soft drinks: Soda water

Tuesday 17 July 2012

Soda water

Carbonated water (also known as club soda, soda water,sparkling water, seltzer, bubbles aguita or fizzy water) iswater into which carbon dioxide gas under pressure has been dissolved, a process that causes the water to becomeeffervescent.Carbonated water is the defining ingredient of carbonated soft drinks. The process of dissolving carbon dioxide in water is called carbonation.n the US, carbonated water was known as soda water until WWII, due to the sodium salts it contained. These were added as flavoring and acidity regulators with the intent of mimicking the taste of natural mineral water.During the Great Depression, it was sometimes called "two cents plain," a reference to its being the cheapest drink at soda fountains. In the 1950s, terms such as sparkling water and seltzer water gained favor. The term seltzer water is a genericized trademark that derives from the German town Selters, which is renowned for its mineral springs. Naturally carbonated water has been commercially bottled and shipped from this town since the 18th century or earlier. Generally, seltzer water has no added sodium salts, while club soda still retains the sodium salts.