Excessively high and low pHs can be detrimental for the use of water. High pH causes a bitter taste, water pipes and water-using appliances become encrusted with deposits, and it depresses the effectiveness of the disinfection of chlorine, thereby causing the need for additional chlorine when pH is high.
Carver's records included the following sweet potato products: 73 dyes, 17 wood fillers, 14 candies, 5 library pastes, 5 breakfast foods, 4 starches, 4 flours, and 3 molasses. He also had listings for vinegars, dry coffee and instant coffee, candy, after-dinner mints, orange drops, and lemon drops.
In 2011, Monsanto introduced GMO sweet corn, but according to the Non-GMO Project (NGP), a couple of years later it looked as if farmers were not embracing the product. Citing a 2013 Friends of the Earth study that looked at 70 different sweet corn products, including canned and frozen products, the study found that only two of the corn products contained GMOs.