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A soda geyser is a physical reaction between a carbonated beverage, usually Diet Coke, and Mentos mints that causes the beverage to be expelled from its container. The candies catalyze the release of gas from the beverage, which creates an eruption that pushes most of the liquid up and out of the bottle.
Mostly because the (uncolored/unglazed version of) Mentos provides nucleation sites for the dissolved carbon dioxide in the Diet Coke to escape as a gas. Other active ingredients in the cascade-effect reaction include aspartame ( artificial sweetener ), potassium benzoate ( preservative ), and caffeine in the Diet Coke, and gum arabic and ...
Mentos are available in several flavors including mint, mixed fruit, cola, bubble gum, and in an assortment of orange, strawberry, and lemon. Mentos first appeared as a liquorice-flavored sweet which can still be purchased in the Netherlands as "Drop Mentos". New flavors were initially test-marketed in the Netherlands and throughout Europe ...
EepyBird's video generated a 5-10% spike in 2 litre Diet Coke sales and a 20% spike in U.S. Mentos sales, which was the biggest sales increase in company history. [9] Maybe more significantly, as of November 2009, Mentos sales were still 15% above what they had been prior to the launch of EepyBird's video. [25]
The Diet Coke and Mentos eruption experiment was first televised by Spangler in 2002 and became popular on the Internet in 2005. [5] More than a thousand videos appeared online replicating the experiment. [5] Spangler was nominated for the Time 100 in 2007 because of the experiment. [4]
The problem with a soda tax is that, while it may help decrease the sugar intake of consumers, it also reduces economic consumption. Coca-Cola’s price hike may mean that people end up spending ...
This myth is based on an internet video where a man ingested both Diet Coke and Mentos and fell unconscious, reportedly from a ruptured stomach. When this myth was tested with a pig's stomach, it was learned that the simple act of drinking the soda released much of the carbon dioxide within it, preventing the expected cascade of foam the Mentos ...
“Coca Cola using ai for an ad is genuinely so terrifying to me. Art is dying,” wrote one user on X. “Actors, replaced. Camera workers, replaced. Drivers, replaced. Designers, replaced.