I want my sodium carbonate

Ahnimus
Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
edited December 2007 in A Moving Train
Damn it. I hit 7-up on the machine and it spit out a diet pepsi, I tried it again and got another diet pepsi, then I hit diet pepsi and got another diet pepsi. Now I got three cans of liquid crap.

Who drinks this noise anyway?

Sodium Benzoate, Aspartame? If I had a hose going directly from my ass to my mouth diet pepsi would be obsolete.
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  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    Oops. Wrong section.

    Ok, let's discuss the politics of ass in a can mercantilism
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  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    I think Sodium Benzoate when combined with citric acid breaks down to benzene in the body. :eek: I need to find a link on that to confirm.

    Here's a link: http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=65840-soft-drinks-fda-benzene
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  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    baraka wrote:
    I think Sodium Benzoate when combined with citric acid breaks down to benzene in the body. :eek: I need to find a link on that to confirm.

    Here's a link: http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=65840-soft-drinks-fda-benzene

    Yea, it has citric assid in it too.
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  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    This FSA article links Sodium Benzoate to hyperactivity disorders

    http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2007/sep/foodcolours
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Aspartame is Rumsfeld's brain child. I avoid it like the plague. Satans juice...
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  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Yea, it has citric assid in it too.

    Stick with 7-UP if you have to have a soft drink. I don't think Coke has Sodium Benzoate, although I'm not 100% on that. Actually Sodium Benzoate is a commonly used preservative, not just soft drinks.
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  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    Aspartame is Rumsfeld's brain child. I avoid it like the plague. Satans juice...

    The research I've done on aspartame suggests only a 4% increase in tumors in test mice, which is ok for FDA standards. But it tastes like ass.
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  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    baraka wrote:
    Stick with 7-UP if you have to have a soft drink. I don't think Coke has Sodium Benzoate, although I'm not 100% on that. Actually Sodium Benzoate is a commonly used preservative, not just soft drinks.

    I like Coke, but this machine is all pepsi products. I usually just get 7-up and don't bother with pepsi. But today I'm forced to drink diet pepsi.
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Ahnimus wrote:
    The research I've done on aspartame suggests only a 4% increase in tumors in test mice, which is ok for FDA standards. But it tastes like ass.


    It tricks the brain into inducing hunger as well. Apparently tasting something sweet without getting the actual payload causes unnecessary hunger. Little wonder obesity is an issue with so much artificial sweeteners flooding the shelves.
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  • sonicreducer
    sonicreducer Posts: 713
    glad i got a bud light instead,...
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  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    what is crazy is the amount of shit that has this stuff in it ... like - where is the consumer protection??

    i've been trying to avoid it for years
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Tap Water?
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    The only soft drinks that aren't chemical weapons are coca-cola products. They are just packed full of good old sugar.
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  • godpt3
    godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    The only soft drinks that aren't chemical weapons are coca-cola products. They are just packed full of good old sugar.

    Only if the coke was bottled in Mexico. We've got some of that here and it tastes so much better than the high fructose corn syrup crap everyone else gets.
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  • Sludge Factory
    Sludge Factory Posts: 976
    godpt3 wrote:
    Only if the coke was bottled in Mexico. We've got some of that here and it tastes so much better than the high fructose corn syrup crap everyone else gets.

    Are you serious? I saw some of that stuff in a grocery store in the hispanic section and was wondering why it wasn't with all the other soda. Think I'll have to go acquire some now...
  • Dylan Stone
    Dylan Stone Posts: 1,145
    Jones soda is made with sugar and not corn syrup.

    Just thought I'd share. :)
  • godpt3
    godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    Sludge Factory wrote:
    Are you serious? I saw some of that stuff in a grocery store in the hispanic section and was wondering why it wasn't with all the other soda. Think I'll have to go acquire some now...

    I'm serious. Look for a little "Made in Mexico" sticker on the bottle and then look at the ingredients. It'll say cane sugar instead of corn syrup.
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  • Sludge Factory
    Sludge Factory Posts: 976
    godpt3 wrote:
    I'm serious. Look for a little "Made in Mexico" sticker on the bottle and then look at the ingredients. It'll say cane sugar instead of corn syrup.

    Well, the stuff I saw was in the old fashion glass bottles and the Coke label was in Spanish. It didn't have any other sticker on it and I could've sworn it didn't have any ingredients on it either, but I might be wrong about that. It's been awhile since I've looked at one. Either way, I plan on checking it out later this evening.
  • Sludge Factory
    Sludge Factory Posts: 976
    I must've been blind the first time I saw the stuff, because there is indeed an ingredient list on the bottle and it says sugar. No fructose corn syrup to be found!!! It is a glorious day, indeed.

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