"Sodium is soluble, and it's often used to help mix or dissolve other ingredients in recipes, " says Mary Ellen Camire, spokesperson for the Institute of Food Technologists.

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Anything that is to get deep into the body's interstices has to be soluble in water, and buckys are not.

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Hycrete's additive is based on a water-soluble molecule that transforms when mixed into concrete, becoming a water-repellent polymer.

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Adding fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K to Schwartz's brew didn't make sense, since beer is fat free.

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It's a mixture of water, coconut by-products, sodium carbonate and water-soluble silicone, blended with the notion that eco-sensitive customers will gladly substitute some elbow grease for a garden hose.

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