Why Soda Tastes Different In A Can Or Bottle 

1. Glass bottle 2. Can 3. Plastic bottles

Glass bottle Is the best in my "taste"

In order: Glass bottle Can Plastic bottle

1. glass (has least and most expensive) 2. can (best out of the bunch for money/benefit) 3. bottle (tastes worst, cheapest)

Yall who dont taste a difference, you dont drink enough soda......

I wish they would of included fountain drinks. Coke tastes very different at Whataburger vs McDonalds vs Chick-fil-A. There is a science to fountain machines.

I always prefer my soda in a glass bottle.

Glass all the way. It's a damn shame that I struggle to get other flavors in glass other than Coke.

The best is Mexican Coca-Cola in a glass bottle.

I dont mind the containers much when it comes to most soda, but I really enjoy drinking Coca-Cola out of a glass bottle, it just feels more authentic to drink it that way. Plus I prefer the Mexican Coca-Cola that comes in the big glass bottles that has real cane sugar in it as opposed to corn syrup :)

I don't even drink soda that often and I have an opinion (it's glass bottle, but can is a close second)

You also have to take into account that most glass Cokes are made in Mexico. This is important, because in Mexico, they use CANE SUGAR instead of High Fructose Corn Syrup which is used in the formula for plastic bottles, and cans. The glass preserves carbonation better than can or plastic bottle. Other than the carbonation, the taste is different due to a different recipe, and not the bottle (Cane Sugar being exclusive to Mexican bottled Coke).

Glass bottles

1-glass bottle 2-can 3-plastic bottle

Cans! Drinking from a can makes drinks taste so much better. Second is glass. Plastic just makes everything taste way to sweet and completely change the original taste

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i searched for a video like this because i recently noticed a difference in soda in bottle and in can since i started to drink can more and i still havent really gotten an answer as to why they taste different but i enjoyed the video

Glass bottle will always have the best taste Hands down

For me, the main thing plastic bottle has over the other two is the lid being being the easiest to uses and is able to be reattached fine, so it it much more portable, and it’s ease of acquiring. I do prefer can, just love the hiss and crack of opening it up, though I haven’t had glass bottle enough regularly, I feel like I would like it the best.

I like the glass for the overall feel and portion control, since I'm cutting back on how much soda I drink and 8oz (or 12oz Mexicoke) is plenty for me on a somewhat regular basis. However, the cans are great for when I don't care about how much I'm drinking, but I try to stay away from plastic bottles.

Best is opening coke from a can and then drinking it from glass

Glass bottle for me makes it easy to go down. Plastic bottle is hard to gulp and is usually warm and stale with extra bubbles. Cans taste like a mixture of the 2

I hate soda from plastic. It looses that crisp chill way too fast after it's left the fridge, and for some reason the carbonation looses intensity way faster out of plastic too. There's also a slightly different flavour, likely from the plastic. Another downside is the permeability of plastic allowing the drink to lose carbonation over time. All in all, plastic sucks for sodas.

Soda fountain > can = bottle Why is a fountain better? Because the flavor syrup is combined with the carbonated water the second it dispenses, so you technically get the freshest flavor, meanwhile the cans and bottles, the water and syrup are combined at the factory, and can take as long as a week to get from factory to your mouth.

Glass Bottle.

Can tastes better!

i feel like cans have a similar effect to wine glasses when smelling the drink as opposed to a bottle, i often feel like i get more flavor from a can just from more fragrance

I don’t like to drink sodas. Just because I know it’s not too healthy. But man, when it comes to a glass bottle.... it persuades me to drink one almost every time.

Plastic is generally the worst. they made coke once in aluminum bottles, they tasted so much better for some reason, on top of aesthetically looking amazing.

Coca-Cola is good And I like glass

I just watched this and it made me thirsty

Glass is the best; particularly since the original recipe is bottled only in glass. Also, it is the greenest container; glass can be washed or recycled infinitely. But companies don't like it as much because it is the heaviest.

It does taste different?

I prefer glass because not only does it taste better but it is also more environmentally friendly

I saw that they thought only certain parts of the tongue taste certain things. That's bull crap. I trusted you more than this INSIDER.

I've never tasted a difference, but ig that's bc i rarely drink Coke 🤷‍♀️

Glass soda in CA is only available from a Mexico processing plant and they also use real sugar not HFC. Cans have a portion of the aluminum exposed when opened. so yes you are drinking out of an Al holder but most of the drink is not exposed to it. unless it is old soda. Old soda in plastic also looses so carbonation so it not as secure some go flat. Thus freshness is a key factor too. Diet has the shortest shelf life if you look at the markings.

It's not only different for everybody, but for me it is also different depending on the drink. I prefer Pepsi from a can. Coke from a glass bottle. Beer from a glass bottle or a proper beer glass (especially hefeweizen). The list goes on. But nothing from a plastic bottle. When I pour it into a glass though, it doesn't matter what the soda or drink was in before (with the exception being beer). I think the feel of the container wasn't adressed enough. The great thing about cans is that they feel colder and that changes the experience significantly. They also are smoother than plastic bottles. Our lips do play a role in our drinking experience. That's why I for example can't enjoy anything directly out of a carton. But I buy milk in glass bottles when I can, because I find the carton taste gets to the milk somehow. Doesn't seem to happen with juices though.

The best one is definitely the glass then I think it tastes better than cans in big plastic bottles but worse in small bottles

"Plastic bottles don't affect taste" meanwhile microplastics: Eyy I'm in your bloodstream

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The glass bottles of the best especially when it's icy cold

I can taste the metallic from drinking out if a can. For this reason I prefer plastic bottles or glass bottles. But finding glass pepsi is so rare.

