There is an urban myth spreading via the Internet that a little boy in Brazil died after eating Mentos and drinking Diet Coke. As far as we know this is just a rumor. I’ve checked with my Mentos contacts and no one can show any proof of this being true. The writers at snopes.com posted a great article on the Mentos reaction and even reference us as part of the scientific rationale for why the rumor isn’t true.

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How did this happen? It all started as a harmless science workshop for teachers presented by an outstanding teacher in Beaumont, Texas. Marie “Mel” Moreau from the Region 5 Education Service Center gathered her teachers outside to watch the “release of carbon dioxide gas from a bottle of Diet Coke”. Well, next thing you know, everyone is running for cover.

Want to try it? Just drop a roll of Mentos candy into a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke and you get the Mentos Eruption! Unfortunately, this workshop participant forgot the last step which is to RUN! If we only had video.

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