CHEMISTRY PROJECT

On
Determination Of The
Contents Of Cold Drinks

PROJECT PREPARED BY:

Gaurav
XII
Session : 2008-2009
Board’s Roll Number : 6229000
 JAWAHAR NAVODAYA
VIDYALAYA
YENIGADALE,CHIKKABALLAPU
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SESSION 2024-25
CHEMISTRY INVESTIGATORY PROJECT
TOPIC: CONTENTS OF COLD DRINKS
SUBMITTED TO :
CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

GUIDED BY:
MISS PREETI
PGT CHEMISTRY
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Mother Divine Sr. Sec. Public

School

AIM
COMPARITIVE STUDY AND QUALITATIVE
ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT BRANDS OF
COLD DRINKS AVAILABLE IN MARKET.
 CERTIFICATE
This is hereby to certify that, the original and genuine
investigation work has been carried out to investigate
about the subject matter and the related data
collection and investigation has been completed
solely, sincerely and satisfactorily by GAURAV of
CLASS XII A, Mother Divine Sr. Sec. Public
School (Rohini), regarding his project titled
“Determination of the Contents of Cold Drinks”.

Teacher’s Signature

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It would be my utmost pleasure to express my sincere
thanks to My Chemistry Teachers Mrs. Aditi, Mrs.
Richa and Mrs. Shobhna in providing a helping
hand in this project. Their valuable guidance, support
and supervision all through this project titled
“Determination of the Contents of Cold Drinks”,
are responsible for attaining its present form.

Gaurav XII

PURPOSE
In recent days, soft drink brands were put into various
questions regarding their purity. News flashed that
they contain harmful pesticide, which arouse many
interest in knowing its contents because I have been
drinking them for years. I wanted to confirm that
whether the charge imposed on these brands are true
or not.

Another fact which inspired me to do this project is

that I am in touch with qualitative analysis whose
knowledge with other factors helped me to do so.
 CONTENTS
I. Introduction
II. Theory
III. Apparatus
IV. Chemicals RequiredV. Detection of pH
VI. Test for Carbon Dioxide
VII. Test for Glucose
VIII. Test for Phosphate
IX. Test for Alcohol
X. Test for Sucrose
XI. Result
XII. Conclusion
 INTRODUCTION
The era of cold drinks began in 1952 but the
industrialization in India marked its beginning with
launching of Limca and Goldspot by parley group of
companies. Since, the beginning of cold drinks was
highly profitable and luring, many multinational
companies launched their brands in India like Pepsi
and Coke.

Now days, it is observed in general that majority of

people viewed Sprite, Miranda, and Limca to give
feeling of lightness, while Pepsi and Thumps Up to
activate pulse and brain.
 THEORY
Cold drinks of different brands are composed of alcohol,
carbohydrates, carbon dioxide, phosphate ions etc. These soft
drinks give feeling of warmth, lightness and have a tangy taste
which is liked by everyone. Carbon dioxide is responsible for the
formation of froth on shaking the bottle.

The carbon dioxide gas is dissolved in water to form carbonic acid

which is also responsible for the tangy taste. Carbohydrates are the
naturally occurring organic compounds and are major source of
energy to our body. General formula of carbohydrates is C X
(H2O)Y.

On the basis of their molecule size carbohydrates are classified as:-

Monosaccharide, Disaccharides and Polysaccharides. Glucose is a

monosaccharide with formula C6H12O6 .It occurs in Free State in
the ripen grapes in bones and also in many sweet fruits. It is also
present in human blood to the extent of about 0.1%. Sucrose is one
of the most useful disaccharides in our daily life. It is widely
distributed in nature in juices, seeds and also in flowers of many
plants. The main source of sucrose is sugar cane juice which
contain 15-20 % sucrose and sugar beet which has about 10-17 %
sucrose. The molecular formula of sucrose is C12H22O11. It is
produced by a mixture of glucose and fructose. It is non-reducing
in nature whereas glucose is reducing. Cold drinks are a bit acidic
in nature and their acidity can be measured by finding their pH
value. The pH values also depend upon the acidic contents such as
citric acid and phosphoric acid.

