Soft drink

A glass of cola, a type of soda, with ice and lemon

Soft drinks (also known as pop, soda, tonic, soda pop, fizzy drinks, or minerals) are "fizzy" drinks made from concentrates and sugar. When they are made, carbon dioxide gas is added which makes them "fizzy". This process is called carbonation. Some soft drinks have flavors. Some popular types of soda are Sprite, Mountain Dew, 7 Up, Pepsi, Dr Pepper and Coca-Cola. Most soft drinks are sweetened with sugar, that is what makes them so unhealthy.^[1]

Soft Drink Media

A glass of cola served with ice cubes
Soft drink vending machine in Japan
Bubbles of carbon dioxide float to the surface of a carbonated soft drink.
Carbonation moving through a drink, disturbing the ice in a glass
Equipment used by Joseph Priestley in his experiments on gases and the carbonation of water
An 1883 advertisement for Schweppes Mineral-Waters
The Codd-neck bottle invented in 1872 provided an effective seal, preventing the soft drinks from going 'flat'.
New York in 1890. A street sign "SODA" is visible at the bottom left part of the image.
A mid-20th century jug of bottler's flavor for 7-Up. The syrup-like concentrate lacked sugar and was sold to franchisees in such glass containers to produce the soft drink for retail sale.
Hartwall Jaffa soft drinks