Coke VS Coke Zero - Time lapse [4K] (TOP REQUEST)

[@lengting]

Here before 100 views let alone 10M views

[@PhotoOwl]

First of all thanks for being this amazingly fast when it comes to clicking on my videos, second of all I really really hope you are right and it will go to 10M views. That would be epic :)

[@lengting]

@@PhotoOwl I can definitely see it going to 10M bro. Your efforts are insane!

[@secretgamingx]

​@@lengting it already has 500 views, so it's looking good as for now

[@onedova2298]

It's already 377 views in 5 minutes!

[@DiffuseSachverhalte]

@@PhotoOwl Coke/Coca Cola is internationally known, I see the potential. Also the intro with the ice cubes and pouring was very nice here

[@lifeisshorter]

Shout out to the camera man for holding his camera steady for 100 days to capture this magic

[@melodiconner1706]

Lol!

[@vectorvelocity7608]

There's always on of these in every video. The cameraman joke just isn't funny anymore

[@briefcase5066]

@@vectorvelocity7608 I agree, it’s such bland humour. This one in particular is not good

[@FauxFaFox]

@@vectorvelocity7608 you're just jealous of your Shakey hands and lack of the determination to watch two cups of soda mold and evaporate.

[@theimortal1974]

the only more dedicated cameraman is the one at the end of the walking dead season 6 finale for taking deadly blows to the head for the sake of the show. there's a place in heaven for people like that.

[@sharmisthabehera6901]

I'm literally very happy that they haven't invented smell-through-screen technology yet

[@PhotoOwl]

Imagine that :d

[@insertasadfacehere]

fun fact: something similar was invented once, the ismell, lmao

[@ryanpellegrini]

I have seen this exact comment on every single video.

[@consume_arsenic]

no way, literally?

[@RobertPendell]

Let me get right on that.

[@Armeanu91]

Two glasses were harmed in the making of this video.

[@sharkwave4]

Two glasses, 1 liter of coke, a knife and a straw

[@ThanksCaptainObvious]

Glasses don't feel pain. They don't care if they're being harmed.

[@TheJwwinter]

@@ThanksCaptainObvious They suffered for our pleasure.

[@ThanksCaptainObvious]

@@TheJwwinter no

[@kaynoname1125]

Hypothetically speaking, could you bleach and reuse the glass or something? I'd throw it away but curious what would kill this kinda bacteria....

[@ScienceNotFaith]

Would have been interesting to find out the differences in mold and bacteria between the two since one is sugar based and the other is artificial sweetener based.

[@drekbowser6307]

In America they’re both artificial sweeteners the original Coca Cola is made with that high fructose corn syrup bs

[@kourii]

@@drekbowser6307 that's not what an artificial sweetener is

[@DeannaEarley]

Yeah, I was interested in why they were different cultures

[@d0p3w1z]

My exact thought, diet and zero out here killing people

[@johnnycarcrash]

@@drekbowser6307Google fructose bro

[@Its_Macca]

i love how even if you don’t drink it nature just says “fine, i’ll do it myself”

[@sushants.3023]

underrated

[@SabedoriaPratica73]

"Fungus Diabetus"

[@sheikhu1039]

​@@SabedoriaPratica73 🤣🤣🤣

[@nitroux6969]

@@SabedoriaPratica73 oh the Hidden unforgivable Curse from Harry Potter ? the other one is Diabetus Heartstoppus!

[@cyberjoy404]

We are nature, we just defy it a lot and make most things fit for us, doesnt mean its inedible for every life form

[@buryitdeep]

Impressive, very nice. Now let's see Paul Allen's Coke.

[@A1937CX]

The different patterns formed, presumably from the different chemical compositions of the drinks, is fascinating. Keep it up!

[@nurgle-j5n]

yeah the coke zero one was really weird looking at first. i'm pretty sure that aspartame is like way worse for us than even sugar.

[@ionymous6733]

Could just be different molds on the edge of the different cans. It's not a controlled test in a clean environment.

[@PhotoOwl]

Thank you! It's amazing what you can observe when you let things sit for a while.

[@-Graham]

​@@nurgle-j5n Yup. I've never been a fan of artificial sweeteners. If ants won't touch it I'm not sure we should either 🤷‍♂️

[@Skelath]

@@-Graham Sugar feeds candida (natural bacteria in the body) candida then overgrows in the mouth, your immune system says; "hey, you're not meant to be here, begone!", candida then breaks down the calcium in your teeth to encase in self and shield itself from your immune system aka when your teeth gets fuzzy (plaque) a few hours after consuming sugars. Candida also effects your circulatory systems pH to supress the immune system and cause you to crave more sugar, and cause fatigue. Artificial sweeteners such as Erythritol doesn't feed candida, and another one is Xylitol which actively removes candida. Reasons why ants don't touch it? it contains no energy / calories / no sustenance.

