How A Soda Fountain Works

An explanation of how a soda fountain operates and it's ability to turn what is basically sugar and water into a very popular beverage.
Cheers!...

[@WorldOfHouseSparrows]

For some reason I always thought there were big tanks of each soda flavor stored somewhere and the machine simply dispensed them...

[@marzsit9833]

that is how premix soda systems work. premix was used in areas where the local tap water was too poor to be cleaned up with filters for postmix, but nowadays restaurants in those areas serve bottled or canned drinks instead. pepsi and coke have discontinued premix in north america, but i've heard it is still being used in europe.

[@clintgolub1751]

Dude, I as well 😂

[@bwells9772]

Same

[@BiggieMFCheese]

Saaaaaaame. Only realized it wasnt when the fancy touch screen ones came out

[@eriya181]

Me too. I didn't think soda fountains made the drinks

[@ChaseSandman]

"An imposible marriage... unless it happens under pressure" Yeah, I've heard that story too.

[@beaniril8870]

Marriage against their will under a certain tradition but once it escape, ie., from their tradition, they can divorce just like inside a tank where water and co2 were force to marry but once it escaped it can be separated or divorce.

[@michaelmonteon34]

@@beaniril8870 Is that what happened with your parents?

[@nehaalrao1921]

Some Arranged marriages in a nutshell

[@Bleepbleepblorbus]

​@@nehaalrao1921Forced, arranged, what's the difference?

[@nehaalrao1921]

@@Bleepbleepblorbus arranged marriage is part of the culture in India, all religions included. So, I may willing sit for an arranged marriage when the right time comes.. or I could be forced to sit even if I love someone outside. And hence, forced

[@Jixzah]

Why blur out the machine? We all know it says Coke

[@Khaltazar]

Josh VanTubergen What about the cups that all say Coca-cola? :D

[@kclunario2131]

+Jixzah Edited The Coke (fountain) without blurred on Full Episode Online.

[@coldhardcole]

Jixzah it's because they don't want to advertise

[@robertknight4672]

Khaltazar well the cups are upside down. In the movie Grease there's a blurred-out Coca-Cola sign in the restaurant, a set designer didn't know they made a deal with Pepsi. I think there's a few shots where you can see the sign unblurred in that movie

[@negan3042]

Jixzah Then they should HAVE blurred the WHOLE THING!!!😂

[@David_Bellows]

I love how it’s been 10 years since posting and even our newest machines, still use the exact same components

[@vtec8641]

We you know the saying don't fix it if its not broken

[@noahater5785]

Except all those components are probably miniaturized and jammed into one housing to save space

[@Cuenta-ry4bm]

Is it me or does sodas from this machines have more gas and bubbles? They also taste better than normal bottle sodas for me

[@esteban9357]

because it’s the freshest form it’s being made as it dispenses it ,it don’t got time to slowly leak or lose carbon

[@Nihyre]

Fountain soda is either the best or the worst.

[@cliffsheets73]

@@Nihyre It also depends on the source water. If you can get a fountain drink system to connect to Reverse Osmosis Purified Water, you will have the best tasting fountain drinks.

[@ryaneslava7111]

Soda cans for me 💯

[@ryaneslava7111]

Or maybe it’s because I always get stuck with a busted soda machine at McDonalds 😅

[@viiperbiite]

It's amazing how this all happens within a matter of a few seconds.

[@madloop3217]

Time is relative to space. 1sec in atomic level is equivalent to more than thousands of years in human scale. That's why the smaller the creature is, the faster it goes. Nothing amazing about that, it's just nature

[@skudzer1985]

I appreciate the rocking background music. It's totally not intrusive and distracting.

[@gainsallday4992]

skudzer1985 you read my mind

[@TheSparktier]

How many times does he have to say the mix between the gas and water is impossible. We get it

[@Educationey]

+Seth Allen That's impossible!

[@jtr6189]

LMFAO I thought I was the only one pissed off from this!!!

[@Dominikmj]

It is not even true. CO2 mixes in water even without pressure - just not in a very high concentration!

[@amaggard14]

Lmao they cut a hole in the carbonator just for an animation

[@UmarFarooq-yx7rw]

Maybe they used a old non working one from some junk store or some other place?

[@jtr6189]

I honestly thought they just refill it with Coke/Sprite..etc and it just pours it directly

[@mblackops2]

iSquamata ikr

[@ordersquamata930]

Seemed like it

[@Rhysiboi81]

@@ordersquamata930 idiots

[@occytober8277]

@@Rhysiboi81 wym “idiots” you’re here too

[@aturnedfirotent]

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[@micahh9351]

I work at my college and we have a massive system I've dubbed Beverly. She purifies the water 4 times, carbonates it, and pumps it through 32 different solenoids ending with more than 20 different soda flavors, 4 bubly flavors, 4 brisk flavors, and a triple pot coffee/hot water machine. It is properly massive

[@dusterdude238]

You were absolutely right in your thinking, there are. but they did not show these and they are usually in a back room or a basement somewhere. either tall stainless steel cylinders with a black handle / tip-over guard as the old way, but now they use what is called a "Bag in a box" design" kind of like the large boxes of wine you buy for parties. basically a box with a plastic bladder inside to hold all the molasses like syrup.

