What is SodaStream?

It is the brand name of carbonation systems for home use. They were invented in the early 1900s to incorporate carbon dioxide (CO2) to drinking water. In those days these were called “apparatus for aerating liquids”. The more recent versions allow for adding flavored concentrates and before you know it – you have homemade carbonated, flavor drink or soda pop.

The initial machines manufactured were rather large and were sold for the larger households from the upper classes of London, including the royal household. There initially were flavors with odd names, one being the well-known sarsaparilla released while in the 1920s. The commercial carbonation machines were also introduced in the 1920s and were very well liked. The first smaller sized machines for home carbonation was manufactured in 1955.

With so many types of concentrate, different and exclusive flavors of soft drinks can be produced. In the days when the systems were most popular, many well-known brands were designed for SodaStream from the concentrate such as Fants, and Sunkist.

In the early 1990s, the business merged with Soda-Club and has since relaunched using a marketing plan targeted more in the direction of overall health or healthiers drink for kids or families.

Now there are several competing brands of soda concentrate for SodaStream. Aromhuset as is the Superior trademark plus their Zero (sugar free) series taste like they was sugar sweetened. Take a look on their Zero Indian Tonic at amazon England.

The SodaStream drink maker comes with a canister with CO2 which is pushed into water which makes water fizzy. The complete product includes a machine, co2 canister, and many reusable drink bottles specially designed for pressurizing. After filling a bottle with water, you screw it to the machine, push a control button, and create sparkling water. Carbonated sparkling water is also known as seltzer water. There are different flavors of concentrated syrups allowing the user to create regular or diet pop (or soft drinks). When the canister is empty, you give it back and buy a whole new canister of CO2.

The popularity on the SodaStream throughout the 70s and 80s in the UK and presently are connected with nostalgia for all those time periods. The advertising best tonic jingle in 1970 was “get busy with the fizzy” and was so very well liked, that this slogan was added to their logo. It was finally dropped in 1996 after 17 years.

MilkStream is actually a machine made through the same company for making milkshakes. You simply add milk, soft ice cream and syrup inside a tall glass, insert in the machine and a wand extends into the tall glass to whip up a foaming, tasty milkshake.

Today, SodaStream is part of Soda-Club and there are many web sites where they can be purchased and all the supplies can be ordered and reordered as required.