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

The initial machines made were rather large and were sold to the houses with more people of the upper classes of London, including the royal household. There were flavors with odd names, one being the famous sarsaparilla released while in the 1920s. The commercial carbonation machines were also introduced from the 1920s and were very popular. The first smaller machines for home carbonation was manufactured in 1955.

With so many forms of concentrate, various and exclusive flavors of soft drinks can be made. In the days when the systems were most favored, many well-known brands were designed for SodaStream in the concentrate such as Fants, and Sunkist.

In the early 1990s, the business merged with Soda-Club and has since relaunched with a marketing plan targeted more towards health or healthiers drink for children or families.

Here and now there are considerable competing brands of syrups for SodaStream. Aromhuset as is the Premium trademark plus their Zero (sugar free) series taste like they as sugar sweetened. Take a watch at their Zero Indian Tonic at amazon Great Britain.

The SodaStream drink maker comes with a canister with CO2 that is forced into water which makes water fizzy. The total product includes a machine, carbon dioxide canister, and several reusable drink bottles specially 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 known as seltzer water. There are different flavors of concentrated syrups which allows the consumer to generate regular or diet pop (or soft drinks). When the canister is empty, you return it and purchase a new canister of CO2.

The popularity of the SodaStream during the 70s and 80s in the United Kingdom and currently are associated with nostalgia for those time periods. The advertising make tonic jingle in 1970 was “get busy with the fizzy” and was so very popular, that the slogan was added to 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, ice cream and syrup in a tall glass, insert into the machine and a wand extends in the tall glass to whip up a foaming, delicious milkshake.

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