Decoding the chemicals in our food puzzle

Green circle on a black backgoundAndré Dumais’s classroom submission from Hearst High School in Hearst, Ontario and Curt Peters from Kristi Deaver’s Honors Chemistry class at Ankeny Centennial High School in Ankeny, Iowa were selected for having the correct answers to the contest in our October 2016 issue. Each student and their teacher will win a bottle of Glow-in-the-Dark pigment donated by Educational Innovations.

Chemical Formula
Chemical sucrose Formula C1222O11
Chemical citric acid Formula C6H8O7
Chemical sodium chloride Formula NaCl
Chemical ammonium bicarbonate Formula NH4HCO3
Chemical ferric phosphate [iron(III) phosphate] Formula FePO4
Chemical calcium carbonate Formula CaCO3
Chemical zinc oxide Formula ZnO
Chemical folic acid Formula C19H19N7O6
Chemical fructose Formula C6H12O6
Chemical glycerin Formula C3H8O3
Chemical magnesium stearate Formula Mg(C18H35O2)2
Chemical potassium iodide Formula KI
Chemical phosphoric acid Formula H3PO4
Chemical potassium phosphate Formula K3PO4
Chemical sodium bicarbonate Formula NaHCO3