Coca Cola Question

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<p>I admit it - I love it. Some drink coffee for their caffeine, I drink a Coke, but I limit myself to one a day. My dentist knows my addiction and requests that I brush after drinking a Coke. I like Classic - the original.</p>

<p>Question - is it still possible to buy Coke made with cane sugar, rather than high fructose corn syrup as the sweetener? My local bottler hasn’t used real sugar for 20+ years.</p>

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<p>Supposedly, they still make them with sugar in Mexico and you can buy those at high-end stores or maybe also at Mexican supermarkets.</p>

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<p>I always wondered why Coke in Mexico (and a couple other countries) tasted slightly different than Coke in the US. The biggest difference is between the diets, though. Outside of the US, most countries carry “Coca-Cola Light” instead of “Diet Coke,” which my sister swears tastes differently. I stick to Classic, myself. </p>

<p>Maybe check to see whether the “old” glass bottles of Coke are made with sugar in the US? I doubt they do, but it’s worth checking. You can always call up or email the company and ask, too. Coke tends to be pretty responsive to customers, in my experience.</p>

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<p>Check for ‘kosher Coke’. Usually widely available around the high holy days (Yom Kippur, Passover…etc.) but often available year round in larger metro areas.</p>

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<p>Trader Joes has cola made with real sugar. I really like the taste but I am not sure if the improvement is due to use of cane sugar or just an overall good formula.</p>

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<p>At one time the Shreveport, LA bottler still used sugar. I know the Dublin, Tx Dr. Pepper plant still uses sugar in their DP.</p>

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<p>I used to drink a LOT of Coke back in college. Now I have the crowns and root canals to prove it. While it’s not true that Coke will dissolve teeth overnight (we left son’s wisdom teeth in Coke for four days to no effect), a Coke habit will rot your teeth. Now I look forward to my monthly “fix” of Coke and mostly drink unsweetened ice tea.</p>

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<p>I made the decision to not get soda from the dining hall when I started college last year. It was such a great and easy way to cut back on empty calories. I still got soda occasionally at restaurants, and I have it about once a week now in the summer, but I felt so much better drinking water at college than Coke. I even lost my taste for it throughout most of the school year.</p>

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<p>A few years ago a co-worker returning from a Hawaiian vacation says he had the sweetest tasting Coca-Cola in that state, likely due to the abundance of locally harvested cane sugar. I wonder if that is also true in Louisiana. Also, in the New York market some years ago, the sugar manufacturers’ group placed ads on radio and in print to air their complaints that the soda makers were cheating their customers [and cutting into sugar growers’ profits) by using the cheaper and blander corn syrup sweetner.</p>

<p>I also prefer Mexican-made soda for this reason, though I see that some Mexican bottlers have switched to corn sweetner.</p>

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<p>Cola (and most dark sodas) are high in phosphorus. Many studies show a strong link to bone demineralization & cola drinking. It could be that the soda habit tends to replace healthier drink consumption. Or it could be the phosphorus. Also, there is a preservative in most soda (sodium benzoate) that has been linked to DNA damage.</p>

<p>I love soda, but I have REALLY cut down. I can only drink diet, because the real stuff tastes too sweet. Anyway, beer tastes much better.</p>

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<p>Needs to be “Kosher for Passover” coke (all coke is kosher). Corn syrup is chometz, so cane sugar must be used in that formulation to be acceptable for Passover. Widely available around that time in spring (in areas where Jews populate). Check the calendar and stock up!</p>

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<p>Correct about the Kosher for Passover Coke. As for the overseas coke products, they taste different because the water is different and the artificial sweetener used is different. And Coke light is a different product than diet coke or Coke zero. To me, Coke zero tastes the most like “real” coke, but I prefer Diet. Eventhe caffeine free tastes different than the caffienated product.</p>

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<p>Forgot to mention-- The “kosher for passover” coke has the telltale YELLOW cap.</p>

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<p>The reason corn syrup tastes different from cane sugar is the caramelization. I don’t think you can caramelize high fructose corn syrup the same way as you can sugar. I’m not seeing anybody putting hfcs on creme brulee, for instance.</p>

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<p>My favorite Coca Cola is “Coke 2” but I have not seen it in stores for the last few months. :(</p>

<p>D was told by our dentist to ALWAYS drink high-sugar content beverages and dark colored beverages through a straw……less damage and discoloration to teeth.</p>

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<p>Anyone ever do that World of Coke tour in Atlanta? Coke mixes their products differently for a local taste.</p>

<p>Concur with post 10, beer is the beverage of choice…</p>

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<p><a href=“http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/media/storage/paper997/news/2007/07/11/Opinions/mexican.Coke.Makes.Us.Yearn.For.Real.Soda.Again-2922683.shtml[/url]”>http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/media/storage/paper997/news/2007/07/11/Opinions/mexican.Coke.Makes.Us.Yearn.For.Real.Soda.Again-2922683.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>If you ask me, the Coke products, especially Sprite, sold in Mexico DO taste a lot better than the “original” versions sold in the US. However, the Mexican products are also a LOT more expensive, typically about 50 cents per can at the cheapest supermarkets.</p>

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<p>As bad as I know Coke to be, there’s nothing quite like it for chasing off incipient headaches and restoring equanimity after a frazzling morning (I’ve come to actually prefer Diet to the sugared stuff). It’s known in this household of dual Coke-devotees as “ambrosia of the gods.”</p>

<p>Coke had better clean up their act as good corporate citizens, however, if they don’t want to lose the next generation of consumers. Smith has just banished Coke from their campus because of egregious environmental and humanitarian sins, and I know they’re not the first college to do so.</p>

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<p>I just checked a bottle of Mexican Sprite and compared it to the US version. The 2 liter bottle is taller and does have the little golf ball like craters on the side. The label indicates that the products contains:</p>

<p>Agua carbonatada
Azucares
Concentrado Sprite
Benzoato de sodio,</p>

<p>No translation needed; the Mexican bottler ARCA still does not use Corn Syrup for the domestic market.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.novamex.com/index_english.sstg[/url]”>http://www.novamex.com/index_english.sstg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>One may find the list of products distributed by Novamex interesting. The Sidral and Jarritos products have quite a following in Mexico and in the US.</p>