It is the brand of carbonation systems for home use. They were invented during 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 incorporating flavored concentrates and before you realize it – you have homemade carbonated, flavor drink or soda pop seltzers.
The initial machines manufactured were rather large and were sold to 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 introduced while in the 1920s. The commercial carbonation machines were also introduced from the 1920s and were very well liked. The first smaller machines for home carbonation was produced in 1955.
With so many types of concentrate, different and unique flavors of soft drinks can be produced. In the times when the systems were most favored, many well-known brands were designed for SodaStream in the concentrate such as Fants, and Sunkist.
During the early 1990s, the business merged with Soda-Club and has since relaunched using a marketing plan targeted more towards health or healthiers drink for kids or families.
The SodaStream drink maker comes with a canister with CO2 that is pushed into water which makes water fizzy. The total product includes a machine, carbon dioxide canister, and many reusable drink bottles especially designed for pressurizing. After filling a bottle with water, you screw it to the machine, push a button, and make sparkling water. Carbonated sparkling water is also referred to as seltzer water. There are very different flavors of concentrated syrups allowing the consumer to create regular or diet soda pop (or soft drinks). When the canister is empty, you give it back and buy a new canister of CO2 carbonating machines.
The popularity on the SodaStream during the 70s and 80s in the UK and presently are connected with nostalgia for all those time periods. The advertising jingle in 1970 was “get busy with the fizzy” and was so very well liked, that this slogan was included with their logo. It was ultimately dropped in 1996 after 17 years.
MilkStream is a machine made by the same company to make milkshakes. You simply add milk, soft ice cream and syrup in a tall glass, insert in the machine and a wand extends into the tall glass to whip up a foaming, delicious milkshake seltzer drinks.
Today, SodaStream is a component of Soda-Club and there are several web sites where they could be purchased and all sorts of the supplies could be ordered and reordered when needed.