The Fizzy Fruit ™ Company is excited to partner with schools across the country to bring delicious, sparkling fresh Fizzy Fruit to school children. With no preservatives, added sugar, or artificial sweeteners, Fizzy Fruit is a popular, healthy alternative to sugary snacks and soft drinks. Kids love it because it’s fun to eat. Parents love it because it’s 100 percent fresh fruit. And your school will appreciate a whole new way to motivate students to enjoy fresh fruit.

Schools can purchase our Fruit Fizzolator™ carbonating unit and FizzyPakz™ carbonating sachets to make Fizzy Fruit in school kitchens. Fizzy Fruit is simple to make and easy to serve on a daily basis. For price information, please click here.

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For Fizzy Fruit roll-out in schools, the following
fresh whole and sliced fruit are recommended:

       Apples, Fuji, Gala, Pink Lady and Red Delicious
       (sliced and treated for browning)

       Cantaloupe

       Grapes, Red Flame Seedless

       Mangoes

       Nectarines

       Oranges, Mandarin and Navel

       Pears, Asian and Bartlett

       Pineapple Spears

       Plums, Red and Black

       Strawberries

       Tangerines, Clementine

       Watermelon

Note: At this time, these are the only types of fruit permitted for use in the Fruit Fizzolator™ carbonating unit and the only types of fruit—when carbonated—that can be called Fizzy Fruit™. When using any of the above fruits that are canned in their own juice, the juice should be poured out before fizzolating the fruit.

Our testing includes whole and sliced fruit, fizzolated for both 24 and 72 hour periods, and compared to control groups in order to evaluate taste, appearance, fizzy level, firmness, and a variety of other variables. Every fruit differs in terms of its moisture content, shelf life, respiration rate, and cell structure. Each responds differently to the Fizzolator carbonating environment. Fizzy Fruit Labs is conducting ongoing experiments on every type and variety of fruit and vegetable to determine whether to add it to the above list. Thanks for checking! We want you to have the absolute best Fizzy Fruit experience!

School Serfizzes Products

Fizzy Fruit® Fizzolator™ Carbonating Unit

This 3-liter stainless steel container is designed specifically to make Fizzy Fruit™ brand sparkling fresh fruit. One Fruit Fizzolator can produce up to 45 2-ounce servings of Fizzy Fruit.

FizzyPakz™ Carbonating Sachets

Use 1 FizzyPak in the Fruit Fizzolator to make 1 batch of Fizzy Fruit.

Portion Tray Serving Accessory

Portion trays make it easy to pour Fizzy Fruit from the Fruit Fizzolator into individual serving cups. Includes enough trays to portion out 180 2-ounce servings of Fizzy Fruit.

Fizz-A-Lotta™ Fizzy Fruit School Serfizzes Kit

If you would like to serve up a lot of Fizzy Fruit, we suggest a complete Kit that includes 8 Fruit Fizzolators, Portion Trays, one case with 192 FizzyPakz, one measuring cup, and fun Fizzy Fruit posters and materials to help celebrate the arrival of Fizzy Fruit in your school. With this convenient Kit, you can serve up to 360 lucky students each a 2-ounce serving of Fizzy Fruit.

Frequently Asked Questions from Schools

What is Fizzy Fruit?
Fizzy Fruit™ branded sparkling fruit is fresh fruit that has been carbonated to intensify that particular fruit’s flavor with fun and effervescence. A special process adds carbonation to the water that is naturally contained in fruit without altering the nutritional content of the fruit. The result is grapes, oranges, apples, etc. that fizz in your mouth. It's similar in concept to sparkling juice or cider, except it’s not juice, it’s sparkling fresh fruit!

How is Fizzy Fruit made?
Each school uses special equipment from us that allows them to make Fizzy Fruit in their own kitchens with their own fruit. Fresh cut or whole fruit from our approved list (no heavy syrups, etc) is placed in a pressurized and temperature-controlled chamber called a Fruit Fizzolator™ overnight under refrigeration. The water naturally contained in fruit absorbs carbon dioxide (carbonation or “CO2”) produced from food-safe charging packs (FizzyPakz™) inside the Fizzolator. The next day, each Fizzolator produces 45 ready-to-eat, two-ounce servings of Fizzy Fruit for the lunch queue. When the fresh fruit is served from the Fizzolator, carbonation is released as bubbles, and the fruit must be served within 20-40 minutes after opening or the fruit becomes “flat” or regular fruit. But Fizzy Fruit is often the first item students enjoy on their meal tray!

