Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SUCCINURIC
Suc`cin*u"ric, a. (Chem.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide, analogous to succinamic acid, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by heating urea with succinic anhydride. It is known also in its salts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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