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It’s a hot summer day, and you’re drinking a refreshing Capri Sun. Ick, you taste a disgusting, slimy thing! There have been many stories about slimy mold in juice pouches: “A 10-year-old Mooresville boy made a disturbing discovery in his Capri Sun juice pack. “’ He went to go take a sip of the drink and he started choking,” said Christina Stewart. "So he pulled the worm out of his mouth and he was like, 'Oh mommy, this is nasty.’” (Mold Website) I wanted to test this problem and learn about mold in juice boxes. My experiment was leaving Capri sun pouches in natural juice box environments, for reasonable amounts of time, and opening them to see if mold appeared. At the end of the experiment, I learned that even though most of the time, the temperatures and humidity levels were perfect, mold didn’t appear. I then conducted a second experiment, where every second, the temperatures and humidity levels were just right. I learned that the lack of mold was probably because of the protective pouch or the lack of air flow. Therefore, I think that this experiment was very interesting to conduct.
* http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/caprisun.asp#KKPk9TRWQaQgKt92.99
I chose this problem and project because I have heard many rumors on the news. 3 major events had happened, all about children drinking a cold Capri sun on a hot day, and tasting a horrible taste. They cut the pouch and found all one thing: black, slimy mold! One incident even found a worm shaped thing inside the pouch. For example: “WARNING TO ALL PARENTS: my friend Jennifer gave her son a Capri Sun on Saturday and he told her it tasted funny. She took a sip and said it tasted like straight alcohol. Cut it open and it was nothing but mold inside. Evidently, this...

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...n, I can see that the situations of mold growth in the news, internet, and newspapers either have expired, had a hole in it, or, the environment was very extreme. But, I think even with the extreme environment, a lot of time should have passed, with no ups and downs. In general, I think my experiment was a success, and I have proven that mold is very rare in juice boxes.

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