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For all those that don’t know, fountain soda is a mixture made from tap water and syrup. If you’re Makpid not to drink the tap water in NYC because of copepods than you should not be drinking fountain soda either only bottled soda.
The fountain dispenser doesn’t have a filter?
Addf,
There’s no filter in the soda machine?
Only get fountain soda from a restaurant that has a hechsher.
I haven’t checked recently but after the PepsiCo buyout several years ago, do the soda stream flavorings still have good hashgacha?
Stick to KSBW.
In my experience, all soda fountains and coffee machines I have ever seen had filters on the water line. Not for kashrus reasons, but for quality control. They don’t want their product to taste bad just because of dirty water.
Ask your local Rav or Vaad Hakashrus. I did this regarding some local 711s when this sugya came up almost 20 years ago, and they said told me that the local machines had sufficient filters.
It should be noted that not all rabbanim or hashgachos require filters. Speak with your Rav, and make your own decisions.
This only applies when the water source is a reservoir. Water from underground aquifers don’t have a problem.
Flavorings can be purchased from several companies, not just Sodastream
jdb: We don’t “make our own decisions”. We must follow our poseks ruling.
@Addf: Just wondering….are you a Rabbi?
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