CHEMICALS
REQUIRED
Iodine Solution
Potassium Iodine
Sodium Hydroxide
Fehling’s A & B Solution
Lime Water
Concentrated HNO3
Benedict Solution
Ammonium Molybdate
 DETECTION OF PH
EXPERIMENT
Small samples of cold drinks of different brands were taken in a test tube and
put on the pH paper. The change in the color of pH paper was noticed and
was compared with the standard pH scale.

OBSERVATION
NAME OF THE COLOUR
SR. NO. pH VALUE
DRINK CHANGE
1 COCA COLA PINK 2.5-3
2 SPRITE RED 3
3 LIMCA PINKISH 4
4 FANTA LIGHT ORANGE 3-4
INFERENCE
Soft drinks are generally acidic because of the presence of citric acid and
phosphoric acid. pH values of cold drink of different brands are different due
to the variation in amount of acidic contents.

TEST FOR CARBON

DIOXIDE
EXPERIMENT
As soon as the bottles were opened, one by one the sample was passed
through lime water. The lime water turned milky.
OBSERVATON
SR. NAME OF THE TIME TAKEN
CONCLUSION
NO. DRINK (SEC.)
1 COCA COLA 26.5 CO2 IS PRESENT
2 SPRITE 21 CO2 IS PRESENT
3 LIMCA 35 CO2 IS PRESENT
4 FANTA 36 CO2 IS PRESENT
INFERENCE
All the soft drinks contain dissolved carbon dioxide in water. The carbon
dioxide (CO2) dissolves in water to form carbonic acid, which is responsible
for its tangy taste.

CHEMICAL REACTION INVOLVED

Ca(OH)2(s) + CO2(g) -----------CaCO3(s) + H2O(s)

TEST FOR GLUCOSE

EXPERIMENT
Glucose is a reducing sugar acid. Its presence is detected by the following
test:-

1. BENEDICTS’S REAGENT TEST:-

Small samples of cold drinks of different brands were taken in a test tube and
a few drops of Benedict’s reagent were added. The test tube was heated for
few seconds. Formation of reddish color confirmed the presence of glucose
in cold drinks.
OBSERVATON
SR. NAME OF THE
OBSERVATION CONCLUSION
NO. DRINK
REDDISH COLOUR GLUCOSE IS
1 COCA COLA
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
REDDISH COLOUR GLUCOSE IS
2 SPRITE
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
REDDISH COLOUR GLUCOSE IS
3 LIMCA
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
REDDISH COLOUR GLUCOSE IS
4 FANTA
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
INFERENCE
All the samples gave positive test for glucose with Benedict’s reagent.
Hence all the drinks contain glucose.
2. FEHLING’S SOLUTION TEST
Small samples of cold drinks of different brands were taken in a test tube and
a few drops of Fehling’s A solution and Fehling’s B solution was added in
equal amount. The test tube was heated in a water bath for 10 minutes.
Appearance of brown precipitate confirmed the presence of glucose in cold
drinks.

OBSERVATON
SR. NAME OF THE
OBSERVATION CONCLUSION
NO. DRINK
REDDISH BROWN GLUCOSE IS
1 COCA COLA
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
REDDISH BROWN GLUCOSE IS
2 SPRITE
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
REDDISH BROWN GLUCOSE IS
3 LIMCA
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
REDDISH BROWN GLUCOSE IS
4 FANTA
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
INFERENCE
All the samples gave positive test for glucose with Fehling’s (A & B)
solutions. Hence all the cold drinks contain glucose.

TEST FOR PHOSPHATE

EXPERIMENT
Small samples of each brand of cold drinks were taken in separate test tubes
and Ammonium Molybdate followed by concentrated Nitric Acid (HNO 3)
was added to it. The solution was heated. Appearance of canary-yellow
precipitate confirmed the presence of phosphate ions in cold drinks.
OBSERVATON
SR. NAME OF
OBSERVATION CONCLUSION
NO. THE DRINK
CANARY-YELLOW PHOSPHATE IS
1 COCA COLA
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
CANARY-YELLOW PHOSPHATE IS
2 SPRITE
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
CANARY-YELLOW PHOSPHATE IS
3 LIMCA
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
CANARY-YELLOW PHOSPHATE IS
4 FANTA
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
INFERENCE
All the soft drinks samples gave positive test for phosphate ions. Hence all
the cold drinks contain phosphate.

