Re:Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's
by tptacek on Monday August 10, 2026 @08:09PM
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(You mean that it takes months in the bottle; it's pretty much instant in the gut.)
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Re:Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's
by jandrewrogers on Monday August 10, 2026 @09:56PM
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Under typical conditions the half-life of sucrose in coke is hours to a couple weeks via acid catalysis. In the body the half-life is seconds to minutes via enzymatic catalysis.
The half-life of sucrose is greatly reduced by acidity and to a lesser extent temperature. It is stable for centuries in a neutral pH when kept cool but that describes almost nothing we do with sugar in foods.