It is only just a tiny bit, but enough to give a reaction on your tongue/mouth to produce a bit of saliva after you have been drinking a can, which contributes to the "thirst quenching" feeling.
Because of chemicals inside the coke make it green if you know ur counter on Acids neurals and bases then you would know that is a base well obvisully coke is not a base so they add more chemicals that give it that Fizz. Bye one Of Mrs.Baileys students!! Tupelo Ms
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Below is a table that shows the amount of phosphorus in 100 grams of different products:
17 mg
Milk, Whole, 3.3% Fat
93 mg
Ice Cream, Vanilla
105 mg
Chicken, Light, w/skin, Stewed
146 mg
Chicken Liver Pate
175 mg
Ham, Sliced, Regular
247 mg
Peanuts, All Types, Raw
376 mg
Cheese, Cheddar
512 mg
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This is from the Coke page which makes it look like Cola has much less phosphorus than other foods. Although I don't question their numbers, I suspect that the issue is that Cola contains phosphorus without calcium which may make it dangerous?
Edward L. Mincher
According to their website it's purely for taste.
http://questions.coca-cola.com/NSREExtended.asp?WhatUserSaid=Does+Coke+contain+phosphoric+acid%3F
Phosphoric acid is generally used in sodas to give it a tangy flavor and to act as a preservative.
is phosphorous and phosphoric acid the same in coke?
Phosphoric acid and carbonic acid.
Phosphoric acid is used in Coke.
This is the phosphoric acid.
hubuly bubuly
coke
Coke in and of itself is not an acid but a mixture of a variety of substance, some of which are acids. Coke contains carbonic acid and some phosphoric acid.
There is no elemental phosphorus, but there is phosphoric acid in it.
Because it contains phosphoric acid.
yes it contains citric acid as a main ingredient
Usually pennies are cleaned by coke. One of the ingredients in Coke is phosphoric acid, a medium strength acid that is used in the production of agricultural fertilizers. It's the phosphoric acid that enables Coke to get stuff off dirty pennies.
They contain phosphoric acid. They have a pH of around 2.4