[@KalkuehlGaming]

I once forgot a chocolate drink at the attic and found it 2 years later. Thinking that my drink lived through a similar experience blows my mind. That process of life. Totally missed. Found the drink totally emptied with the mold on the inside exactly like in this video.

[@CrispyOBacon]

My boss at my job she has a big, new truck and one day she was smelling a horrible smell in her truck and it was lasting for several weeks. Turns out one of her kids spilled chocolate milk in the backseat and the bottle was kicked underneath the driver's seat. It was SO BAD of a smell when I got a ride from her one day.

[@kittycat8222]

I had a thermos explode once due to rotten milk cocoa 😂.

[@randydaytona5615]

Happens to everything

[@kuruptzZz]

Damn 2 years? Entire microscopic empires have risen and fallen, epic battles have been waged

[@france-gall]

thats a harrowing tale this is my favorite comment

[@technoraptor6419]

Morale of the story is, if you leave your coke, someone or something will inevitably "drink" it

[@tonyug113]

ahh - so that was 'the universe' drinking the coke.

[@lhoffmann6537]

Thank you! I can now positively identify the former contents of the cup in my daughter's room as Coke Zero.

[@Burgher1605]

lol nice

[@SmegulonPrime]

Or crack residue

[@thisiswhatilike54]

Cast her out of the house since she doesn't want to keep her mold collection sealed off

[@tweex1]

​@@thisiswhatilike54 Woah, buddy, you're not on Reddit right now. This isn't AITA

[@chynaanderson494]

​@@thisiswhatilike54 Or... he could just talk to her

[@wackadoo.]

Imagine accidentally leaving a drink on a table for a few months then coming back to find a whole entire ecosystem just vibin' in it 💀

[@Mayhamsdead]

Yo das crazy it do be bussin fr fr no cap ong

[@kitsachie.]

I still hold firm that that's what the earth actually is.

[@Thebluewidesky]

​@@kitsachie. 𝕘𝕖𝕟 𝕫 𝕓𝕖 𝕝𝕛𝕜𝕖:

[@kitsachie.]

@@Thebluewidesky How old am I

[@cavemandrew5565]

The Simpsons did it first!

[@EducatedSkeptic]

Amazing to see the different fungal assemblages that developed - and the Coke Zero completely evaporated to yield a dry glass, whereas the original coke didn't, even after three months! Would have also been very interesting to watch what happened after you poured the residual Coke syrup into the Coke Zero glass, and added water, when you let THAT evaporate over a couple months, with the combined non-aqueous components of the two varieties mixed. But still, this was awesome to watch! Thanks!

[@milliedragon4418]

I was hoping you would show the mold cultures, I found it interesting that the mold is more diverse in the original Coca-Cola, but more mono in the Coke Zero.

[@doctorjules187]

yeah definitely wanted to know what species was in each one initially, super different morphology of the colonies

[@FritzSchober]

Less mold is happy with artificial sugar. Real sugar on the other hand is great food for many fungi.

[@IronOutIaw]

You did not just fucking say mold cultures holy shit

[@thetigerstripes]

Sugar

[@shawnhogel1534]

Uh.....bacteria in the glasses or the ice...or the hand that held the ice....etc

[@ceejay0137]

Interesting that both seemed to develop both types of mould eventually, but the zero started with one type and the original with the other. Were the glasses close enough that spores from one glass could have jumped to the other?

[@mateusmercer2280]

If I'm not wrong spores travels kilometers right? So 100% possible

[@PhotoOwl]

Good eye! The glasses were actually about 40cm (roughly 16 inches) apart from each other, so cross-contamination could definitely have happened.

[@danwhite3224]

Could have done, though I imagine the presence of sugar in the original allowed one type of mould to form whilst a different mould which doesn't need sugar to grow started on the zero.

[@Khorne19]

​@@PhotoOwl you also stuck your thumb in the first can. You probably opened the second one the same way. Embarrassingly careless!

[@PhotoOwl]

@@Khorne19 you are not the first to tell me that, but that's not how I open cans. I had the camera in front of me, right in my face, and I had to be in an awkward position to open the can, and that's why my hand kinda slipped :D I never cut my finger on a can

[@treebles]

at first, the asmr of you opening + pouring the coke made me want one. but i quickly changed my mind!

