What made my drink explose like that?

So context ; we were doing our things, preparing our dinner, when suddenly this can exploded. We were not close to it, we did not touch anything close to it, we did not have any warm source around it, there was nothing on top of the box that the can was in, and it's the only one out of 9 cans left who did that. So any idea why it exploded like that haha?

Image of the can ; https://imgur.com/a/7MZbyo5

Posted Aug 21, 2023, 12:48 AM UTC

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SomeJokeTeeth•

If too many fermentable sugars are left in a can, and remaining yeast (either wanted or unwanted) find the right conditions, they can eat through these sugars, release carbon dioxide, and potentially, cause a can to burst. It's not a common scenario, but for any number of factors, it's occasionally possible

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