/oss/taxonomy/term/6424/all en /oss/article/did-you-know/why-diet-coke-so-fizzy <p>Whether you’re buying ingredients for an at home “Coke and Mentos” demonstration, asking a flight attendant for a beverage, or just trying to pour a can of soda into a glass before hockey comes back on, you may have noticed something: Diet sugar-free sodas fizz more than regular sugar-rich sodas when opened.</p> <p>The degree of carbonation or “fizziness” of a soda is partly a function of how easily carbon dioxide bubbles can form in the sugary flavour water we call pop. When it’s easier for bubbles to form, you get more of them and therefore an increased “fizziness”.</p> Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 9223 at /oss