Tired of Flat Soda? Use This Trick to Keep Two-Liter Bottles of Soda Fizzy Longer (2024)

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Tired of Flat Soda? Use This Trick to Keep Two-Liter Bottles of Soda Fizzy Longer? ›

Lock It Up. ASAP. As soon as you open up your soda bottle, pour your drinks and put the cap back on immediately, screwing it on as tightly as you can.

There are a couple of obvious ways to help ensure your glass of soda retains its fizz a bit longer while you're talking to your long-lost buddy. The first is to make sure you keep it away from direct sunlight. But maybe the best way to keep drinks from losing their fizz too fast is to use clear ice.

To keep a soda from going flat, you want to keep CO2 (the gas) in solution and in the bottle. By squeezing the bottle, you will be expelling the gas from the bottle and leaving a lower pressure in the bottle after the cap is replaced.

Sodas (co*ke and Pepsi, Root Beer, etc) go flat because they loose their carbonation. The carbonation is lost because the CO2 that was originally disolved into the soda escaped into the air and all you need to do to make the soda not flat is re-inject carbonation back into your soda.

The idea appears to make sense, but actually, the device does not work. A little pump called the “Fizz Keeper” is available in kitchen supply stores to pressurize previously opened soft drink bottles and prevent loss of carbonation. The idea appears to make sense, but actually, the device does not work.

Fill the bottles with the soda stream soda leaving some headspace for the carbonation. Seal the bottles with an airtight cap, such as a swing top or a screw-on cap with a tight seal. Store the bottles in a cool place away from direct sunlight, and avoid moving them around too much.

If an open soda is in the refrigerator where the temperature is cooler the carbon dioxide will have a greater solubility in the soda than it would have in a warm room. The soda will lose carbon dioxide more slowly at the cooler temperature in the refrigerator and will take longer to go flat.

Open the lid and wait for the bubbles to start rising, then quickly reseal the lid. (This could be anywhere from 1/4 second to 2-3 seconds).

An open bottle of soda pop does not spoil if not refrigerated, but it will lose its carbonation (fizz) much more quickly if not kept cold. In the refrigerator, with the bottle cap tightened well, the soda will stay pretty well carbonated for a day or two. Keeping the cap tight is very important.

Information. Carbonated soft drinks or sodas are not perishable, and are safe past the date stamped on the container. Eventually flavor and carbonation will decrease. For best quality, consume unopened diet sodas within 3 months after the date expires; regular sodas within 9 months.

How to prevent loss of carbonation? ›

"As soon as you pour the product, be sure to seal it" with a lid. Temperature is also important, Mr. Redman says, so store the opened soda bottle in the refrigerator. "It's a basic law of physics: If you keep a dissolved gas in solution, you keep that solution as cool as possible," he says.

Lock It Up. ASAP. As soon as you open up your soda bottle, pour your drinks and put the cap back on immediately, screwing it on as tightly as you can.

The secret to keeping your soda alive with plenty of reusable fizz is to keep the soda cold, plain and simple. The higher the temperature, the less the carbon dioxide molecules will dissolve. (By the way, try letting the bottle of soda sit out in the sun before dropping in the breath mints and watch out!)

Plastic soda bottles don't get a polymer coating like aluminum cans do, but another chemical in the bottle may impact soda flavor. Experts believe that acetaldehyde in the plastic may alter the taste of the soda because it's transferred into the drink.

As such, "when a can or bottle of soda has sat around open a long time, the carbon dioxide dissolved inside it eventually bubbles out — it will want to come into equilibrium with the carbon dioxide in the outside air," Jones said. "When the soda is less fizzy, we call it flat."

If an open soda is in the refrigerator where the temperature is cooler the carbon dioxide will have a greater solubility in the soda than it would have in a warm room. The soda will lose carbon dioxide more slowly at the cooler temperature in the refrigerator and will take longer to go flat.

By squeezing the bottle then sealing it, the pressure in the vapour space is reduced. The carbon dioxide dissolved in the drink will come out of solution in order to restore the equilibrium, and the drink will lose its fizz quicker.

Simply pour the soda into a container that can be sealed tightly and add an appropriate amount of dry ice or pressurised CO2 depending on how much liquid you're dealing with. Seal the container tightly and shake vigorously—you should start seeing bubbles within minutes as the CO2 dissolves into the drink!