How Do You Add Sugar to Carbonated Water Without an Explosion?



How do you add sugar to carbonated water? I recently got a soda maker from a company called Soda Club. It’s really just a fancy water carbonator, but they sell flavored syrups to make soda. That’s fine and good, but I want to make my own flavors of soda using fresh squeezed juice and sugar. Problem is, when I try to add sugar to plain carbonated H20 the carbonated water explodes out of the bottle, and the soda is then flat. Boo!

So, does anyone know a trick/solution for this? Do I need to make a syrup myself? I am trying to use sugar – I prefer the taste of it to corn syrup (yes, I can tell the difference). Any cooking or science tips would be appreciated!



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3 comments a "How Do You Add Sugar to Carbonated Water Without an Explosion?"

Try fully dissolving the sugar in water then adding that to the carbonated beverage. The carbonation is forming on the granules of sugar when you drop it in thus causing it to foam up alot. Also will happen with sour skittles in beer. If the sugar is dissolved already the carbonation wont have anything to form on and your drink will stay fizzy.

Make your own syrup by dissolving the sugar in water and reducing it over medium heat until thickened.

Add the sugar first, then the carbonation.

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