[@Landrew0]

Blocking out the soft-drink brands is the height of silliness. No one would sue over free publicity, and proof of financial gain as a result of trademark infringement in this clip would be impossible to prove. Someone needs to get out more.

[@imaloserdude7227]

As I was reviewing a restaurant, I was curious as to what was in a soda. I knew that there was a sugary syrup, and water, but how about those bubbles? Well, this short video explained it all to me with the help of video and animation, and words that I could understand. So, I walk up to a soda dispenser at my favorite restaurant (Taco Bell) with a paper and wax cup in my hand. I expect a certain sweet flavor. I expect bubbles. When I get both in the perfect combination, I drink the soda. The syrup is just a bunch of sugar and a company’s secret recipe for their soda. The Mountain Dew that I prefer contains high fructose corn syrup, concentrated orange juice and other natural flavors, citric acid, sodium benzoate (preserves fresh-ness), caffeine, sodium citrate, gum arabic, erythorbic acid (preserves freshness), calcium disodium EDTA (to protect fla-vor) and brominated vegetable oil, and yellow 5. I know this, not because Taco Bell tells me, but because I just looked it up. My soda also contains carbonated water. How does it this machine create that carbonated water? Well, water is a liquid, a mixture of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen (H2O). Carbon dioxide is a gas, a mixture of one part carbon and two parts oxygen (CO2). These two are not compatible. Inside the soda fountain is a tank. Water is pumped in and carbon diox-ide is pumped in. When their molecules meet, they don’t mix. In fact, each carbon dioxide molecule just hangs out and lets the water molecules surround it. It doesn’t attack the water molecules or try to combine with them to form a new sub-stance. Each carbon dioxide molecule just sits in there, wait-ing. And when the machine spurts out the carbonated water into your paper or plastic cup (mixed with syrup, of course), these gassy carbon dioxide bubbles finally find a way to escape. When you look into a cup and notice tiny bubbles rising from inside and popping on the surface, what you’re seeing, hearing (and smelling if you get close enough) are the carbon dioxide bubbles escaping. In a typical glass of soda, there is a full glass of water (and syrup), and five full glasses of gas (car-bon dioxide). A final question. Where does that carbon dioxide go if you drink the soda? I looked this up online too (though I kinda new the answer). The gas goes right back out of your stomach, up your esophagus, and out your mouth in a belch (or burp). Some might go out the other end a few hours later, along with the gasses produced from the food you eat (like that magical and fruity food we call beans). Now I know how a soda machine works.

[@manywinters]

Wow

[@swansong5960]

Faaarrrk me. Mate, that was so boring to read I dozed off halfway through and nearly missed my train stop.

[@normanpenick110]

Many thanks for a great explanation and illustration. Pay no attention to the critics.

[@Dominikmj]

Are you kidding? It is not even scientifically correct! Carbonic acid is dissolving in water - not CO2. However as carbonic acid is unstable, CO2 is formed, as soon as it is out of pressure. Oh - wow - I did it: I explained the whole science behind it in a 10th of the time, this dork did. But I got it right...

[@abrothman]

Wrong! Gases such as CO₂ DO dissolve in water. The weak carbonic acid formed is a side effect.

[@N7Commandershep]

wow i always wanted to know how this soda machine works. thanks you Triwood :D

[@CrumbyPics]

Vey informative! :D This is the type of thing that most of us never even think twice about concerning how it works! Cool! =D

[@jiujennie]

And that's why engineering is awesome

[@Trentsum]

Because its being mixed fresh, it always tastes better than bottled/canned soda.

[@heroknaderi]

Very interesting 😊

[@hunterlovejoy7651]

Not only did I learn how a soda fountain works but I also learned how soda works

[@NyrixCorp]

As did I. There's a soda fountain by our college dorms, and it goes flat towards the end of the week. We all figured they just hadn't replaced the soda yet, but they must have run out of CO2 or something.

[@papadeztv1959]

Who else was high asf and thought “How the hell does a soda fountain work?”

[@Basillomorimeow]

I’m a kid learning

[@jackcole1632]

I'm 36 and stonned.. And STILL LEARNING!

