Using Cocoa as an example:
Cocoa contains around 800 chemical compounds. They include a group of polyphenolic compounds known as flavanols or catechins. A 40-g (about 1.5 oz.) milk chocolate bar contains around 300 mg of these compounds, a relatively high amount compared with most other polyphenol-containing foods. (Polyphenols exhibit antioxidant activity, Yay.)

Idea: List Ingredients, Molecularly.
-- thumbwax, Jul 03 2003

Dihydrogen Monoxide http://www.dhmo.org/
Web site [neelandan, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]

Reminds me of the various TV episodes, Batman, Star Trek, etc., where people were reduced to little piles of chemicals. But you're confusing atoms and molecules...
-- DrCurry, Jul 03 2003


But what about dihydrogen monoxide, [tw]?
-- bristolz, Jul 03 2003


DrCurry; I'm just taking the current fad of halfbaked ingredients listings to their <Spock/>highly il|logical</Spock> conclusion. bristolz; why, "dihydrogen monoxide" would be printed as <b/>H2O</b>, of course.
-- thumbwax, Jul 04 2003


my infamous slightly sparkling water of the pH = 4.3 variety contains (ands its much too early to remember all the chemical symbols) Ca, Mg, Na, K, bicarb, Sulphate, Nitrate, Fl, Cl, Silicate, dry residue 366mg (fk whats that?) but no Fe. my question - why no Fe?
-- po, Jul 04 2003


They don't charge a Fe for sparkling water. :)
-- Cedar Park, Jul 04 2003


That water would not work in a steam iron.
-- FarmerJohn, Jul 04 2003


[po] //Sulphate, Nitrate, ..., Silicate// - um, my A-level Chemistry, admittedly a leetle rusty, tells me that there should be another element before Sulphate, Nitrate and Silicate. Hope it's not Uranium.

I agree with [DrC] (for once) - list the molecules rather than the atoms. C - 36%, H - 42% means much, much less than whether its an alcohol or benzine.
-- PeterSilly, Jul 04 2003


just reading the frigging label. I am not a chemist, that was dad. :0)

oh, I see! yes, but thats what the label said...hah
-- po, Jul 04 2003


Contents: neutrons, protons, and electrons.

And a quark. (Charmed, I'm sure.)
-- lurch, Jul 04 2003


strange man!
-- po, Jul 04 2003


Sorry [po] - I meant that shirley it should be something like Caesium Sulphate, Uranium Nitrate and Strontium Silicate. Not that I've got radioactive materials on the brain or anything, oh no, not me. Excuse me, I've just got to adjust that Geiger counter.
-- PeterSilly, Jul 04 2003


//oh, I see! yes, but thats what the label said...hah//

thats what I meant by my add-on, very weird. I think they may be mix and match :)
-- po, Jul 04 2003


To avoid breaking a tooth on a diamond, carbon dating should be shown.
-- FarmerJohn, Jul 04 2003


Thou shalt not ignore the label.
-- po, Jul 04 2003


//May contain C7H8N4O2 and/or C8H10N4O2// Whoomp! There it is!
-- thumbwax, Jul 04 2003


LOL, [tw]. Your take on The Nutty Professor?
-- Tiger Lily, Jul 05 2003


It'll mean mighty long ingredients lists.

And lots more research (by chemists)(like myself) to identify all the compounds. Therefore I vote + and hope to apply for a job at "Thumbwax Food Analysis Labs Inc"

I also like the idea of demonstrating to people that chemicals are everywhere and not always bad for you. Too many people think "natural" foods have no chemicals and are therefore better for you. Tsk.
-- hazel, Jul 06 2003


“Daddy, how come my happy meal and your salad have the same ingredients?”
“Well Junior, that’s because your happy meal is really just a salad with a touch of m-o-o.”
“Then why isn’t MoO on my list? No, wait, I found it. Thanks Dad.”
-- Shz, Jul 06 2003



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