What's in soft drinks
from sourceA drink.
From MoleculeFinder's curated list for soft drinks. Every molecule in soft drinks.
Molecules in it 9
- Carbon dioxideCO2
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The gas you exhale, the fizz in a soda, and the molecule plants pull out of the air to build themselves.
As a pure substance, its GHS hazard label: signal word Warning; Compressed gas, Irritant from source
- Citric acidC6H8O7
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The mouth-watering sourness of lemons, limes, and oranges.
As a pure substance: LD50 3,000 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- Phosphoric acidH3O4P
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The tartness in cola, and the reason a can of dark soda tastes sharp rather than merely sweet. Industrially it is also a rust converter.
As a pure substance: LD50 1,530 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- SucroseC12H22O11
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Table sugar: one glucose joined to one fructose. It is the reference point the whole sweetness scale is measured against, at exactly 1 times sweet.
As a pure substance: LD50 29,700 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- CaffeineC8H10N4O2
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The molecule behind coffee's lift: it keeps you feeling alert by getting in the way of your brain's own sleepiness signal.
As a pure substance: LD50 192 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- Sodium benzoateC7H5NaO2
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A preservative in soft drinks and salad dressings. Combined with vitamin C in the same bottle it can slowly form traces of benzene.
As a pure substance: LD50 3,450 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- Allura Red ACC18H14N2Na2O8S2
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Red 40, the most-used red food dye in the United States. It colors sports drinks, candy, and breakfast cereal.
- AspartameC14H18N2O5
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The sweetener in blue packets and most diet sodas, about 200 times sweeter than sugar. It is a dipeptide, so it carries a phenylalanine warning label.
- WaterH2O
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The one molecule everything else on this site dissolves in, freezes in, or is carried by. Two hydrogens and an oxygen, bent at about 104 degrees.
As a pure substance: LD50 25,000 mg/kg (mouse, iv) from source
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