[@Lauresaurus96]

Your time lapses are equally beautiful, fascinating, and revolting. I ❤ them.

[@kay_art]

0:53 The mold on the coco cola zero be like: ~around the world, around the world~

[@Tarasbasement]

Loooolll

[@wspbros24]

ur not funny

[@Tarasbasement]

@@wspbros24 31 people disagree

[@hibahprice6887]

@@Tarasbasement They are affected by mold.

[@Tarasbasement]

@@hibahprice6887 it went to the brain 🧠

[@YoungGandalf2325]

I liked that you added ice cubes at the start. It's a nice touch even though there's no chance they'll survive for 104 days. 🥤

[@pupface]

If you look carefully there's actually a little bit of ice left in the Coke Zero

[@PhotoOwl]

Definitely not at day 104 :D

[@MattehDaniel]

I wonder if the minerals in the water in the cubes actually helped the bacteria growth

[@GaiaGalaxy420]

Yeah I think you shouldve left it out for the experiments sake

[@GuppyGuy17]

@@GaiaGalaxy420 I completely agree! Ice cubes melt quickly, leaving the soda watered down, which might alter the effect.

[@secretgamingx]

Whenever I watch your videos I always wonder HOW and WHERE you do these tests, have you got like whole facility only for this or what? Really interesting content, keep it up!

[@PhotoOwl]

Yes I have! :) I film these in a separate studio, that's only used for time lapses, nothing else. Multiple ones going at the same time

[@secretgamingx]

@@PhotoOwl Oh nice, didn't actually expect that you'll answer, thanks!

[@bhfgugewbg]

@@PhotoOwl do you position the cameras in the same exact position each day/hour or you have multiple ones constantly recording?

[@onedova2298]

​​@@PhotoOwl do you wear a gas mask? Because I would for all the bio hazards that are made in there Edit: I mean no offense of course and please leave the comments always on I love comments

[@-Graham]

​@@PhotoOwl I'm sure I speak for many people when I say we would love to see your setup and prep for these vids. Without giving too much away of course 😉

[@itsonlyatail]

When I was a kid my mom bought coke syrup for upset stomachs.

[@MrDonJuanquis]

Coke zero looked like it could become an amazing painting A sun in the middle of volcanic ash

[@keannacierra]

Why do I see it so clearly though????

[@kookykiddo]

it literally does 😭 kind of pretty

[@blooflazh7]

lamao

[@BotulinSpikedMarzipan]

Why was the first thing that came to my mind when i saw the Coke Zero mold "volvox"

[@I_am_bacon._.]

This was a very interestimg and unexpected video. I expected the timelapse to look the same for both colas, except that the zero would be slower, but instead the timelapse for both (especially at the start) looked very different. Great video.

[@lightsout9171]

So you're telling me.. my man records a video a year before.. and posts it a year after.. true dedication❤️

[@wunba]

What day would be the absolute last day you’d be willing to drink from one of those cups? I’d say 14 max! 😂

[@coolname2629]

Day 2

[@PhotoOwl]

Yeah, day 2. They say if you leave a pizza out, it's safe to eat it up to 2 hours, so as per those scientist who came up with that, even the 2 days is pushing the limits :D

[@parkereow]

Day 7

[@SusanDelgado1177]

Not even day 1

[@bifutake]

I'm not even willing to drink that crap fresh out of the bottle.

[@rooms_fixed_remastered_fan]

No joke this is my favorite time lapse channel I shall watch these all day

[@sulyokpeter3941]

Thank you for your video! BTW! Are you Hungarian? I noticed on the can of the Coca Cola Zero Sugar 00:11 (Zero Cukor) which is in Hungarian language.

[@41tarrant1]

They are hungarian indeed

[@potterhead1816]

COVID 2.0 is from this guys house

[@amazingfireboy1848]

"You must pick either A or B to drink." "You know, the noose doesn't look so threatening anymore."

[@UsuallyQuiet]

I was amazed that the mold in both glasses went to the same area of the glass

[@TobiNightcore]

Probably the same slight tilt of the table, or perhaps even the airflow of the room

[@ScottGrammer]

@@TobiNightcore It seemed to move away from the light source.

[@obsidianjane4413]

Kind of surprised the mold took hold in the Zero first. But then it took off in the Coke I guess because it had much more sugar to work with. It would be interesting to do this experiment testing the Ph daily to see how it effected the growth. My theory is that the Zere went flat first and so its acidity dropped to what was tolerable.

[@plantcraftie4141]

mold doesn't do well with a high concentration of sugar. That's why sugary things hold so well.

