The Basics of 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. Most “soft drinks” and “pop” include It as the primary ingredient. Carbonic acid results from the process of carbonation, and is better known to us as soda pop.
By using a seltzer bottle filled with water and then “charged” with carbon dioxide, soda water (also called club soda) was produced in the past in the home. Club soda may be the same as plain old carbonated water; but it can have a small amount of table salts and sodium trace minerals. Such additives could possibly make the taste of home made soda water a bit salty. This process, occuring naturally in some areas, produces carbonated mineral water.
Sparkling mineral water may sometimes cause a little dental decay. Sparkling water’s potential affects on dental problems are somewhat greater than with normal water, but not dramatically so. Higher rates of tooth decay are caused by regular soft drinks, not by sparkling water. The rate is so low it suggests that carbonation may not be a factor in causing dental decay.
Artesian wells can be the source for waters that filter among layers of minerals in the ground; the layers contain forms of carbonates, and the waters absorb the carbon dioxide gases released by those carbonates. Natural sparkling water is the result. If, during filtration, the water picks up enough different minerals to add a flavor to the water, it becomes sparkling mineral water.
Basically, soda water equals water plus carbon dioxide. Sparkling mineral water is one of the naturally-occuring forms of carbonation. A jeweler, in 1794, made a device to produce an artificial carbonated mineral water.
A taste test was conducted on several carbonated drinks; Perrier, a sparkling natural mineral water, was judged to keep its fizz the longest.
For consumers who believe seltzer to be a bit harsh, club soda has a more gentle fizz. In the taste test, club soda seemed to be milder and a little sweeter tasting than standard carbonated water.
With zero calories, club soda, sparkling mineral water, seltzer, and carbonated water are usually preferred by dieters over soda pop and tonic water. Not even if flavored at home with flavor for carbonated water.
Tonic water is a type of carbonated drink that contains water, sugar, carbon dioxide and quinine. Quinine’s original 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 to produce an alcoholic drink.
These are but a few of the interesting facts about soda water.
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