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If you don't have a can (or a case) of Coca-Cola sitting in your fridge right now, you likely know where you can find one fast. Maybe it's down the street at your corner store. Maybe it's downstairs in your apartment building's vending machine. With Coca-Cola served in more than 200 countries and over 1.9 billion servings imbibed each day (according to the company), the iconic soft drink is seemingly everywhere.
Use Coca-Cola as a tenderizer
Coca-Cola has a sweet, distinct flavor profile, but it's more than just taste that makes Coke a fitting addition to your next barbecue. The acid in soda, according to Livestrong, also makes soft drinks like Coca-Cola suitable for tenderizing your favorite cuts of meat. Coca-Cola's pH level is similar to that of both lemon juice and vinegar, two popular choices for meat marinade and tenderizer recipes. This acidic pH level is possible due to the phosphoric acid, citric acid, and carbon dioxide that you'll find listed on many sodas' ingredient labels.
The acid in Coca-Cola, Livestrong also explains, is strong enough to tenderize meat to depths of up to a quarter of an inch, and can be used to tenderize beef, chicken, and fish. However, if you're looking for the soda with the highest acidity level — and therefore the most tenderizing power — you may want to be more specific with your Coke choices. Some of the brand's sodas are more acidic than others; Coca-Cola Cherry, for example, is more acidic than Coca-Cola Zero. Other sodas are even more acidic, such as RC Cola.
Use Coca-Cola as a hair treatment
There are a lot of odd food-based hair treatments out there, from egg washes (as Cosmopolitan details) to apple cider vinegar rinses, noted by Healthline. Given all the unexpected ways you can use Coca-Cola around the house, it shouldn't be a surprise that Coca-Cola is also among the many food items that can be used in your hair. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, even celebrities use this cheap hack, with model Suki Waterhouse quoted as saying she occasionally uses a Coca-Cola rinse to make her hair tousled when it's feeling a bit too fine and limp after a wash.
Seventeen put this hair hack to the test, noting that the acid in Coke supposedly helps smooth and define curls, while the sugar helps to add volume. Their take after four staff members gave the Coke hair rinse a try? They said Coca-Cola did indeed increase their hair's shine, texture, softness, thickness, and smoothness. Their final verdict was that this hack could be a helpful beauty routine addition for those with the right hair type, at least on an occasional basis.
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