[@MrSupdup]

The size of the initial mould colony is going to be high variance, as it came from the cup and/or the ice cubes. What section of the freezer the ice cubes were in, or how far to the back of the cupboard the cup came from will make a big difference in how large the initial mould growth is.

[@SirPano85]

​@@WhiteBoyGamer chocolate "make" very little tiny maggots... I saw once.

[@patrickwilliams600]

Also possibly different species of mold or different amounts of multiple mold species, based on the preference to the specific chemical environment.

[@000CherryBlossom000]

They "produce" different kinds of mold, because they have different kinds of sugar. They grow at a different speed and behavior

[@Perezjrjaime]

I watch these videos before I go to bed. Not cause they are boring but because they calm me down. I swear I was trippin when the camera angle switched up lol.

[@Jisoo-coded]

2:30 cup with zero in it looks like an artwork here

[@rerotero]

I have never clicked on a video so fast in my life!! Sending this to my fiancé! 😂

[@PhotoOwl]

Thanks for sending it, that's one of the best things you can do :D

[@ScottGrammer]

Interesting that in both cases, as the liquid evaporated, the mold growing on the surface of the liquids was deposited on the side of the glass furthest from the light source.

[@besticudcumupwith202]

...yeah I was thinking his table or bench was not 100% level. Maybe it did have something to do with the light?

[@ScottGrammer]

@@besticudcumupwith202 As liquids are self-levelling, a non-level table would have no effect. I believe it was the light.

[@comradegarrett1202]

different lifeforms growing in it is interesting. regular coke looked to be growing mold while coke zero seemed to be hosting a SCOBY. makes sense since the mold could easily feed off sugar while the SCOBY is adapted for breaking down stuff like the sugar alcohols in artificial sweeteners.

[@citrus6422]

Scoby doo be doo?

[@terencetay9111]

@@citrus6422 Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast, commonly used to make kombuch, a fermented tea

[@DwayndibbVids]

@@terencetay9111 Ah one is good bacteria > The other is bad bacteria 😂

[@manny2fs]

It's literally whatever landed on the liquid lol

[@taylorheart2024]

I like your style!!!🙏🙏🙏✌✌

[@edwardlees4585]

Great video. I wonder if adding the ice cubes also introduced some bacteria to the mix. Perhaps a control without ice would have been a good idea.

[@PhotoOwl]

I think more mold spores could end up in the glass from the air. I don't think those ice cubes made a lot of difference

[@edwardlees4585]

@@PhotoOwl Very possibly, yes. I assume the two glasses were filmed in separate locations so there was no cross contamination.

[@PhotoOwl]

@spooderderg4077 Yes, I know. What I meant by that was, I don't think adding food grade clean ice cubes introduced any additional bacteria to the coke that wasn't anyways present in my studio where I film dozens of these at the same time.

[@MalhaIIa]

@@PhotoOwl food grade clean ice cubes.. well, you used your fingers to put them in. was the cans clean? never have i seen anyone else wipe the top of the can before putting it in ther face.. i trust the glasses were sterile despite not being in an sterile environment. pretty sure i saw flies. and idk if such a level of detail was meant for the timelapse even. just saying. had a good watch. thank you. also, one with real sugar would be nice. though bet it's already out there so how interested am i anyway hehe.. if you are looking to improve production quality these little details are what makes the experience of both creating and watching so much richer. and that is what many "complaining" here is actually saying. this is a tough branch you are in where very high quality is almost always expected. Esp. from one like you who have the appearance of someone who would deliver premium quality. after all you do already deliver quality..

[@PhotoOwl]

@@MalhaIIa yes, I absolutely get what you mean. I could increase the quality of these time lapses by filming them in a sterile environment. I'm working on creating a better place for me to film, right now I'm limited by space, and you know I have to film multiple projects to he able to keep up the weekly uploads. What I meant by the clean I cubes was, they were ice cubes I made at home in my clean freezer by using clean tap water. I could use them in my drinks without any problem. So when I used those ice cubes in the coke, or not wiping the top of the can made very little difference when it comes to contamination, because there are a dozen other projects being filmed just a few feets away, and they are dirty rotting moldy stuff. I'm not complaining, there are many other niches that are much harder to film/create, but time lapses also have their difficulties. For me it's space limitation. Soon I will be able to start filming at a new place with more space. I like the idea of a sterile room for special time lapses, hopefully I can start uploading such videos too soon enough. Thanks for your comment, I appreciate your feedback!

[@JOELandJOELP]

Very interesting! We do have a question out of pure curiosity… What if there was no ice added to the drinks in the beginning? Would we have the same result?

[@Mis7erSeven]

Yes.

