Nutrition Diet Fact or Fiction: What soda can dissolve a mouse?
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5 min read
In 2009, a lawsuit against PepsiCo over an alleged mouse in a can of Mountain Dew sparked a now-infamous legal defense: that the soda's acidity would have dissolved the rodent into a jelly-like substance. This stomach-churning legal claim brought to light a fascinating and somewhat horrifying question for many consumers: What soda can dissolve a mouse? The answer holds a key lesson about the true nutritional dangers lurking inside fizzy drinks.
