We did our project at the Cold Storage, to search of items which each contains the following, Folic Acid, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate and Potassium Hydroxide.
We have found that Folic Acid is common in cereals. We found the substance printed on Quaker's cereal box and Post's oats box.
Folic Acid is a water-soluble vitamin belonging to the vitamin B complex that is necessary for the formation of red blood cells and important in embryonic development. It is also the parent compound of coenzymes in various metabolic reactions. Other than cereals, it is also found especially in green leafy vegetables, liver, and fresh fruits. Deficiency of folic acid in the diet may result in anemia.
We found citric acid labelled on almost every juice, mainly of citrus fruits. We picked out Minute Maid juices, Orange and Lemonade.
Citric acid is a colorless translucent crystalline acid, principally derived by fermentation of carbohydrates or from lemon, lime, pineapple juices and used in preparing citrates and in flavorings and metal polishes.
Sodium Chloride, also know as salt is a common product, which is sold by itself. Sodium Chloride is a mineral substance of great improtance. The mineral form halite, or rock salt, is sometimes called common salt to distinguish it from a class of chemical compounds called Salts. Salts are are used everyday in the kitchen as it is used to preserve food, and enhance the taste of dishes.
Sodium carbonate is a calcium salt that is found in limestone, chalk, marble, plant ashes, bones, and many shells, that is obtained also as a white precipitate by passing carbon dioxide into a suspension of calcium hydroxide in water, and that is used in dentifrices and in pharmaceuticals as an antacid and to supplement bodily calcium stores. Sodium Carbonate are found in isotonic drinks.
Potassium Hydroxide is a white deliquescent solid that dissolves in water with much heat to form a strongly alkaline liquid and that is used as a powerful caustic and in the making of pharmaceuticals called also caustic potash. We discover that potassium hydroxide is well used in facial wash products, such as the Gatsby facial wash.
