Fascinating Facts About Soda That Will Blow Your Mind

Soda is carbonated water, available with artificial flavorings that people consume with different fruit juice or alcohol to make their taste buds happy and thirst quenched. It has been a part of our food and drink habit since the middle of the 16th century. In the beginning, in England 'water imperial' was widely drank, which was sweetened lemon flavored drink that contained cream of tartar. Before that plain lemonade was served with honey.

In the later period, Joseph Priestley discovered a method, where he infused water with carbon dioxide and then eventually soda became popular, which built special place for the soda machine and now, van model soda machine is the topmost discovery. Now let's explore some fascinating facts regarding the drink, soda:

 ·         Soda is called soft drink as they do not have alcohol in them.

·         Europe was the first place to have flavored soda drinks in second half of 17th century.

·         In United States of America, there were around 1,500 soda drink patents in the initial production time.

·         Each year, nearly 34 billion gallons of soda is sold in more than 200 countries that have lifted the soda machine price.

·         USA upholds 25% of total international soft drink market.

·         In the year 1899, automated production of the soda drinking bottles started and the man behind the invention was Michael Owens, who later created machines that produced 58 thousand bottles each day.

·         With the help of soda machine, now soda can be easily prepared at factories as well as home.

·         Coca Cola is the largest carbonated soda drinks production company in the entire world. Apart from Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and the orange flavoured soda - Fanta are quite renowned and consumed heavily by the population.  

·         Soda fountain machine serve pre-made soda was first used in the early 18th century and got patented in the year 1816.

·         The popular flavors of the 18th century that are famous till date are root beer, ginger ale, Pepsi-Cola, Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, and ice cream soda.

All these facts will help you understand the craze of soda from the day it was started to this very day, when you are reading the blog!