Corn syrup is the devil and I attribute a lot of my weight loss ~30lbs to cutting it completely from my diet. I was a 3-4 coke a day minimum drinker and when i replaced thos with water the pounds started coming off, granted I am going to the gym ~4 times a week but I think the corn syrup was a huge factor in the weight. Also that crap is in most of the "fruit juices" you see on the shelf, Dole is one brand I know that doesn't have corn syrup in some of their juices but you really have to check the labels their too. Wasn't Dr. Pepper making a sugar cane verios of DP pretty recently, I liked that so much better, it is a cleaner taste and less syrupee soda.
Oh absolutely. There is a big difference. Mexican coke hands down is the best. Especially the glass bottled ones.
Exactly. Drinking it out of glass bottles is a huge plus. I mostly drink diet drinks these drinks, but sometimes I will make an exception when I can get Mexican coke.
Never had a Mexi Coke but ... Domestic Coke differs from region to region in the good ol' USA. That's a Factoid Jackoid.
Mexican and UK coke is made with real Sugar whereas the US version is made with corn syrup. Mexico and UK win ! DD
Ugh... thums up tastes like bad flat coke. Indians have poor taste in soft drinks. Never enough carbonation, its never cold enough, and has too much sugar. Not to mention coke bought them out, it tastes identical to coke now.
Coke Zero and Cherry Coke Zero trump all. To me, tastes just like regular coke, just not sickening and with no calories.
Yeah, they're only using it because it's cheaper. High fructose corn syrup is known to interfere with the thyroid gland. When fat people claim their problem is hormonal, that gland is the culprit. So consuming it is a double whammy. It overwhelms the body's insulin response to sugar, and it interferes with weight regulation. Some countries have banned using hfcs in their foods. Besides, Mexican coke tastes better.
mexican coke is superior to american coke. i dont really drink alot of soda (im a heavy coffee drinker), but when im in mexico i find myself ordering coke at meals where i usually just drink water. mexican food tastes better w/ mexican coke. anyone else a fan of manzana lift? best apple soda ever! and its rare, but if you can find ever manzana lift verde, than you are one lucky camper. i remember hearing a couple years ago that they were switching over to corn syrup. here is one article i found when i did a quick search. not sure if they ended up switching, but it sounds like it would have gone off about as well as "new coke" did here 20 years ago. i went to cancun last year, but thats more american that most of america. last time i was in real mexico was oaxaca in 04 and they still had the sugar. http://www.geocities.com/jonclark500/stories/coke.html The estimated 3 million Mexicans who depend on the sugar cane industry are not the only people here concerned over the WTO ruling on cheap U.S. corn sweeteners - fans of Coca-Cola are also worried that the decision could mean the end of their favorite soft drink as they know it. Coke enjoys massive popularity in Mexico. Of the 19.8 billion unit cases sold by the CocaCola Company worldwide in 2004, 2.28 billion were sold here, making Mexico the secondlargest market for the product after the United States. And Coca-Cola made in Mexico has such a loyal following that a market has sprung up in the United States for imported Coke, with connoisseurs paying as much as twice the price for the Mexican version. What makes Mexican Coke so good and different from the U.S. variety say aficionados, is that it is made with real sugar cane sweetener. U.S. Coke is made almost exclusively with cheaper high-fructose corn syrup. But now that a tax imposed on U.S. corn sweeteners has been declared illegal by the WTO, Mexican Coke drinkers worry that bottlers here will also turn from real sugar to the cheaper alternative. Gilda Varela, an accountant from Mexico City, has tried Coca-Cola both in the United States and Mexico and said that she prefers the domestic version. "Mexican Coke has a fresher flavor than U.S. Coke," she said. "It tastes like they just made it, whereas U.S. Coke tastes like it's been sitting in a warehouse for weeks." Gilda believes that the freshness comes from better carbonation and a sweeter taste. "If they changed to corn syrup as a sweetener, it would definitely change the flavor (of Mexican Coke)," she said, "and I would not drink it as much as I do now." Jorge Casimiro, spokesman for Coca-Cola's Latin American operations, recognized the enthusiastic following enjoyed by Mexican-made Coke. But he is not convinced that the loyalty is due to sugar cane sweeteners, and he pointed to taste tests showing most consumers unable to distinguish Mexican from U.S. Coke. The difference, he believes, lies in the packaging. "I think a large part of folks' preference for Mexican Coke is the bottles," he said. "Those glass bottles that say 'made in Mexico' on them" are what differentiates the product from its U.S. counterpart. As far as a decision to switch sweeteners, Casimiro said that such a change would come from the 13 Coca-Cola bottlers in Mexico, not from the company headquarters. Coca-Cola provides the concentrated syrup for the drink, and leaves decisions regarding water and sweetener largely up to the bottlers. A spokeswoman for FEMSA, the nation's largest Coca-Cola bottler, declined to comment on the possibility that her company would replace cane sugar with cheaper corn sweeteners. But she suggested that if such a change were made, it would not be noticeable to consumers; FEMSA already sweetens its Coke with a mixture of cane sugar and corn syrup. Lillian Alonzo, a Mexican living in New York City, said that the politics of a switch to U.S. corn sweetener would be as upsetting to her as any potential change in taste. "It would mean that the United States is taking over even our own flavors," she said. "Globalization has its good aspects, but when it affects something you have been used to for so long, it makes you think twice about your support of free trade." Casimiro expressed confidence that Coca-Cola's Mexican bottlers will take such concerns into account even if presented with a more affordable sweetener. "The bottlers follow what the consumers want," he said. "They do all kinds of market research and investigation and I don't think they're going to do something that goes against the Mexican consumer's palates or tendencies. "But I don't think there's any problem if bottlers start switching to high-fructose corn syrup," he added. "We use it in the States and the U.S. is our number one market."
