Sunday, June 1, 2008

Uses of Carbonation

In many consumer beverages such as soft drinks (well known examples include Coca-Cola, 7 Up and Pepsi), carbonation is used to give "bite". Contrary to popular belief, the fizzy taste is caused by dilute carbonic acid inducing a slight burning sensation, and is not caused by the presence of bubbles. This can be shown by drinking a fizzy drink in a hyperbaric chamber at the same pressure as the beverage. This gives much the same taste, but the bubbles are completely absent.

2 comments:

david santos said...

Hello, I loved this post and this blog.
Happy weekend.

SRIDHAR RAMACHANDRAN said...

Thanks Mr.David for your comment, I will be updating this blog with more useful info on a continuous basis. You too have good weekend - Rgds, Sridhar