Re: exploding OJ

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Todd Smith) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I took a carton of coagulated orange juice from my fridge and set it
> on my counter, and turned my back on it to wash some dishes, and the
> top blew off and flew across the kitchen and almost hit me in the
> head. It landed in the sink. Why's that?
> 
> -thanks
> -todd
This is rare occurence; unless your juice was starting to spoil or was
not pasteurized well  during its processing resulting that viable 
osmotolerant yeast cells were able to survive.
If that orange juice   was fermenting  and then was deep frozen then
the thawing out may have released the accumulated gas in the
composition resulting in the blowing off the cap.
The packaging may not have been strong enough for such gas
accumulation.
Roy