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Some of these sodas are sorely missed; others ...not so much.

Several Twitter users have commented on the strong taste of McDonald's Sprite drink—but what's actually in it to give it that flavor?

Each load going in. over there you have got your tins that the beer goes in and the packer over there. and you may or may not know, the carbon dioxide also goes inside the tins again, to make sure that your beer stays pure. and over here, we have got the beer pumps themselves. and keith behind the bar who we will speak to any minute. and every time a beer is pooled in your local, every time the pint is filled, carbon dioxide is used to literally push that liquid out and into your glass. let's remind ourselves, then, about why there has been so much tension around the supply of carbon dioxide. ...

Carbon dioxide is 60% of our national source. we know how widely it is used in brewing, fizzy drinks, salad packaging. one industry group says if these did not change by yesterday you could see gaps on the shelves in the next few days. that deal was struck last night, a multi—million pound dealfor three multi—million pound deal for three weeks multi—million pound dealfor three weeks to get carbon dioxide production up and running but there is thought to be a three day lag before that happened so it is an anxious time for businesses like michael's. michael processes chicken and within the...

C02 is used everywhere in food manufacturing to keep stuff fresh for longer. for instance, ready—made pizzas, bags of cheese, it's in bags of salad, ready meals, here's a naan bread, and it puts the fizz into fizzy drinks. without it, there will be shortages and food waste. it takes a lot of natural gas and c02 to grow some of our fresh produce too, like these cucumbers under cover. growers may have to shorten the planting season now the costs are so high. growers are telling us that if the energy market doesn't stabilise or government do not provide some sort of help for the growing sector,...