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    How do they remove caffeine in soda?

    Question #75310. Asked by DrBettyMartini. (Feb 01 07 10:41 AM)


    lanfranco

    		They don't add it in the first place.

    Soda manufacturers buy caffeine from coffee makers, who have plenty of it, since they've removed it from coffee beans. A de-caf soda simply has no caffeine added to it. This site explains how caffeine is removed from coffee:


    http://archives.stupidquestion.net/sq42999.html

    Feb 01 07, 10:47 AM
    What-A-Mess

    		Recipe 1

    * Ingredients:
    o 1 oz caffeine citrate
    o 3 oz citric acid
    o 1 fl oz extract vanilla
    o 1 qt lime juice
    o 2½ oz flavoring
    o 30 lb (14 kg) sugar
    o 4 fl oz fluid extract of coca (decocainized
    flavor essence of the coca leaf)
    o 2½ gal water
    o Caramel sufficient

    The caffeine is added! # 1 ingredient!


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_formula

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_formula

    Feb 02 07, 12:12 AM

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