Can we talk about how store brand soda ages way better than name brand?

I cracked open a 3 year old generic cola last week and it still had some fizz, but a name brand can from the same batch was flat as a pancake. Anybody else notice budget stuff holds up longer in the pantry?

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quinn5823mo ago

My dad worked at a bottling plant for 20 years and he always said the cheap sodas get more preservatives because they sit on shelves longer. That extra stuff probably keeps the fizz locked in way past its prime. Does the generic brand you tried have a bunch of ingredients the name brand doesn't?

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jake_chen3mo ago

My buddy back in college worked at a warehouse that stocked all that generic grocery store stuff, and he said the same thing. He told me once they had a pallet of off-brand cola that was sitting in the corner for like six months before they finally moved it. He cracked one open and said it still fizzed like it was fresh off the truck. I mean, that's a little scary when you think about it, but I guess the trade-off is you get a soda that won't go flat on you after you leave it in the car for a week. So maybe that extra chemical cocktail is actually doing its job, even if it sounds like something out of a lab.

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