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Explaining Soda Water

Soda water, or carbonated water, is also referred to as sparkling water, and is plain water to which carbon dioxide gas has been added. It is the principal part of most “soft drinks”. The carbonation process forms carbonic acid, which is soda pop.

Soda water, also called club soda, was produced in the past in the home by using a seltzer bottle filled with water and “charged” with carbon dioxide. Club soda is often just the same as plain carbonated water; however, in some cases, it can have a small amount of table salts and sodium trace minerals. These additives make the taste of home made soda water slightly salty. Naturally-carbonated mineral water results from this process in many areas.

In some cases, a little dental decay might be caused by sparkling mineral water. Potential dental problems with sparkling water are greater than normal water, but only slightly so. Regular soft drinks cause tooth decay at a rate much higher than sparkling water. The rate is so low it suggests that carbonated drinks may not be little or no factor in causing dental decay.

Ground water – usually from artesian wells – can be filtered among layers of minerals containing forms of carbonates and absorb the carbon dioxide gas released by those carbonates. The result? Natural sparkling water. When the water also picks up enough different minerals to add a flavor to the water it becomes sparkling mineral water.

In its basic construction, soda water is just water and carbon dioxide. You are probably familiar with sparkling mineral water — a naturally-occuring result of carbonation. A notable date in soda water history is 1794, when a jeweler made a device to produce artificial carbonated mineral water.

When several carbonated drinks were compared in a taste test, it was found that Perrier, a sparkling natural mineral water, kept its fizz the longest.

Consumers feeling seltzer to be a bit harsh will find club soda to have a more gentle fizz. During the taste test, club soda seemed to be milder, as well as a little sweeter, than standard carbonated water.

If you are counting calories, be aware that club soda, sparkling mineral water, seltzer, and carbonated water have none; they are a great dieter’s choice over soda pop and tonic water. Not even if flavored at home with flavor for carbonated water.

If one mixes water, sugar, carbon dioxide and quinine, the carbonated result is called tonic water. Quinine’s first use in tonic water was medicinal — as an additive to help cure or prevent malaria. Today it is frequently mixed with gin and lemon or lime for an alcoholic drink.

These facts and names are just a few of the ways we refer to soda water.

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