CHEMICAL REACTION INVOLVED

NaHPO4 + 12(NH4)2MoO4 + 21HNO3 + 3H+ ----------(NH4)3PO4.12MoO3
+ 21HN4NO3 + 12H2O

TEST FOR ALCOHOL

EXPERIMENT
Small samples of each brand of cold drinks were taken in separate test tubes
and Iodine followed by Potassium Iodide and Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH)
solution was added to each test tube. Then the test tubes were heated in hot
water bath for 30 minutes. Appearance of yellow colored precipitate
confirmed the presence of alcohol in cold drinks
OBSERVATON
SR. NAME OF
OBSERVATION CONCLUSION
NO. THE DRINK
YELLOW ALCOHOL IS
1 COCA COLA
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
YELLOW ALCOHOL IS
2 SPRITE
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
YELLOW ALCOHOL IS
3 LIMCA
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
YELLOW ALCOHOL IS
4 FANTA
PRECIPITATE PRESENT
INFERENCE
All the cold drinks samples gave positive test for alcohol. Hence all the cold
drinks contain glucose.

CHEMICAL REACTION INVOLVED

CH3CH2OH + 4I2+ 6NaOH ------CHI3 + HCOONa + 5NaI + 5H2O

TEST FOR SUCROSE

EXPERIMENT
5 ml samples of each brand of cold drinks were taken in separate china
dishes and were heated very strongly until changes occur. Black colored
residue left confirmed the presence of sucrose in cold drinks.

OBSERVATON
SR. NAME OF
OBSERVATION CONCLUSION
NO. THE DRINK
 SUCROSE IS
1 COCA COLA BLACK RESIDUE
PRESENT
SUCROSE IS
2 SPRITE BLACK RESIDUE
PRESENT
SUCROSE IS
3 LIMCA BLACK RESIDUE
PRESENT
SUCROSE IS
4 FANTA BLACK RESIDUE PRESENT

INFERENCE
All the brands of cold drinks contain sucrose. But amount of sucrose varies
in each brand of drink. Fanta contains highest amount of sucrose.

RESULT
After conducting several tests, it was concluded that the different brands of
cold drinks namely:

1. Coca Cola
2. Sprite
3. Limca
4. Fanta

All contains glucose, alcohol, sucrose, phosphate and carbon dioxide. All
cold drinks are acidic in nature. On comparing the pH value of different
brands Coca Cola is the most acidic and Limca is least acidic of all the four
brands taken.
CARBON DIOXIDE
Among the four samples of cold drinks taken, Sprite has the maximum
amount of dissolved carbon dioxide and Fanta has the minimum amount of
dissolved carbon dioxide.

CONCLUSION
DIS-ADVANTAGES OF COLD
DRINKS
1. Soft drinks are little more harmful than sugar solution. As they contain
sugar in large amount which cause problems in diabetes patients.
2. Soft drinks can cause weight gain as they interfere with the body’s
natural ability to suppress hunger feeling.
3. Soft drinks have ability to dissolve the calcium so they are also
harmful for our bones.
4. Soft drinks contain “phosphoric acid” which has a pH of 2.8. So they
can dissolve a nail in about 4 days.
5. For transportation of soft drinks syrup the commercial truck must use
the hazardous matter place cards reserved for highly consive material.
6. Soft drinks have also ability to remove blood so they are very harmful
to our body.

USES OF COLD DRINKS

1. Cold drinks can be used as toilet cleaners.
2. They can remove rust spots from chrome car humpers.
 3. They clean corrosion from car battery terminals.
4. Soft drinks are used as an excellent ‘detergent’ to remove grease from
clothes.
5. They can loose a rusted bolt.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
LABORATORY MANUAL OF CHEMISTRY BY-
VEENA SURI

DINESH COMPANION CHEMISTRY BY-

S.K. MALHOTRA

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