Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PHOSPHITE
Etymology
Noun
phosphite (plural phosphites)
(chemistry) any salt or ester of phosphorous acid
(chemistry) the anion PO33-, or the trivalent radical PO3
Source: Wiktionary
Phos"phite, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A salt of phosphorous acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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