They explode because of the baking soda and vinegar mixed in and when there together BOOM.
Dropping Mentos into soda will cause it to explode.
Dr.Pepper
when the Mentos hits the surface of the coke, the compressed carbon dioxide forms bubble on the surface of the Mentos. and it is released into the air and pushes the coke out with it. the Mentos can be mint or fruit (I have tested both)
The myth is that Mentos plus soda equals an explosion. The truth is the the soda bubbles up and erupts like a volcano, but does not actually explode.
Acid in vinegar reacts with sodium monohydrogencarbonate (baking soda) which is present in mentos.
There are chemicals in the soda called Potassium Benzoate and aspartame that react with other chemicals in Mentos like the gelatin and Arabic gum.
Well, it doesn't! Both regular and diet explode after dropping mentos in it! It's simply; both have carbonation!
You can but i heard your stomach could explode but its not impossable
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there is a large amount of fruit acid in mentos , so when you react it with another acid they will combine and cause a reaction: if you put a mentos in a can of soda it will erupt, explode, ect. like an explosive volcano due to the fact of the acid. Above answer is completely wrong, there are tiny nucleation sites on the mentos where the CO2 of the soda's carbonation turns to real gas and fizzes up through the tiny opening. as a result of all the bubbles, the soda literally is pushed up and out of the bottle into a soda geyser.
Mentos and soda create an explosion simalar to if you shake a soda bottle. When creation this explosion, be sure to do it outside and use a two liter bottle of soda and as many mentos as you like.
Well you know when u mix Mentos With a soda? I imagine it would explode, hmmm, :)