[@richardparker8987]

I USED TO WORK AT MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT IN BENSALEM PENNSYLVANIA BACK IN 1986 AND 1990 RIGHT OUT SIDE OF MY HOMETOWN PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA ( ON THE PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE )

[@astonio9693]

This is something i googled at 2 am. Now back to bed.

[@Shicomm]

Nice one ! Thanks for the upload again Triwood !

[@gamegeekx]

Thank you for the video. Almost drank soda at McDonald's. If water from the pipe is being used that's not good at all, today March 12 and weeks later, because the Corona virus is detected in Union County water supply.

[@theLamb14]

Watching this video 10 years after it was uploaded. I didn't even have a KZbin account back then 😊

[@tbah9402]

This helped me so much I got a free soda fountain from Disney's and didn't know how to get it to work

[@noahater5785]

I am probably guessing the newer Coca-Cola freestyle machines work the same way, except since there’s only a single nozzle, the machine has to occasionally purge itself with plain carbonated water before dispensing whatever is chosen by the next person who uses it to prevent their drink from being unintentionally mixed with whatever the previous customer gift which could result in a weird tasting drink

[@noahater5785]

*got

[@marieh22]

That's definitely something I didn't know!

[@Ajunejo]

Hello Discovery! I want to use some parts of your video for making an online teaching video about process of soft drink manufacture for school level in Sindhi language. I hope you will have no objection for using your materials for a noble purpose. I will give credit to Discovery in my lecture. Thanks in advance.

[@HaydenLau.]

I wonder what the red censored logo is I guess we'll never know

[@danielholowaty2648]

An impossible marriage.. but possible under pressure!

[@azntranc3951]

@Hellamund I agree. Every time I go to the restaurant I see these really large soft drink labeled tanks with valves on top.

[@fabioproductions]

It's 3 am why am I here

[@davreca]

Great upload!

[@heartbroken7199]

yo why is this video so intense. like the music??? hello? lol

[@Vandy5000]

Why do they always blur out logos/brands..

[@AuroraBoBora]

*David Bowie starts singing "Under Pressure"

[@TheGhostWarden]

Woot! Been a while! Thank you.

[@Adam-gn4oo]

it is so easy to tell that it is a coke machine especialy with the cups next to it.

[@CricketPulse.18]

Do we have to have flavours in fountain soda or no? Pls explain

[@dphotos007]

Are they just using unfiltered city water? That is why if I do drink soda which is rare, I first like it from a glass bottle to avoid a can taste and second I know the water is put through a filter at the factory.

[@oscarg.3330]

A lot of restaurants use water filters in this process. This example didnt show it. You'll know if the water if filtered by drinking water from the fountain.

[@dphotos007]

@@oscarg.3330 Even if the water is filtered I still stay away from fountain drinks. You do not know if the soda machine is cleaned everyday. Since corn syrup or sugar is used it is very easy for the machine nozzle tips to have bacteria growing around them if they are not cleaned daily with hot water and soap The bacteria can possibly make you sick. I still prefer any kind of soda from a glass bottle.

[@oscarg.3330]

@dphotos of yeah. I seen the stuff.

[@Courtney1992]

he forgot to mention what happens when you take off the lid on the fountain what all those nobs are for and the plastic nob on the fountain if you remove it the drink losses its carbonation really fast

[@aqsireyrey]

came from sturniolos

[@shanecastillo7830]

note The Carbonator Gages Regulates the amount of Beverage air that goes to the pump before it Gets to the Fountain and there are Regulators on the Suryp pumps also that Give the Amount of Suryp and water to the tap.pending on the Size of the cup the Technicians set the Gages to the amount of Suryp and water and Beverage air going to the tap

[@marzsit9833]

not really, the syrup to water ratio is adjusted at the dispensing valves located on the front of the fountain dispenser. the regulators on the co2 tank set the carbonator pressure about 100psi, and the syrup pump pressure about 40psi.some systems conserve co2 by using a separate air compressor to drive the syrup pumps so all of the co2 goes into the carbonator.

[@bijaydahal2572]

how much does it cost. .and where do I get it from

[@Adam-gn4oo]

they blur out the machine but not the cups

[@opcn18]

CO2 and water DO form chemical bonds with each other. It makes H2CO3, carbonic acid.

[@dusterdude238]

because when soft drinks were made in the early days they used Bicarbonate of soda (or commonly know as Baking soda) to make the carbon dioxide. and I guess it just stuck somehow.

[@joshhagen4182]

Informations completely wrong the motor spins a mixer unit that mixes c02 and water sends it to the tank to be stored before it is dispenses... they animated the mixing in the tank..

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[@jp554731]

So then, what happens to the liquid that goes down the drain?

