Science of Snacking

Reported February 2008

PROVO, Utah (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Can't get your picky kids to eat a healthy snack? Now, there's a new, cool yogurt sensation that's sure to tempt your fussiest eater.

Check it out yogurt lovers …the creamy snack gets carbonated! Invented by Brigham Young University food scientist, Lynn Ogden, Ph.D., taste sensation is a mix of yogurt with a blast of carbonation -- like in soda.

"I got the idea when making some yogurt one day that maybe I should throw in a block of dry ice and let it bubble away and see what would happen," Dr. Ogden told Ivanhoe.

What happened resulted in what is now called fizzix -- a fizzling yogurt concoction with a tongue, tingling sensation.

To make carbonated yogurt, scientists pump carbon dioxide gas, or CO2, into yogurt. After about an hour, the result is a perfect mixture of carbonated gas and yogurt -- for a yummy taste treat with a little zing!

"The colder the better … it will have more CO2 it will have and have a higher zing to it," Dr. Ogden explained.

Creating good-for-you snack kids will love. "It has no affect on the nutritional value of the yogurt and that's the beauty of it, now we have a hook to get people to take something in that's good for them," Dr. Ogden said.

A good mix of science and snacking comes together.

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Dr. Lynn V Ogden
Provo, UT
(801) 422-9082
lynn_ogden@byu.edu

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