On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:28:35 +0000, nestork
wrote:


harry;3019314 Wrote:

Bit here on the topic. Used as food/colas additive and as a rust
remover.
Apparently there are different sorts.
'Phosphoric acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphoric_acid#Uses)

Another good reason not to drink Coca Cola.

Naval jelly and Coke are the same thing.

Also
'Coca-Cola: Phosphoric Acid | Frontview' (http://tinyurl.com/azcurk6)


I contacted coke about this and here is what they said:

A 250 mL serving of Coca-Cola Classic contains 45 mg of
phosphorus.� The amount of phosphoric acid is
proprietary.�

Looked at another way, there are 18 mg of phosphorus per 100 ml. in
Coca-Cola Classic.� This is equivalent to the amount of
phosphorus, for example, in orange juice and considerably less than in
milk, cheese, and bread.�Proportionately, meat products have more
phosphorus than any other food.� In fact, the phosphorus in cola
beverages contributes 3% or less of the total dietary intake of
phosphorus.


I have no idea how much phosphorus there is in Coke, but phosphorus and
phsphoric acid are not the same thing just like carbon and carbon
dioxide are not the same thing. And, of course, a ml of water weighs
very close to one gram, so in approximately 100 grams of Coca-Cola,
there are 18 milligrams of phosphorus, or about eighteen one thousandths
of one percent, which is a TRACE amount, hardly the primary ingredient.

Primary? No, but it *IS* added to Coke (and Pepsi). IOW, you're
wrong.


9. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8.


No, the active ingredients in Coke are sugar and caffeine. If
phosphoric acid was the active ingredient in Coke, people who like
drinking Coke would enjoy drinking phosphoric acid toilet bowl cleaner
diluted with water.

What a stupid statement. Phosphoric acid is put there for a reason. It
enhances the flavor.

Think with your own head... that's why God saw fit to give you a head.

You must have been sleeping late that day, however.

You're *WRONG*.
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