Thursday, December 16, 2010

Digesting Chemistry

What exactly do we put into our mouths, day after day? Just check this list below to find out what we digest every day!
  1. Tropicana Orange Juice: Calcium Hydroxide - CaOH
  2. Minute Maid One Hundred Percent Juice Fruit Punch: Potassium Phosphate - K3PO4
  3. Orville Redenbacher's Popcorn: Calcium Phosphate - Ca3(PO4)2
  4. Orville Redenbacher's Popcorn: Potassium Chloride - KCl
  5. ProPlan Small Dog Biscuit: Zinc Sulfate - ZnSO4
  6. Premium Saltine Crackers: Calcium Carbonate - Ca2CO3
  7. Premium Saltine Crackers: Potassium Carbonate - K2CO3
  8. Crest Whitening Dental Wraps: Hydrogen Peroxide - H2O2
  9. Crest Whitening Toothpaste: Sodium Fluoride - NaF
  10. Clabber Girl Baking Powder: Sodium Aluminum Sulfate - NaAl(SO4)2
  11. Safeway Disinfecting Wipes: Ammonium Chloride - NHCl4
  12. Medical Scrub: Ammonium Sulfate - (NH)2SO4
  13. Kraft Marcaroni and Cheese Dinner: Sodium Phosphate - Na3PO4
  14. Crystal Light Iced Tea Mix: Magnesium Oxide - MgO
  15. Coca Cola: Phosphoric Acid - H3PO4
  16. Advil: Potassium - K
  17. Kraft Easy Mac original: Potassium Chloride - KCl
  18. Walgreens Brand Epsom Salt: Magnesium Sulfate - MgSO4
  19. Salt: Sodium Chlorite - NaCl
  20. Benadryl: Zinc Acetate - Zn(C2H3O2)2
There you have it, folks! A brief run through!