Cream soda - a drink from childhood

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

The word "cream soda" has been familiar to many of us since childhood. Once upon a time, this was the name of a carbonated drink with a creamy taste and light notes of citrus. It refreshed well in the heat, was inexpensive, and mothers were not afraid to give it even to children. A lot has changed since then.

Historical background

Preparing a soft drink from soda and ice cream was invented a long time ago, at the end of the 18th century. It is noteworthy that lemonade appeared around the same time. Only if the lemonade was originally based on citrus syrup, and carbonated water appeared in the recipe much later, then cream soda initially contained it in its composition. This drink was widely used in the USSR, along with the famous "Pinocchio", "Duchess" and "Bell".

During the time of the Union, cream soda was prepared from natural fruit and herbal syrups. The use of plant-derived ingredients made the good old cream soda not only so tasty, but also he althy. This drink was often sold not only in bottles, but also in street vending machines.

New technologies

Today, progress has touched all areas of life. Modern cream soda -drink with a completely different composition. No more not only herbal syrups, but in most cases even essences. Based on synthetic ingredients. Although they reduced the cost of the drink several times, they did not add any benefit or taste to it.

The composition of modern cream soda includes a large number of various components "E". The aroma, color and taste, although similar to the original, are artificially obtained.

Cream soda is produced by different manufacturers. Some of them seek only to reduce costs and increase profits. Someone is fighting for quality, trying to reduce the percentage of artificial components. The most skillful marketers are trying to bring the drink closer to Soviet standards. However, most of the activities aimed at this are not reduced to the desire to introduce the old recipe, but to "illusion" - for example, cream soda is produced in glass bottles with labels in the USSR style. Visually, for many, it causes not only bouts of nostalgia, but also the conviction that not only the appearance, but also the content is authentic.

Modern recipe

The technology of the drink produced today is based on the following recipe:

• 1000 liters of water;
• 700g flavor base;
• 100-777g sweetener (natural or synthetic);
• 4 kg carbon dioxide;
• 880g citric acid;
• 177 g sodium benzoate (E211).

You can make this drink yourself. To do this, mix 40 ml of coconut milk andpineapple juice, 10 ml coconut syrup, 2 dashes of lemon juice, 100 g ice cream and fill it all with a glass of sparkling water.