[@DFW_Productions]

Dude, I remember when your channel had a few hundred subscribers back in 2020. I have changed my channel so much since then, but you first commented on one of my Timelapse videos that I posted like 3 years ago. Your videos are so amazing!

[@PhotoOwl]

Thanks! It's so good to see someone in the comments who was here when I started the channel. I can see you deleted you old videos, why is that? It was normal time lapses, not driving time lapses, right?

[@Brainboostnetwork]

@@PhotoOwl Thats cool that you remember him :).

[@DFW_Productions]

@@PhotoOwl ahhh sorry I took so long to reply. But I’m now interested in aviation and I really don’t see the point in doing driving Timelapse’s anymore. But it’s cool that you remember me! It’s been like 3 years!

[@EthanH1]

One thing I’ve always wondered about these is what would happen if you just let the mold sit indefinitely. Once all of the moisture dries up and all of the sugar is consumed, the mold would theoretically die, right? And then would it just be dust?

[@HansWurst-lg1ws]

Basically yes, from dust to dust until the spores find a new habitat to flourish .)

[@alicewright4322]

yes, without moisture the mold cannot defend itself and will be oxidized into oblivion by the sun and the air. but the mold changes color before that: spore release - those spores are often resistant to dessication, and can sit dormant for years, until they land in another glass of pop or other suitable substrate. some molds actively disperse them in the air. the green stuff on the left is clearly mold spores which spread in the air. some mold can just break off fibers that float around without specialized sexual spores. some molds form dessication resistant masses called sclerotia too.

[@MattExzy]

Depends on the species of mold I'd say. I've seen mold growing on window sills and the like. But I guess that can be an area where moisture would condense anyway.

[@kjul.]

I wonder where the mold comes from in the first place

[@tiagodagostini]

Ladies and gentleman the first diabetic bacteria in the world

[@JoshuaKingofasgard]

How many cameras do you have, Photo Owl? And how many videos are you filming at a time, on average?

[@00xero]

Makes sense that the zero mostly evaporated, as its mostly water, and the original reduced into a sludge, since its full of sugar. I was surprised by the amount of growth on the zero however. I wonder what's feeding the bacteria. Caffeine?

[@keuwlcat1319]

my nuts

[@j_c_93]

One cool thing about Coke Zero is that it's not sticky at all. You could spill it and it's like cleaning up colored water.

[@richiep3520]

I also wonder how mould grew on it as there is no sugar.. But then also you can get mould in bathrooms or black mould near windows so that then makes me wonder what the food source is to feed these??

[@frojojo5717]

It contains Caramel, Phosphoric Acid, Aspartame, Acesulfame-K, Natural Flavourings and Sodium Citrates … so there is some stuff for molds to eat.

[@j_c_93]

@@frojojo5717 It does not contain caramel. It contains caramel food coloring. Caramel is just the name of the color.

[@Feuervix]

I find so beautiful and mesmerizing the way they started to resemble two little galaxies that slowly started to collapse and die

[@DiffuseSachverhalte]

The zero mold looking kinda cute at first

[@Aritso]

I guess this specially shows how normal coca cola and coca cola zero are noticeably different. Also that was an... interesting concoction you made at the end lol

[@Kikkerdrilpudding]

Just needed recarbonating

[@ForkedMan]

Id love to see one of these timelapse channels invest in a microscope so we can see how different samples look over time too, like a short video in the corner that goes through like 6 clips of samples taken at certain benchmarks like what a sample looks like at day 0, 12 hours, 1 day, 5 days, 25, 60, 100.

[@feynstein1004]

+1

[@IsraelQuezada999]

I stopped drinking coke or any other soft drinks about 15 years ago and my health improved a lot.

[@ArDeeMee]

I still drink them, but only once a week. It is a sweet treat, and should be treated as such. ❤

[@bjornna7767]

@@ArDeeMee I don't use extra sugar at all, can't stand this sugar syrup any longer, way too sweet for me. Once you refrain from extra sugar, you'll notice every mg of it in foods. Good, you're only consuming it once per week, there was a time I'd drink up to 2l per day of this syrup, stopped drinking it also like 15 years ago like the commenter, wished I had refrained from it earlier.

[@joisaita6522]

@@ArDeeMee per week is still too much I'd say

[@ArDeeMee]

@@joisaita6522 That’s your choice.

[@joisaita6522]

@@ArDeeMee I think you're looking for the term called "opinion". Yeah but it's still too much.

[@deesocrazy6477]

The original coke looked like stars 🌟 for a little 1:02

[@EngineerMonkeyBTD6]

There is zero Coca Cola in that Coca Cola Zero.

