inconsistent taste of soda beverages

Ever ordered a soda from a fast food or convenience store (e.g. McDonald's or 7-11) in one location and then ordered the same drink at another location of the same chain and noticed the difference in taste? Have you wondered why the taste is nothing like what you would get from a soda can or bottle?

I used to wonder about it and blame the person pouring the syrup. I have come to realize that that is only half the problem. The real problem is the water. When there is hardness in the water, it requires more syrup to bond with the hard minerals, so the server has to compensate by adding more syrup. And I have also come to realize that the water quality differs from area to area and if the water is not treated consistently, it results in inconsistent tasting soda.

Many of these locations use some sort of combination water treatment - water softeners and filtration. Unfortunately, these treatments are unable to make the water quality the same (meaning bringing the total dissolved solids to a consistent number and keeping the pH at a neutral level).

There is now one solution that takes care of removing the odor, taste and hardness of the water. It is reverse osmosis from PureOFlow by Pure Revolution powered by GE membrane technology.

I was chatting with a friend who worked at a fast food location who confided to me that these beverage fountain heads become clogged with the scale from the water and are a breeding ground for algae and bacteria. That opened up a whole new set of issues and concerns for me.

Luckily, PureOFlow prevents scale build-up so if a beverage center has PureOFlow installed, it will not have the algae and bacteria from the scale, because purified water removes scale!

Perhaps that is why PureOFlow customers are swearing by PureOFlow and will not switch back to other water treatments again.

So, the next time you are paying for that expensive soda, make sure you ask, "Is your water for the soda purified or filtered?" If it is filtered, you know you could be about to drink something unhealthy. If it is purified, rest assured your money was well spent. But, be sure to probe, because it is quite likely that the person at the counter may not even realize the unhealthy conditions of the beverages they are serving which could inadvertently be spreading illness to its customers.
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And, by the way, Coke has very stringent standards and specifications on water quality to be used with their syrup to ensure it meets their can or bottle taste.