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SodaStream is the maker of a consumer home carbonation product.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Getting busy with the fizzy )〕 The device, like a soda syphon, carbonates water by adding carbon dioxide from a pressurized cylinder to create soda water (or carbonated water) to drink. The company also sells more than 100 types of concentrated syrups and flavourings to make carbonated drinks.〔 After the company merged with Soda-Club in 1998, it was relaunched with an emphasis on healthier drinks. It went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange in November 2010. SodaStream is headquartered in Lod, Israel and has 13 production plants; its principal manufacturing facility was located in Mishor Adumim in the West Bank, creating controversy and a boycott campaign.〔〔 In April 2015 the company acknowledged that it is now beginning to label those products as "made in the West Bank" rather than subsuming those production sites under the label "made in Israel." In October 2014, SodaStream announced its 2014 revenue and profit had declined significantly. The decline in consumption of sugary drinks was cited as a possible reason.〔 == Product == The SodaStream drinksmaker is a device that forces carbon dioxide (CO2) gas (stored under pressure in a cylinder) into water, making it fizzy. The product includes a machine, a carbon dioxide cylinder, and one or more reusable beverage bottles. The bottle, filled with water, is threaded onto the machine, and with a button push or two, compressed CO2 from the cylinder is injected, creating carbonated water. Varieties of concentrated syrups are available, to create regular or diet soft drinks by adding a small amount of concentrate to the bottle after carbonation. Different flavours are created by adding fruit-flavoured concentrates. During its heyday, several famous brands were available in SodaStream concentrate form including Tizer, Fanta, Sunkist and Irn-Bru.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Carbonated drinks: a report on the supply by manufacturers of carbonated drinks in the United Kingdom )〕 SodaStream also offers diet concentrates sweetened with Splenda, and is used as much for plain sparkling water as for soft drinks. SodaStream and Kraft Foods entered into a partnership in January 2012 involving the use of the Crystal Light and Country Time brand flavours with the SodaStream home carbonation system. In July of the same year, the two companies expanded their partnership to include the Kool-Aid flavour line. In 2013, SodaStream partnered with Ocean Spray to market three Ocean Spray flavours for use with the SodaStream home soda maker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=US HOT STOCKS: Guidewire, OpenTable, Papa John's, SodaStream )〕 In February 2013, SodaStream and Samsung announced that Samsung refrigerators with built-in SodaStream sparkling water dispensers would be available in the United States beginning in April. Excluding the purchase price of the machine, typical cost to the end user (2015, United States dollars) is 25 cents per litre of carbonated water generated plus another 50 cents per litre of pop for the soda syrup. Pricing in other countries may vary. This often renders SodaStream pop more expensive than pre-mixed store brand colas, presumably due to the price of soda syrup in small retail quantities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SodaStream」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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