Question

You get a fizzy, cooling feel in your mouth when you drink sherbet. Explain why?

Answer 1

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Inside sherbet sweets there is a mixture of dry citric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate. When you eat them, these substances dissolve in the water in your saliva, and react together. This gives a cool “fizzy” feeling in your mouth which is refreshing.