How Does a Mentos React With Diet Coke and Other Sodas......

A Diet Coke and Mentos eruption (or Diet Coke and Mentos geyser) is a reaction between a carbonated beverage and Mentoscandies that causes the beverage to spray out of its container.

The numerous small pores on the candy's surface catalyze the release of carbon dioxide (CO₂) gas from the soda, resulting in the rapid expulsion of copious quantities of foam. Although any carbonated beverage will produce a similar effect, the reaction was popularized using Diet coke for seemingly producing the best results.

-A 2006 episode of the television series myth busters concluded that the Pottasium Benzonate, aspartame, and CO₂ gas contained in the Diet Coke, in combination with the gelatin and gum arabic ingredients of the Mentos, all contribute to formation of the foam.

-Mentos is the most significant cause of the eruption due to nucleation

-A Guiness World Record of 2,865 simultaneous geysers was set on October 17, 2010, in an event organized by perfetti Van Melle at the SM Mall of asia Complex, in Manila, Philippines.