Fizzy drink that you can reseal: Tab keeps contents bubbly for 24 hours

It's a perennial problem for lovers of fizzy drinks. You've snapped open the ring pull and had a few slurps.



But now you're full up - and you still have half a can of drink left.

And with no way of sealing it, you either have to leave it to go flat or throw it away.

Now, however, a solution is on the way for one of modern life's many little irritations.

Seal of approval: The new can can be shut by twisting the plastic tab by 180 degrees

A new 'twist and shut' resealable drinks can is about to be launched in Britain.

The revolutionary design will allow consumers to reseal their fizzy drink after it has been opened, a development which could signal the end for traditional ring-pull cans.

The airtight device promises to stop spills and keep the contents bubbly for up to 24 hours.

Drinkers simply twist a plastic tab 180 degrees to break the seal and open the can, and twist it back to its original position to reseal their drink.



Open and shut case: The 485ml resealable cans will cost £1.19

American sportswear brand No Fear is to use the new can design when it launches a drink for sportsmen, Extreme Energy, in April.

It will be sold in 485ml cans instead of the usual 330ml size. But the plastic seal is likely to make the cans more expensive to manufacture. The No Fear drink is expected to sell at £1.19 a pop.

The drink is being marketed by Aimia Foods, based in Haydock, Merseyside.

Spokesman Neal Haworth said: 'The resealable technology allows people to drink the amount they want, when they want it.

'You don't have to finish the can in one go as it can be resealed to stay fizzy. It's such a logical step for canned energy drinks.'

More than five billion aluminium cans are used in the UK each year and, if successful, the device could be used for other fizzy drinks.

Resealable cans have proved popular in the U.S. but the British launch is believed to be the first time they have been made available here.



Drinks iant Coca-Cola used a resealable design when it launched its energy drink in France. It tried out a similar design in the Channel Islands, but said it had no plans to introduce the cans in the UK.

The first canned drinks had to be opened by punching holes into the lid with a sharp metal implement nicknamed a 'church key'.

Canadian Mikola Kondakow reportedly invented the ring-pull in 1956, but there were complaints that the detachable ring-pulls led to injuries and an increase in litter.

These problems were reduced after the introduction of 'stay-tabs' in the 1980s.

The system of a scored lid, with a pull-tab used as a lever to punch a hole to open the can, remains the most widely used drinks can in the world.