{"id":34168,"date":"2019-07-01T19:17:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T19:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=34168"},"modified":"2019-07-01T19:17:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T19:17:03","slug":"this-is-why-soda-tastes-so-much-better-in-glass-bottles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=34168","title":{"rendered":"This Is Why Soda Tastes So Much Better in Glass Bottles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&rsquo;s nothing quite like participating in the first cold sip of soda after opening a bottle. But have your taste buds ever noticed the slight flavor difference between drinking the same soda out of an aluminum can versus a plastic bottle or a glass bottle? They&rsquo;re not all the same and there is actually a scientific reason for that&#8211;just like this explanation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rd.com\/health\/healthy-eating\/what-happens-after-drinking-soda\/\">what happens to your torso 1 hour after drinking a can of soda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Soda corporations claim that the recipe of their guzzles doesn&rsquo;t change depending on the way they pack it. But what does vary is the material of the parcel, and that can alter the taste&#8211;and while it&rsquo;s not by much, some people can detect a slight difference.<\/p>\n<p>Plastic is much <a href=\"https:\/\/brage.bibsys.no\/xmlui\/bitstream\/handle\/11250\/2484574\/MasterOlsen2017.pdf?sequence=1&#038;isAllowed=y\">more CO2-permeable<\/a> than glass and aluminum, meaning that the carbon dioxide, or fizz, will leak out of a plastic bottle much faster than a glass bottle or can. Have you ever noticed that the liter of coke sitting on top of your fridge doesn&rsquo;t taste that great after a few cases weeks, even if it hasn&rsquo;t been opened? Plastic bottles likewise have an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/lifestyle\/food\/drink\/science-has-revealed-why-coca-cola-tastes-better-from-a-glass-bottle-than-a-plastic-bottle\/news-story\/346cf098c70d217bdc69d4d653034b07\">acetaldehyde lining<\/a>, which can transfer into the flavor of the drink giving it a slight &ldquo;plastic-y&rdquo; taste. While this preference is hard to avoid, you won&#8217;t find &#8220;plastic-y&#8221; flavored coke at McDonald&#8217;s. Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rd.com\/food\/fun\/mcdonalds-coke\/\">real reason coke savor better at McDonald&#8217;s than anywhere else<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Soda in a glass bottle will stay fresher longer because it&rsquo;s much harder for CO2 to escape through it. Your soda won&rsquo;t go flat and will savour yummy when you open it. The one downside to glass bottles is that they&rsquo;re more expensive and you won&rsquo;t get as much soda. But, you have been able always stick with aluminum cans, which are also much less permeable than plastic, and simply pour your soda into a glass bowl. Astonished that there&#8217;s a scientific reason why soda savor better in a glass? Here are more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rd.com\/food\/fun\/soda-secrets-coca-cola-isnt-telling-you\/\">soda secrets Coca-Cola isn&#8217;t telling you<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rd.com\/food\/fun\/soda-tastes-better-glass-bottles\/\">This Is Why Soda Tastes So Much Better in Glass Bottles<\/a> showed first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rd.com\">Reader&#8217;s Digest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rd.com\/food\/fun\/soda-tastes-better-glass-bottles\/\">rd.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&rsquo;s nothing quite like participating in the first cold sip of soda after opening a bottle. But have your taste buds ever noticed the slight flavor difference between drinking the same soda out of an aluminum can versus a plastic bottle or a glass bottle? They&rsquo;re not all the same and there is actually a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2718,18993,18539],"class_list":["post-34168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-uncategorized","tag-drinks","tag-food-fun-news","tag-who-knew"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/coca-cola-1024x6831562008624.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}