Why does pop/soda have an expiration date?

[Saint Nick]

Its water and sugar, how can it go bad? I'm drinking this can of Sierra Mist that has an expiration date of "JUL 25 05" and it tastes absolutely perfect.

 

[Juno]

ew.

soda is teh bad.

 

[Leper Messiah]

My guess something to do with the carbonation.

 

[Saint Nick]

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
My guess something to do with the carbonation.

I was wondering about that myself... but this mist has tons of carbonation and bites too.

 

[Oil]

Yea carbonation starts to go

 

[Bozono]

I don't know but it's there for a reason. Try a can of Cola a year or so after expiry. You just may never drink a Cola again. Quite disgusting.

 

[TallBill]

Same reason beer has expiration date. Taste goes flat.

 

[imported_Snagle]

freshness makes a big difference unless you have a ****** sense of taste.

The more recently bottled, the better the taste, no question.

 

[KarenMarie]

I used to date someone who was a machinist in the factory that made the pull tabs for the soda cans... they are called perma-rings, btw. He said that they put dates on the can cause eventually the soda would eat thru the can.

i dont know how true that is, cause i have some COKE cans fro the chicago bulls 1990-91 championship that never erroded. the water eveporated from them, but thet never erroded.

 

[Syringer]

The person you dated was a moron.

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: Syringer
The person you dated was a moron.

I agree... for more reasons than just that. explains whty he is an ex.