[@targetdreamer257]

That was equal parts horrifying and fascinating!

[@MRX_MosaReX]

I have a question, can/will you clean this vases and reuse them? Or are they gone forever? 🙃

[@PhotoOwl]

I cleaned them, because that mold that you can see being stuck to the glass came off pretty easily. It didn't smell bad either, so I thought why not clean them. But yes, usually if a glass gets too disgustingly dirty then I just throw it away. Egg in glass video for example, or the strawberry milkshake one

[@MRX_MosaReX]

@@PhotoOwl interesting, good to know that glass with mold can be cleaned. Thank for you answering! 🙂 I love your videos ❤️

[@tornado100able]

@@PhotoOwl Another question: Would you drink something using this glass? Even after cleaning it very well, i think i wouldn't....

[@ExNought]

@@tornado100able Not OP, but that should be a non issue. If you have a moldy glass, yes, you should probably intensively clean it, at best with more than 60°C best would be cooking it (so 100+°C) But glass is one of the few materials that are REALLY good at being cleanable, one of the reasons why we use it in the first place. Example: Most of the glassware used in chemistry is made of very similar glass to your regular household glass. There is stuff that does not go well with this in chemistry, but most acids and the like can be handled in your regular old water glass :)

[@tacticalSpaghetti421t]

OK I'll admit I did NOT think it was even possible for coke to get moldy.

[@Chicken_sandwich52]

It literally has sugar

[@PhotoOwl]

If you thought the usual tests were intense, wait until someone taste test something like this :) Please like and sub, or just drop a comment. It helps with the algo, thanks

[@scarado0k]

Hi! Your videos are so interesting lol, i just woke up

[@DiffuseSachverhalte]

The notification, watched 22s after upload, love your work

[@nurgle-j5n]

@Don't Read My Profile Picture ok, np

[@taylor3950]

I read this right when you added water and it seemed like you were stirring with a metal straw. I got very scared

[@ExploringNew1]

​@Don't Read My Profile Picture OK, we won't be rickrolled

[@keannacierra]

Got genuine shivers. I can’t stand mold. Thanks sir. 🥲 Love your content.

[@manu.yt25]

The only thing lacking is a chemical/microbiologic check of what remains there. I'm surprized by how the Zero had microorganisms too despite the lack of sugar

[@dirkhoekstra727]

Yeah. At first I though it might be the caramel that supports growth too, but it might just contain caramel coloring (which is different than real caramel). But some molds can me vicious little bastards and can break down a lot of chemicals for nutrition. It would only be molds growing in it, because the pH is too low to support bacteria.

[@mikeyshanghai9801]

Impurities from the ice cubes

[@Mxmic0101]

Went from Coke, to wine, to alien egg, to a crime scene

[@SleepNeed]

Now I want to see this but with "Mexican" Coke (sweetened with cane sugar) vs "American" Coke (sweetened with high fructose corn syrup) to see if there is any difference.

[@adesignersperspective]

there will be. that sludge left in the glass at the end is the corn syrup. sort of gives a good visual representation as to why it's terrible to consume and many countries have just made it illegal.

[@planescaped]

Aaaaand 1:55 is when you dare another guy to drink it for $20

[@timeblade]

Not enough money to pay for the hospital bills.

[@CzytaSieTylkoBarry]

20 dollars is 20 dollars

[@EmrakulThePacksTorn]

So, someone does this and records it, and everyone loves it. Yet, when I do it at my place and I don't record it, I am a slob and I need to clean my house? Double standards...

[@nullstress]

Kinda cool to see how aspartame makes the bacteria work together more efficiently. Looks like the sugar version just scatters them around and creates division between the colonies.

[@ginger_queen8108]

there's no aspartame in coke zero, it uses stevia. diet coke is sweetened with aspartame.

[@nullstress]

@@ginger_queen8108 that's cap, your honor

[@NOTREALCREEK]

​@@ginger_queen8108 Cole zero is sweetened with aspartame and ace k

[@Mrbacons-bacon]

0:42 is that… mold?!

[@Makav11i]

Yes

[@stickgamingreal]

What I learned: Coca cola Zero has a brown mold rather than green mold ❌ ice melts in 47 minutes👍

[@ratter1023]

Mold contamination could come from ice cubes or from the glass itself! Wonder what it would look like if you didn't use ice and strilized the glasses with boiling water 🤔 would they mold like this? Or in some different way probably?

[@JoeJoe-lq6bd]

And I'd be interested to see one pair of glasses covered and one pair uncovered.

