After all, Orbitz is such a unique drink, from its unique crumbiness to its unique interspersing-capital-letters-in-the-names-of-its-flavors. Round Floaty Chunks! Orbitz - the drink of the future! It was marketed as a “texturally enhanced alternative beverage”. We’re in it for the mouthfeel. im not sure you could make it at home, the little balls were made of xantham gum, but you can probably find the ingredients online, not sure about a recipe. And sorry, I have no idea where you can buy some. For being over 20 years old, the bottle of Orbitz looks very much like it did back in the '90s!!!! First, they create Orbitz, and then they use their web site to display the opinions of people who hate the drink. The difference is that Clearly Canadian, the company behind Orbitz, used science. })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); Here are some words from Wikipedia explaining it better than I can: “The small balls floated due to their nearly equal density to the surrounding liquid, and remained suspended with assistance from an ingredient known as gellan gum. It's a nice present, and there are many useful recipes in here. -The balls of gelatin floating in your Orbitz drink. Orbitz is a new age beverage that has an interesting characteristic - balls that float in it. Carefully pour in the Clearly Canadian flavors. m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) Just a little something to hold you over until Clearly Canadian cranks out the real thing! Marketers called Orbitz a "texturally enhanced alternative beverage," but most consumers just called it gross. As you enter their site, you are greeted with the words, "Set gravity aside and prepare to embark on a tour into the bowels of the Orbiterium." What exactly happened here? Figure3: Orbitz Drink (BevNET, 1998) The clear liquid in the drink is made up of water, sugar, and xanthan gum, while the gel beads are made of gellan gum (Rochefort, 2002). Orbitz came out later in the 90s than the drink I am talking about it. The drink I am thinking about is all gel. While the Orbitz drink itself wasn't as bad as some people made it out to be, it … Clear Pepsi, green ketchup, Pop Tarts Crunch Cereal, and, perhaps the front-runner in toeing the creative versus unable to be consumed line, the … -1 cup of water ( More... ),