Fizzy Fruit

I have been reading about Fizzy Fruit for a while. It is a company that makes carbonated fruit. No, not fruit juice, carbonated fruit- a fizzing apple slice or grape. Don’t ask me how they do it, I am sure some chemical process is involved, but anyway, I have been interested in them ever since I first heard about them a bit ago.

I was so intrigued when I first heard about them a year ago that I checked out the companies website (which said they would soon be sold locally across the nation), when I contacted to ask when and where I might be able to get it they told me they had yet to secure a distribution deal and that it would be in the future that they were actually sold across the nation at various food places. I recently came across them again and decided to see what was new on the website. Apparently not much, the same messages are up that were up last year, I emailed them asking where I could find them in New York and if they could possibly send me a sample.

They still are not actually sold anywhere and they told me they couldn’t send me a sample since it costs upwards of $250 to ship a single one of these containers due to the problems in shipping a carbonated fruit.

Today I, once again, came across a blog post that mentions these elusive fruits and an article from last weeks USA Today about them (stating that they are available in some select 7-11’s and will soon be available at Wal-mart… in the South-East and -West).

In the comments section of the blog post “the Revealer” reveals to us a way to make these Fizzy Fruits at home on your own:

Secret process? BAH! I discovered how to do this a few years ago. Here’s the steps:

Required items: dry ice, fruit, cooler

steps:
1. Place dry ice in cooler.
2. Place fruit of your choice in cool, but NOT touching the dry ice.
3. Close the cooler and let it sit overnight.
4. Enjoy your carbonated fruit!

Explaination: the dry ice gives of carbon dioxide gas. Through the night, the fruit has almost nothing to be in contact to but that gas. It seeps through creating “carbonated” fruit!

Keep in mind: the fruit is like a soda… keep it in the air for too long and it will go flat. Notice how the “Fizzy Fruits” are kept in a can.

Apparently, while Fizzy Fruit is currently focused on Grapes and Apple slices, if you do it with oranges you can create your own, fresh-squeezed orange soda. Looks like I might have to start searching for a dry ice distributer in my neighborhood.