The market for carbonated beverages has grown dramatically overrecent years in most countries, and this growth has requiredchanges in the way factories are run.

An effervescent exploration of the global history and myriad symbolic meanings of carbonated beverages. More than eighty years before the invention of Coca-Cola

CONTENTS - INTRODUCTION - 2. SUGARS AND SYRUPS - 3. ARTIFICIAL AND HIGH- POWER SWEETENING AGENTS - 4. ACIDS AND ACIDULATION - 5. WATER AND WATER TREATMENT - 6.