Why Your Dirty Soda Is Curdling And The Easy Way To Avoid It

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Why Your Dirty Soda Is Curdling And The Easy Way To Avoid It By Rolland Judd Nov. 6, 2025 1:20 pm EST

There's no two ways about it: The dirty soda trend is here to stay. By combining pop with flavored syrup and creamer, folks create all kinds of wild dirty soda flavor combinations that make regular cola taste lackluster by comparison. Still, things sometimes take a turn for the worse when all those various mix-ins intermingle. When making the drink at home, the biggest challenge is preventing the cream from curdling. According to Grant Hewitt, the vice president of beverage at Loews Hotels & Co. , the easiest way to avoid that is by using the correct type of cream.

Dirty soda is meant to be a treat, and Hewitt reveals that attempting to make a calorie-conscious