Secrets of producing everyday things that you did not know about

Every day, we are surrounded by many things, but most people do not think about how they are produced and what happens to them before we see the final result. Today we will reveal the secrets of the production of some of them.

1. Lipstick

Lipstick usually contains 5 main ingredients: lanolin, oils, wax, dyes and mother of pearl. Sometimes polyethylene is also used, so that the lipstick remains solid and does not fill small cracks on the lips.

To produce this beauty means use about a dozen colors, including yellow, black and blue. To get different shades, these colors are mixed. In addition, fragrances are always added to lipsticks. Without this, they would smell like wax candles.

2. Chocolate

Chocolate is made from cocoa beans, which are first collected, cleaned of film and fermented by storage in special boxes for 8 days. Then the beans are dried and sent to factories. At the factory they are sorted and fried. Prepared beans are mixed with sugar and milk. Then the chocolate is cooked for about 12 hours. At each stage of production, the temperature and humidity are strictly observed, as they affect the appearance and taste of the product.

3. Instant noodles

Noodle production requires flour mixed with tapioca starch, egg powder and thickener for better product structure. To prepare instant noodles, it is boiled first in the factory. But that's not all. After the noodles are fried! This helps to store the product for a long time.

4. Mascara

The main ingredient of any carcass is the pigment. Black is usually produced from soot. Also, the composition of the carcass includes water, wax and oils. Depending on the effect that the mascara should produce, its composition also changes. For example, mascara with the effect of elongation contains many flexible polymers and microfibers, and water resistant - many paraffins.

5. Soap

The main ingredients of soap are oils and fats. Traditional soap making resembles the preparation of hot stews. Producers of soap make sure that it does not boil away, and constantly mix it.

After cooking, the soap is left for 36 hours, until the soapy paste is used, which is used for the next batch as a primer.

6. Matches

Good matches are made from the best wood, mostly from aspen. One of the decisive stages in the production of matches is trimming a tree trunk. Empty blanks are processed with a special reagent, so that future matches do not smolder. That's why keeping them in your mouth can be dangerous to your health!

7. Potato chips

The best chips require selective potatoes, and not every variety will do. Excessively small tubers also do not fit. To make 1 kilogram of chips, you need 4 kg of potatoes. It is cut into pieces not thicker than 1.3 mm. Fry chips only 3 minutes.

8. Coca-Cola

Production of cola begins with the preparation of water. One of the important ingredients of the drink is a mixture of sugar syrup and secret concentrate. It is mixed with water in the factory, and then the drink is carbonated.

Bottles for cola are made from small blanks that have the shape of a tube. Then the machines blow them to the size of the bottles.