Food Lens · Beverages
Soda
Sweet and fizzy, with flavor ranging widely by type, from cola to citrus to root beer.
Lens analyzedSoda is a carbonated soft drink sweetened with sugar or a sugar substitute and flavored with anything from cola spices to fruit extracts. Carbonation level and sweetness both vary noticeably by brand.
Where it comes from
Carbonated soft drinks grew out of 19th-century pharmacy soda fountains, where flavored syrups were mixed with carbonated water, before bottling technology turned soda into a mass-market grocery product.
Buying it
Check whether it's regular or diet, since the sweetener changes both flavor and shelf behavior, and pick a can or bottle that isn't dented or bulging, a sign of a carbonation leak.
Storing it
Keep unopened bottles or cans in the pantry at room temperature, and chill before serving since cold soda holds its carbonation better once opened.
Keeps about 9 months in the pantry.
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What it costs near you
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