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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sameerasadaru" data-source="post: 11771872" data-attributes="member: 262282">මේ වීඩියෝ එකට කොම්පැනිය මෙහෙම තමා ප්‍රතිචාර දක්වලා තියෙන්නේ Rumor: Child dies after drinking Coca-Cola light® followed by chewing menthol-flavored chewy candyA rumor has been circulating the Internet that a boy has died in Brazil  from eating Mentos and drinking Coca-Cola light. This is a hoax, most  likely triggered by the well-known "Diet Coke/Mentos fountain  phenomenon." Our Response:  There is a false rumor circulating via email on the  Internet that claims that a child in Brazil died after drinking  Coca-Cola light followed by chewing menthol-flavored chewy candy. This  story is not true.There is no reason to believe that Coca-Cola ingredients together with  menthol flavor or any other food or food ingredient would combine to  cause any illness. Coca-Cola ingredients and menthol flavoring are  widely approved as safe food ingredients and are used worldwide in a  variety of foods.This email appears to be linked to a number of amateur videos that have  appeared on the Internet, which show people, for fun, mixing Mentos  candies with Coca-Cola light (or Diet Coke®) to produce a reaction that  causes the Diet Coke to shoot into the air. This reaction is thought to  be caused by carbon dioxide (which gives carbonated soft drinks their  fizz) permeating the porous surface of the Mentos.However, chewing a Mentos candy destroys the surface needed for the  carbon dioxide bubbles to form. Therefore such a foam reaction cannot  happen when the two products are ingested.We strongly advise consumers to treat with skepticism unauthorized or  untraceable rumors which they find on the Internet, since they often, as  in this case, turn out to be entirely false.Q. Why does Diet Coke or Coke  Zero when combined with Mentos produce a reaction that causes Diet Coke  to shoot into the air or causes a rocket car to propel with Coke Zero?A. Some scientists have said that it has to do with the rapid release of  carbon dioxide (what gives soft drinks their "fizz") caused by the  candy. As soon as Mentos is dropped into the beverage, carbon dioxide  bubbles rapidly form all over the surface of the candy. As Mentos sinks  to the bottom of the bottle, additional bubbles are formed and the  pressure inside the bottle increases very rapidly. The sudden increase  in pressure pushes all of the liquid up and out of the bottle. The same  reaction occurs in the case of the rocket car propelled with the Coke  Zero/Mentos combination where the carbon dioxide pressure drives the  reaction.Q. Can this same reaction occur if I eat Mentos and drink Diet Coke or Coke Zero at the same time?A. No. Chewing the candy destroys its surface which is needed for the carbon dioxide bubbles to form.Q. Will anything happen if I just swallow Mentos and then consume Diet Coke or Coke Zero?A. No. The level of carbon dioxide and pressure generated in a 2 liter  bottle of beverage is far greater than what can be produced in the  stomach.</blockquote>

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