Daily Archives: April 11, 2003

Elixir of life

Carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame, phosphoric acid, potassium benzonate, caffeine, citric acid and ‘natural flavors’.

Why natural flavors? Did they run out of bottles in their junior chemist “Fun with Science!” play set?

I mean, you can make a lot of different flavors from 100% natural ingredients. Not all of them are ones you’d want to lay claim to.
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