Mentos Lab

Cans of regular soda are more dense because more sugar is added to them, the diet or no sugar sodas float because they use less fake sweetener, more grams of sugar and in regular sodas than the milligrams in diet sodas.

However, Pepsi began to slowly catch up to their status and in the early 1980s, Coke had only a one percent lead over Pepsi in exclusive drinkers. Coke was very concerned with this because there product was more readily available than Pepsi’s and they spent more than $100 million more annually on advertising and they really didn’t want Pepsi to usurp their rank as the leading cola. However, Pepsi had been running commercials on television where they put Coca Cola and Pepsi head-to-head in a blind taste test that came to be known as the Pepsi Challenge. In this challenge, Pepsi had faithful coke drinkers take a sip from two different glasses and pick which sample they preferred. One of the cups was marked with a “Q” and the other was marked with an “M.” They consistently chose the cup marked “M,” which would be the cup holding Pepsi. When Coca Cola heard of this challenge, they immediately wanted to prove it to be false, so they conducted blind taste tests themselves. However, when their tests were performed, they got the same results as Pepsi, and the majority of the testers, 57%, preferred Pepsi over Coke. These results really concerned Coca Cola, and they began to do a plethora of other market research projects. They couldn’t figure out exactly what it was that made testers prefer Pepsi, but eventually decided that it must be the taste. From this came the creation of what came to be known as “New Coke.” Coca Cola had their scientists experiment with the secret

To me Diet Coke is the a natural, sensible choice: if you 're after a soft-drink, why would you want to consume the full-sugar regular variety, when you can opt for the Diet version for practically the same taste, and other benefits, but with none of the calories?

Though many people will think there is a lot of bad in soda, technically it’s just carbonated water, which is basically “gas that’s called carbon dioxide that has been dissolved under high pressure” (sciencebuddies.org). When one opens a can of soda pop the carbon dioxide in it is released out causing the bubbles in the drink, and the best part for this project is that one can choose their own way to do it, yes they may have to follow what the recipe calls for but they can choose their favorite flavors and their own color for it like if they wanted to they could make a bacon flavored pop but it might not taste the best but the point would be that it would be their own idea.

Smart water is "vapor distilled water and added electrolytes for taste." It has electrolytes added not for performance as in Gatorade, but instead added "for taste." The electrolytes are calcium chloride, magnesium chloride and potassium bicarbonate. Gatorade has Filtered Water, Brominated Vegetable Oil, which helps prevent the oils from rising to the surface. It also ensures the stability of the flavor mixture and it has Sucralose (a non-calorie artificial sweetener) High Fructose Corn Syrup. While Dr. Pepper has carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, phosphoric acid, natural and artificial flavors, sodium benzoate (preservative), and caffeine. Drinking soda is not the best option because a single can of soda contains

His greatest invention came from the idea of the smell of the different kind of fruit syrups, and the smell of the drug store he worked in. After giving a sample test of his new drink to the owner of the drug store, and him liking the taste of it, Alderton gave his invention a greater opportunity to expand by offering it at the soda fountain. According to Dr. Pepper Museum (2016) His creation of this soft drink was exceptional, like no other drink, making other soda fountain operators ask for it too. It came to the point where there was high demand of the product that Alderton and Morrison could not produce enough for others to purchase.  The product was so good that it started to be recognized. Alderton had no interest in making his own invention a product in the market, so he

Coca-Cola, as the leading brand in the world, has the highest position in soft drink industry. Its outstanding product “Coke” has been won the heart of everyone. However, in this case, we realize that they had a failed attempt at introducing the new product called New Coke in 1985.

There is a lot of High Fructose Corn Syrup, the sugar of choice, in regular sodas. People started finding out about how bad sugar is for them and how much sugar was really in their favorite every day drink. Everyone started turning against all of the soda companies and they had no choice but to come up with an alternative. So, instead of using natural sugar or High Fructose Corn Syrup in sodas, scientists invented artificial sweeteners, a way to keep the soda sweet yet contain no sugar. Artificial sweeteners like Aspartame that are added to diet soda are actually worse for us than the sugar that is in regular soda. This was proven by an Osteopathic Physician from the American Colledge of Nutrition who states, "While many of the artificial sweeteners have reportedly similar side effects, aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA" (Mercola).

Next, many consumers believe that drinking diet soda is healthier for you than drinking regular soda filled with sugar but studies are starting to show that artificial sweeteners may actually lead to diabetes. Mary Ann Yantis, PhD, RN, a nurse educator for Nursing Education Consultants and Kate Hunter, RD, LD (2010), a clinical dietitian at Adventist Medical Center reports (2010) that drinking more than one serving of diet soda per day can increase your risk of metabolic syndrome by more than 36%. Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors, which includes hypertension, abdominal obesity, hyperglycemia and hypertriglyceridemia. These risk factors increase a person’s risk of developing diabetes, heart disease and stroke. This same study also reports (2010) that one diet soda per day can increase a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes by more the 67%. This is possibly due to the fact that artificial sweeteners can be up to 13,000 times sweeter than sugar and this intense sweetness can be addictive thus creating cravings for more sweetness in order to feel satisfied. Yantis and Hunter (2010) point out that the sweet taste triggers the same dopamine signals that are also triggered by drugs such as cocaine and heroin. Craving for more intense artificial sweetness will result in consuming more calories, increase the likelihood of developing insulin resistance, and more than likely affect the glucose metabolism (Yantis & Hunter, 2010).

According to Mental Floss, this is their explanation of why diet soda works better. “Diet sodas produce a bigger reaction than non-diet sodas because aspartame lowers the surface tension of the liquid much more than sugar or corn syrup will. You can also increase the effect by adding more surfactants to the soda when you add the Mentos, like adding a mixture of dishwasher soap and water”(“Why Do Diet Coke and Mentos React?” Mental Floss). Why is it a Physical reaction? It is a Physical reaction because of Nucleation.

Diet sodas contain one of the most controversial and researched chemicals in our food. Aspartame is an intense sweetener substituted for sugar in soft drinks and food. Aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methanol are the three basics chemicals that make up aspartame. What people may not know is that these 3 chemicals can be very harmful to our bodies and could even become deadly if not kept in proper conditions or if too much is consumed. We should not be putting this artificial sweetener into our system as there are many health risks that come with its consumption.

Main Point 3: If you’re someone who likes soda but wants to find something healthier, there are a lot of alternatives that you can choose from that you may end up liking more than your favorite soda.

People in the world drink more than 260 million glasses of soda every day Wow that's nearly as many Sodas as there are people in the United States and nearly three times the number of miles from the earth to the sun! People drink more Sodas than there are cubic yards of concrete in the Grand Coulee Dam. More Sodas than anyone cares to count! Why wood health-conscious people put so much fizz into there

In 1886, a pharmacist named John Pemberton invented a dark bubbly drink to try out the beverage market. Sold at 5 cents a glass, the drink did not sell well until after Pemberton’s death, selling at nine servings per day. Afterwards, a businessman named Asa G. Candler took the brand and expanded the drink beyond Atlanta, introducing the drink with the famous trademarked contour bottle. Today, Coca-Cola has risen to become one of the most recognized brands in the world. Its beverage, the number one sparkling drink, sells 1.9 billion servings per day on a global scale. This profound success is predominantly due to Coca-Cola’s ability to create a strong brand that the global population can relate to and love.

PepsiCo Inc.: The challenge of Pepsi (as an opponent to Coca-Cola) has never lost its fizz for