Water is an amphoteric substance which can act as both acid and base, thus can donate and acept [texH^+[/tex] ions.Thus it is neither an acid nor a base.

Here water is accepting a proton, thus it acts as base.

Here water is donating a proton, thus it acts as acid.
Hydrogenated vegetable oil is a preservative, thus, the correct option is D. Hydrogenated vegetable oil are used by food industries to prevent fat rancidity in order to give their product a longer shelf life. Hydrogenated oils are very good preservatives because all the enzymatic activities in the oil has been neutralized during the hydrogenating process.