Turning my own pee into an artificial sweetener
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Published 2017-12-15
For this video, I'll be using the urea that I got in my last video, to make Dulcin. Dulcin was the second artificial sweetener to be discovered, but it's now banned due to health issues. My goal for this video is to make it using only easily sourced materials, and then to taste it at the end.
Link to urea video: • Extracting urea from my own pee
References:
• Procedure adapted from: goo.gl/Gxk4Mc
• Methyl iodide video: • Making Methyl Iodide
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All Comments (21)
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you've heard of gamer girl bath water, now get ready for chemist boy pee sweetener
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Artificial sweetener from piss. This is the true philosophers stone
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NileRed's kidneys processing the dulcin: "So we meet again"
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This guy is eating something that used drain cleaner in its synthesis. I can’t imagine having that level of confidence in my lab tech abilities. Experimental chemists are mad lads and deserve all the respect.
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This tea taste really good. What kind of sweetener did you put in it? “My piss. “ Your what? “My piss.”
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Piss, baking soda, 94% alcohol, acid, and drain cleaner. To make SWEETENER
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I like how he is telling us the ingredients like we are actually making experiments
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I love how he calls it an "artificial" sweetener when conceptually it could not possibly be more natural.
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Average Saccharin fan: 🤬😡 Average Dulcin enjoyer: 😎🧐
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A different take on "sweetpea"
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14:55 I just love how he tossed the spoon and it and the other one just ended up perfectly lined up side by side.
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Man I wish I have this guy as my chemistry teacher. He’s so good and things he does are amazing!
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The red is "probably due to some side reaction" sounds completely safe
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This guy is basically a chemist version of Bear Grills
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You wish to be a chef or a chemist? Nile: Yes, Dulcin tastes sweet.
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Normally if someone played with their pee, I would think they were a freak but I'm pretty impressed that you can do this.
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I imagine this guy secretly running a drug lab
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"Which I think is just due to some side reaction." Random un-identified side reactions are always good when making something you're going to eat.
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I'm re-binging your channel today, and it's amazing how much your chemistry improved over the years, and with the different locales.
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i saw the title and almost instantly went "whattt?" but I'm still watching