[@sanjeev.rao3791]

Mold spores exist floating in the air as well, so it'd probably be very similar regardless.

[@kmh4076]

If we want to see the best result, lab conditions must be prepared but it is a hassle if you’re not a researcher

[@haygee2845]

*Mould

[@Duskwater19]

2:03 Honest to god, I thought the left glass was growing lmao

[@LordOfTheChickinz]

it legit was bro

[@TheRealSMOKEY372A]

I thought to myself when I saw the syrup at the end “I wonder what it would look like if he added water” and then you did. Perfect

[@-James-A]

Amazing how this 4 minute video took over 14 weeks to make. That's over 2,300 hours!

[@WoodlandIntersectionController]

1:39 : Therhes A Smile Face At coca cola zero

[@tropezando]

I accidentally did this experiment at least a hundred times throughout my childhood. It was hard to make it through a full can on my own, and once it got flat, I didn't want it any more. The half full can would sit abandoned in my room, usually beneath a window or my lamp, and become sourdough starter lol.

[@jocelbarrett5005]

At 1:46 there was a smiley face on Coke Zero

[@Corksy]

So, mold requires a few things to grow, water warmth, food. On the original Coke I liked how there were at least 2 identified species that developed. What is also interesting is that once the water level dropped so much, mold could not form anymore because there was too little water, too much sugar concentrated. On the other hand, I was not surprised that Coke Zero dried out completely, as there is pretty much nothing but coloured flavored water there. What I find intriguing is what the hell did the mold eat from there? Can it break down artificial sweeteners?

[@SoulAir]

Yes, in fact you also metabolize aspartame

[@SoulAir]

also, there is only 1 gram of aspartame as opposed to 50 grams of sugar

[@Corksy]

@@SoulAir yeah, I know we do but I didn't know a fungus can too

[@alicewright4322]

@@Corksy fungi can eat way more things than we can. fungi can eat wood, paper, motor oil, grass clippings, plastic.

[@vapulate3096]

I'd expect there to be very little sugar left in the Coke at that point given the fact there is so much growth. On this, it's very surprising to me given the large difference in nutritional content that the biomass appeared similar. You would expect the one with massive amounts of carbon from sugar to grow more, no? I wonder how so much biomass is forming here in the Coke Zero.

[@DarthJarJar6]

1:01 this is where tho coke in coca cola took shape

[@TheGrillSergeant]

Interesting. I would have thought the Coke Zero would never go bad lol

[@djfunkychicken]

I would rather visit planet coke zero.. offer a better view of the sun

[@terenceskill9526]

One could assume that the mold is coming from the bacteria in the ice cubes and the sugar in the original coke helped it to grow even worse than the one on the zero side.

[@pervertinokripperino9364]

mold coming from bacteria?

[@AusJapan]

As a scientist, I find it really interesting that the colonies that formed were able to survive just as comfortably on non-sugar compounds as sugar. I wonder exactly how they convert it into something useful. Remembering that the Coke Zero has zero calories, it is quite phenomenal.

[@kitboo9138]

im not a scientist just a guy who smokes a bunch of weed but i also thought this

[@Mis7erSeven]

If microbes would need large amounts of sugar to survive, you could just leave a glass of water exposed to air and drink it after two weeks. Normal water has zero calories as well and yet, I would not recommend to drink it after a longer time.

[@Dougdimmadingleling]

Jace Beleren, scientist and mold enthusiast.

[@DanakarEndeel]

Interesting that with the regular Coke the syrup remains while with the Zero everything evaporated. Also very cool to see how the Zero started first with the mold and apparently had a different type growing compared to the regular Coke.

[@dorukurasdemir3045]

The mold is probably from içe cubes

[@DanakarEndeel]

@@dorukurasdemir3045 Would be cool to test this again with and without ice cubes and see how things change. 🙂

[@egaskrad]

Zero has syrup remaining too. It is just 1/100 of the syrup of a coke.

[@nowandrew4442]

It will all go eventually if left long enough, he just stopped the video at the point that *one* of them finished first. Really should have left it for another 20 days at least.

[@WillaimMasters]

Now the real question is which one would you want to drink

[@jno7]

3:43 Ok now drink it

[@timeblade]

I wouldn’t even drink that shit for a billion dollars

[@jno7]

@@timeblade are you sure? If you know you don't die from it, but get a billion dollars, you wouldn't? It's like 1minute of pure disgust that results in joy for the rest of your life

[@timeblade]

@@jno7 you’re not thinking about the side affects from it. It may not affect you right now but later there might be issues

[@jno7]

@@timeblade I think you'll manage to get good enough medical treatment with a billion lol

[@zsoltbartus169]

Actually its interesting that these two drinks have barely any differences besides the less sugar oc (or at least, how most of us would think, personally never found any difference between og and zero), and still obviously totally different types of mold grew in them.