Definitely prefer glass but it’s way more expensive to get those Mexican bottle cokes so I usually get cans

most stores in my country don't have glass bottles, so that's why i drink from a can. pepsi in cans is more like a foam then a sugar water

Glass is a classic! Also Fanta from a glass in Italy is insanely good!

I love that in my country is easy to get glass sodas 😁

I like the can, but I wish that they had a bigger can size

Of course it does. The bottle tends to have more to enjoy than the can 👀

had no idea they tasted different depending in which container. thought it was how old the soda was or something

It's really a flex for still enjoying glass bottle coca-cola til this day, and it is much cheaper than cans and plastic bottles

Cans? Glass? Plastic? I snore my coke directly from a table

My favorite is when it is out of a pop machine at a restaurant

Different batches easily makes the biggest difference. And that the soda hasn't gone flat of course. Anyone who has drinked Red Bull daily for years can tell which taste sweet and awesome and which taste off. And it's not from the effect that on some days i might taste it different depending what i've eaten but i've taste tested multiple cans side by side and others have a sweeter taste and others more bitter or just more off. I'm assuming every Coke batch can't taste exactly the same either

I love Diet Coke and I can’t imagine life without it. I never liked the plastic bottles. Diet Coke seems to go flat a lot quicker in a bottle than it does in a can. Even if I left an open can of Diet Coke out overnight if I drink it the next day while it’s flat it still tastes good where as whenever it happens with a bottle, if I drink it again it doesn’t have that sweet taste anymore.

Glass Bottle if you want the best taste Can if you want a perfect middle ground Plastic Bottle is for parties or for large consumption

I don't see alot of energy-drinks (monster, redbull) that are in bottle, and I tried Redbull on bottle some times but it really taste different!

I drink myself drinks through any container but I do prefer glass bottles I guess I was weaned that way! 🍾

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Also tastes different when poured into a cup

My mom drinks coke a cola almost weekly and she constantly makes this comparison to bottled and canned.

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1.Fountain(Ik they didn’t talk about this but still) 2. Glass 3.bottle 4. Can

Ive always loved glass coke but i cannot find it anywere

My mother once showed her age when she asked for a can opener. Lol

how about soda from vending manchine that fast food restaurant always use? It says that they do 70% soda 30% water combination to make it more watery with less carbonation which why many people able to drink fast without having sensation of carbonate in mouth

Glass feels dignified for me, but what does it matter anymore I quit soda year ago.

Idk why but I like bottled more than canned. But I still drink canned anyway because that's the good stuff.

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I think glass bottles can last longer i had a cream sodas with friends that were over 25 years old some were good some were bad but they tasted okay then i also had a cokeicola from 89 and it tasted pretty good. I will always love glass bottles with soda in it instead of plastic i only wished my local dam stores sold more. and were so goddamn so expensive for 6 of them.

Idk if I’ve ever tasted soda from a glass bottle before.

In Order: 1. Can 2. Glass Bottle 3. Plastic Bottle

Glass bottle uses sugar, plastic and caned use high fructose corn syrup

*pEpsI bOtTle, cOcA cOlA gLaSs, i dOn'T gIvE A dAmN*

They taste different depending on temperature, not container.

I like the slim can classic coke

My favorite is the fountains at Disney world, idk why

I prefer glass bottle because it is so chilling cold to drink

That one guy that drinks from a cup

I prefer cans, but I’ll drink soda no matter what.

I rarley find glass bottles of coke at my local stores.. ice cold canned coke all the way for me! So good!

I can’t taste the difference, but I always get cans because I drink them at like a third of the speed of a big 2 liter

coke that served in restaurants with ice cubes is the best, thats it

Glass is used for medicine containers and laboratory experiments. Glass does not modify the biochemical properties of substances, so that's why it will always taste the same. I'm a Biology Teacher and a Registered Nurse and I know this from the Biochemestry and Pharmacology courses I took.

Glass wins ! no competition here !

Dont the glass bottles contain sugar only while others also contain corn syrup?

I think can i best overall . Better taste than plastic and less price than glass . Also as sober it feels like drinking beer in can . Its kinda cool 😜😜😜

Glass forever

It is definitely best really cold out of a glass bottle.

Fountain>glass> Bottle/cans go both ways. Sometimes i prefer can and sometimes bottles are better.

Can I'd the perfect taste. Canned coke is so much better tasting than bottled

those who say the mexican coca cola are right just watch where you actually buy them from, when it come to Walmart or any other American grocery store they use the same corn syrup bc they are trying to sell you “the real thing”. I would recommend going to small mexican store which they come with the spanish ingredient in a sticker (white or yellow) which are the real thing

Glass is absolute best and also recyclable

Just so you know, any liquid in a plastic bottle contains parts of plastic in that plastic bottle. Bottled water is known for this.

What about restaurant cokes like McDonald’s?

Coke is like a different animal in cans. It has more bite and doesn't taste as sweet. I'm from a small town near the birth place of Coca-Cola and it's a very unpopular notion to prefer it in a can instead of a glass bottle. Like "somebody get a rope" unpopular. Not too many people will bat an eye at someone who is openly gay, but "don't ask don't tell " is still the best rule of thumb if you prefer Coke in cans.

I prefer a glass bottle. Especially if I'm eating in a restaurant in Juarez with some flautas for burgers 😋😍. It just has a better flavour

Can & glass for me

With different sodas I prefer it different

Everyone knows soda from the soda fountain is always the best