[@paulbunyun-xi9by]

the water evaporates leaving just the syrup and clogs the drain

[@balurammeena2968]

very nice

[@omar90s91]

That 2006-2010ish sounds

[@TheNinanator]

Until today I seriously thought all the soda was pre-made and the machine was just the dispenser...

[@TakethatriskTs3]

so critical

[@kakadots]

Lol imagine you go to get some soda and it gives you straight syrup

[@swansong5960]

Apu, give me a squishy! All syrup...

[@elcimohr]

They could have emphasised that Carbon Dioxide doesn't dissolve in water a bit more.

[@howtofold190]

because a soda IS a soft drink

[@thetruthrover]

A shotgun wedding of sorts

[@PHILIPWATSON82]

This soda dispenser was sponsored by Coca Cola 🥤

[@KevinAZheng]

What the point of blurring out the fountain in the beginning. it's CLEARLY Coca-cola.......it's also on the cups

[@reptar74]

I dont get why they blurred out the obvious coca-cola sign in the soda fountain but left the coca-cola symbols unblurred on the cups...

[@sangeethad444]

please prices

[@Silver_007_DM]

This is my Guilty Pleasure ;P

[@Jakobschannel01]

I thought the syrup was stored IN THE MACHINE!

[@Saliha189]

Same lol

[@montanaspring7176]

nice

[@brandonduran5283]

I think coke and pepsi is not my favorite soda so I think slushie is my favorite drink ice cold with syrup.

[@thescarletcars]

I don't know why they blurred out the logo on the soda machine at 0:22 I can clearly see the Coca Cola cups beside it.

[@kri_wolf9630]

So that is why we burp cause of the gas that is escaping going through the atmosphere.

[@NyrixCorp]

Won't be long before the impossible marriage gets a divorce.

[@alexmaccity]

Thats why the soda out of those taste like bug juice

[@woodycoda4772]

But why do you want co2 it burns.

[@shotsoftheseries2095]

Nine years ago....when i born

[@ozzoruuska3734]

fuck. i dont wanna know how the machine works. i wanna know where the cola comes from and how i can get same coce to myself at home.

[@vws3284]

Donald Trump just search it up on the internet😂

[@Muscleduck]

I expected a diet coke + mentos video. Informative nonetheless.

[@ebrahems84]

Wow the fountain is from Pepsi. It is obvious guys, definitely not Coca cola. have you seen the cups next to it ?

[@zacharywu5616]

Who else always thought there’s just a tank of coke and sprit in it…

[@MsMoonDragoon]

oh dont blur it out we know it says cokacola!

[@SBA93]

@Hellamund haha same !

[@OscarHernandez-kn8mq]

Yup

[@walkingonahill]

Why bother blocking out the machine name? We all know what it is and can all see it on the freakin cups...

[@chocolateex1907]

Neat

[@johntobz]

C&C Generals Theme

[@musikTECH]

ive Always wondered lol

[@MS-gv6jd]

wow all this time i thought bottled and fountain soda are the same thing. how ignorant was i

[@mblackops2]

Maznah Sakdi same

[@zeroumashi2947]

This documentary is a lie. you don't need lots of pressure to force the water to carbonate. If you chill the water before mixing in co2 it will carbonate. If what i said wasn't true you wouldn't be able to carbonate water with just a keg filled with water and a tank of co2. All the carbonator does is agitate the water so you don't have to sit there mixing the water back and forth. You could easily carbonate water on the fly if you wanted to, using an inline static mixer. *edit* Just to clarify. water doesn't mix well with co2 at room temperature. if you want to carbonate all you need is cold water and co2. The pressure from the co2 alone can help carbonate the water it just needs to be agitated.

[@oscarg.3330]

Interesting, how do you know so much about this?

[@kjayy7682]

I already knew all of this. :P

[@m7md_m7md]

And then all this shit goes into our body!

[@shoukatali5011]

ade praic list

[@AlhanoofAburas]

wow i was way off

[@pegismart7197]

My favorite soda is Coca cola

[@davreca]

Who gives a damn if u already knew this

[@DFG224FDF]

Maybe they realize how prevalent the 'name' is. Maybe the 'blocker' is a man of principles. Maybe the man is just a man. But, with god as his witness, he will not contribute to the commercialized imprisonment of society.

[@sangeethad444]

i want letest m soft drink

[@raymellee4364]

Cornsyrup😂😅😂

[@Dominikmj]

This is one of the worst pseudo-scientific explanation I have ever seen! He actually explains the solution of nitrogen in water - however carbon dioxide is a whole different thing! Because there is carbonic acid, which dissolves in water (no - CO2 doesn't become liquid under this type of pressure... it is totally wrong - it is actually really difficult to get CO2 to a liquid state...). Wow this production team supposed to get fired from the Discovery Channel!

[@imranfirdaus6332]

Lmao i don't know anything