[@lred1383]

zero has no sugar at all in it. Instead it has acesulfame potassium and aspartame, e950 and e951 respectively. That's why it tastes wrong

[@mikehunt1528]

If it has no sugar then it's a chemical shitstorm.

[@Shaved_Bunny]

Whenever I drink the normal coke I can instantly taste the sugar...its just too much for me.

[@theJCanimations]

@@Shaved_Bunny I share the same opinion. I got used to Zero an the OG now feels too much sweet. If they are very cold I can drink both

[@hoosierdaddie454]

​@@Shaved_Bunny same, and it's not even the sweetness. It's the syrupy texture. Coke Zero just feels.. lighter? Regular coke just has that wrong texture of corn syrup

[@suekleinman6737]

Before I started watching this I was going to have a coke. Lost my craving. Hahaha

[@Idrante_dacqua]

I wonder what would happen with sprite

[@DS-jh1bp]

Coke Zero literally made a Zero at 2:59

[@dicerson9976]

My best guess is that the molds that formed on the original are the more typical and common sugar-eating varietes that we see on most rotting food products- but as zero quite literally has 0 calories in it, only molds which produce their own sugar could possibly live in it. Which means it was probably some kind of plant-like mold that takes the raw material and water in the zero (mostly the water, I imagine) and combines it with what little sunlight manages to bounce its way into the studio you set these in to then produce its sugar out of some base raw components pulled from the zero. Because its pulling raw stuffs out of the zero, it colors brown as the food coloring used to keep it that color (and which is typically unprocessable for most things) sort of just sticks around on what would otherwise be a fairly transparent white mold. Although the original coke has that coloring too, the molds that grow in it also produce their own coloring which likely overwrote that and as evidenced by the thick syrupy stuff left at the bottom, were clearly not taking in as much of the drink and likely just left the coloring in there with the other crap they didn't want.

[@Vintagesonic1]

If anyone is worried that this is what it does when its in our stomachs, just know that this would never happen, unless you somehow never took a piss for months on end.

[@kingkrzes7121]

Wow! Caffeine developed in plants in part due to it's antibiotic and antifungal properties, so I'm sure it had an impact on the difference in the microbes growing :)

[@alicewright4322]

it decreases growth of e coli but increases growth of some others. The Effect of Caffeine on the Bacterial Populations in a Freshwater Aquarium System (gibson et al 2009)

[@Histepford]

I didn’t know that Coca Cola is the official drink of Santa Claus until now

[@Motelmediamanagement]

it's so interesting to see in all your video's that water always finds its way into the atmosphere. everything vaporizes.

[@emeraldhillzone1992]

I completely forgot that soda can start molding. I do not appreciate that you've reminded me but this is an interesting video.

[@JJDBaca]

I always (subconsciously) close off my nasal passage when watching videos like this.

[@PIZZAdayisback]

Coke original: I'm born agaaaaaain, with snake's eyyyyyyyyes Coke zero: EENA ERRRRA-

[@Mari-tr2yr]

I haven't had soda in about 12 years now, for health reasons. I saw a billboard that had a clear glass and 45 packets of sugar saying "this is the sugar you consume in one soda"...I wash stunned by the reality check and stopped cold turkey.

[@northerniltree]

There is no reason to stop eating cold turkey.

[@martinwood744]

That's 4 minutes and 3 seconds of my life I won't get back.

[@kingbeans9707]

That reminds me, I need to pick up another case of Coca Cola

[@Empr4evr]

Moral of the story: if you don't drink your soda, something else will.

[@PhotoOwl]

Yes. All sodas will be drank in one way or another

[@danielthom8624]

I despise watching mold grow, yet i keep watching these timelapses

[@PhotoOwl]

sorry if it's too disgusting sometimes :d

[@bens3767]

I love how everyone is like it's the ice cubes as if it's so hard to conceive of bacteria being in their precious toxic drink...lol

[@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029]

Experiment contaminated by the introduction of ice from an ice machine.

[@shelleyjackson9443]

One time when i was very young i had a small plastic cup of coke and took it into an unused room in my house and forgot about it. A year or two later, i went into this room again and found this plastic cup with ~2cm of solid, condensed coke at the bottom. I even tried poking it with a fork and there was no budge. Safe to say, we just threw the cup out.

[@substandardtim]

Crazy how it caused the glass to start growing around the two month mark.