Why does fermenting sugar create alcohol, but fermenting cabbage doesn’t?

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Why does fermenting sugar create alcohol, but fermenting cabbage doesn’t?

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“Fermentation” is a broad term. It basically means using microorganisms to transform something.

In the case of wine/beer/hooch, yeast is eating sugar and pooping out alcohol.

In the case of sauerkraut, bacteria is eating sugar and pooping out lactic acid.

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