The myth of Coke and Mentos

[Corzhens]

Have you received an article about the explosive combination of Coke and Mentos? That it will explode in your stomach when you swallow mentos and you drink Coke. There was a demo on tv about this, I think it is Discovery channel. The big Coke was opened and a piece of Mentos candy was dropped in the opening. Instantly, the Coke produced bubbles in a big magnitude until the contents of the Coke bottle spurted upwards like an erupting volcano. The explanation of the narrator is that the mentos has small holes which caused to produce the bubbles in the Coke. Oh well, it isn't a myth after all.

 

[TDK]

I've seen a couple of vids on YouTube regarding this very subject. I'd always thought it was a myth but there's certainly something between them that doesn't mix very well.