Bacon soft drink facts for kids
Bacon soft drinks are fizzy drinks that taste like bacon. These unique sodas are made by several companies in the United States. Some well-known brands include Jones Soda, Lockhart Smokehouse, and Rocket Fizz.
Who Makes Bacon Soda?
Jones Soda Company
Jones Soda is a company based in Seattle, Washington. They worked with another company to create their bacon-flavored drink. This soda has only ten calories per serving. It does not use real bacon, so it is safe for vegetarians.
It took many months to create the right bacon flavor. The goal was to make it taste just like bacon. One magazine described it as dark red with a strong bacon smell. It also had a very sweet taste from artificial sweeteners.
People who tried Jones Soda's bacon drink gave it low scores in a taste test. They rated it on a scale of 1 to 10. The average scores were:
- Smell: 2.02
- Taste: 1.58
- Bacon-ness: 4.57
- Overall: 1.76
In 2010, the marketing director for Jones Soda said they felt it was their job to make bacon's salty taste into a soda. Jones Soda also sells other bacon-flavored items. These include bacon lip balm, popcorn, gravy, and salt. They even make other meat-flavored sodas, like turkey and gravy.
Lockhart Smokehouse
Lockhart Smokehouse is a restaurant in Dallas, Texas. They make a bacon-flavored soda called Meat Maniac. People have described this drink as tasting like fake bacon. They also say it is creamy and sweet. The ingredients list shows that this soda does not contain any animal products.
Rocket Fizz
Rocket Fizz is a chain of candy stores. Their main store is in Camarillo, California. They sell a bacon-flavored soda called Bacon Soda under their Lester's Fixins brand. In 2012, the owner of a Rocket Fizz store in Denver, Colorado, said that bacon drinks were their best-selling sodas. Rocket Fizz also makes other unusual soda flavors. These include ranch dressing, buffalo wing, and even "dog drool" flavored drinks.