Is carbonation unhealthy?
Scientists have not found any reason to believe that carbonation is harmful to health. You have probably heard about nutritionists warning consumers to avoid carbonated soft drinks. The concern, however, is not the carbonation itself but rather the caffeine, artificial sweeteners, and/or added sugars that happen to be contained in carbonated soft drinks. These substances have been shown in some studies to increase the chance of health problems such as tooth decay and loss of bone density. (Remember, Fizzy Fruit does not have these additives!) The carbonation itself is safe. For more information on carbonation, please refer to www.drweil.com/u/QA/QA157077/.

Doesn’t carbonation exclude your product from our approved lists?
There are recent bans on carbonated beverages in schools, but as discussed above, Fizzy Fruit is not a beverage, and carbonation itself is not harmful. The USDA considers Fizzy Fruit a fresh fruit product. There are no regulatory barriers to serving Fizzy Fruit in schools. If your school has a beverage agreement excluding the addition of other carbonated beverages, please remember that Fizzy Fruit is not a beverage; it is fresh fruit and should be permitted.

Why carbonate fruit?
Because it is a delicious new way to enjoy wholesome fruit. Also, and perhaps more importantly there are kids who do not like to eat fruit; and we believe Fizzy Fruit is a fun and innovative way to motivate children to try fruit, especially in place of less nutritious alternatives such as soda or candy. Curious by nature, children generally seem to be drawn to the novel sensation of Fizzy Fruit.

Where does the fruit come from?
In schools, the cafeteria prepares Fizzy Fruit with the same fruit that the school normally serves students. In supermarkets, The Fizzy Fruit Company partners with responsible fruit processors and growers to prepare and distribute Fizzy Fruit.

How does carbonation affect the nutritional value?
While some of the vitamin content of regular fresh fruit falls off rapidly with storage and ripening, our testing (and the opinion of other experts) indicates that carbonation itself does not harm the nutritive value of fresh fruit (which also includes fiber and other antioxidants).

Are there any chemicals or preservatives added to Fizzy Fruit?
Fizzy Fruit is simply fresh fruit with carbonation added. There are no other ingredients. There are no preservatives or added sugars. Also, there are no artificial sweeteners, flavors, or colors.

Where does the fruit come from? Do you have anything that I can sell on my a la carte menu?
In schools, the cafeteria prepares Fizzy Fruit using the Fizzolators with the same fruit that the school normally serves students.

How do I make it?
There are five simple steps:

1) Prepare/open/wash if necessary the fruit and load the Fizzolator with fruit.

2) Open one FizzyPak and place the two sachets inside on the
tray above the fruit.

3) Add 140 milliliters (~2/3 cups) of clean water to the tray.

4) Close and seal the Fizzolator and place it in a refrigerator
for 16-18 hours.

5) The next day, open and serve!

Fizzolators can be washed in standard dishwashing
equipment and clean easily.

How many students does a Fizzolator serve?
Our standard School Serfizzes kit comes with eight Fizzolators, masking trays, promotional material, and plenty of FizzyPakz to get you started. Since each Fizzolator serves about 45 two-ounce portions per batch, each kit can serve approximately (45 x 8) = 360 kids. For your application, the number of Fizzolators needed can be based on this calculation.

Is that the only size the Fizzolator comes in?
For now, yes. The 3-liter canister helps to make sure that the kids get a Fizzy treat. If we used bigger chambers, the kids who receive fruit from the bottom of the chamber might find that their fruit has begun to go flat, and we can’t have that. Also, the size ensures that the Fizzolator will fit in a refrigerator and facilitates easy handling and pouring of Fizzy Fruit into individual serving cups.

How do I serve 1,000+ kids?
We recognize that large schools would need a lot of Fizzolators to get through a big lunch crowd. Refrigeration space and preparation time can become factors. Some schools have elected to rotate the equipment between schools or classes. Depending on the number of students served at one time, the school would need enough Fizzolators filled with Fizzy Fruit (equal to the number of students divided by 45) to do the job.

What does it cost?
Using the Fizzolator technology and the school’s own fruit, each two-ounce serving size can be produced for 3 to 4 cents (basically the cost of the FizzyPakz).

What if there is no kitchen in my school?
As long as the Fizzolators are kept cold, they can be prepared in central kitchens and shipped to individual schools for opening and serving.

I just made Fizzy Grapes in the Fizzolator and the grapes are split open and bubbling. Is this normal? Are the grapes going bad?
It is perfectly normal for you to see grapes bubbling and splitting. In fact, this is one of the coolest and most unique aspects of Fizzy Fruit! Unlike regular fruit, Fizzy Fruit comes to life as soon as you open the Fizzolator. Remove the lid and you’ll hear the hissing sound of bubbles being released from the skin of the fruit. Grapes that are split open have not gone bad. They are safe and healthy to enjoy. Pop a grape in your mouth and enjoy the tingly experience as the fruit dances on your tongue.