Coke made with Sugar
 

I love coke made with sugar and not High Fructose Corn Syrup. I saw some for sale on Ebay and tried it..man was it great.

I wish that the American Coke bottlers would use Sugar instead of High Frictose Corn syrup but they refuse.

I wonder if any Airlines serve Coke made with Sugar and not the deadly high fructose corn syrup.

HFCS is metabolized very differently in the body and is more likely to cause obesity, and diabetes.

SO far E-bay has been my only source but I'd love a consistent source from Canada, where Coke is made with SUGAR!!!

See

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=230520

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=231419

Or come to El Paso and take a trip to Juarez and buy some ;)

Come on down to LA this weekend; there are several grocery stores in the Valley near me that still have lots of Kosher for Passover Coke (sugar only, as corn syrup isn't Kosher during Passover). :)

Wow! What a wealth of information from veryone. A million thanks. I never knew there were so many others who felt the way I do about Coke made with Sugar.

There is a guy from my current home town selling Sugar Coke on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MESE%3AIT&rd=1

but it is in plastic bottles. I'd love to get some glass bottles.

Thanks for all the cool information everyone.

That's just Kosher coke. And for $5 :eek:

As weird as it sounds, you gotta go to Mexico to drink the real coke ;)

:D Isn't Kosher coke made with Sugar as well? I may be off to mexico or canada soon so I can get the glass bottles.

Yes, all Kosher coke is made with sugar. I thought they would sell it for the same price as the corn syrup one.

If you don't have the glass bottles, you will have to pay for them, and it's always expensive the first time. After that refills are very cheap.

Gee... Suspended after only 5 posts on the same topic... I wonder if that's his eBay site... :D

There's a little taco place near me that sells the glass bottles from Mexico... great stuff!

Who's suspended :confused:

I should go to Juarez and do another coke run, all my bottles are empty.

The scientific ignorance of Americans never ceases to amaze me. I wonder if the terrorists are behind HFCS. Better alert the TSA.

http://www.prevention.com/article/0,...35-1-P,00.html

;)

Dublin Dr Pepper
 

Another HFCS-Free soda is Dr Pepper bottled in Dublin, Texas, made with Imperial sugar. It's much less cloying, with a little bit sharper taste. The difference is subtle, but it makes a nice treat. Also, the bottles are smaller than the regular sizes, which is good for those of us who like a treat but don't need 12-20 oz of treat.

We find it at our local Central Market (HEB's specialty stores, located in Dallas, Houston and Austin).

A number of small bottlers are coming out with some really delicious alternatives to HFCS-loaded, name-brand sodas. I recently had an IZZE soda (blackberry flavor) that was terriffic. The ingredients listed were carbonated water, several juices, including apple, grape and black raspberry, and a couple of other things. That's it. There's also Jones sodas, Nantucket Nectars, etc. Whole Foods carries a bunch of choices, including a store brand.

LOL! The exact same article clearly states ""There is no scientific evidence to prove there is a difference between how HFCS and sucrose are metabolized"

HFCS is quite bad for you, but no worse than sugar. To believe otherwise is another example of this country's acceptance of faith over science.

Here you can find information about HFCS obesity and diabetes ;)

There is plenty of information about it.

And this is not the Travel and Safety forum, so no, we don't believe they are terroristic threats ;)

Using Google as you did, one can find plenty of information on many topics - how immunizations cause autism, how dental filings cause Alzheimers, how the Vietnamese were involved in JFK's assassination, how the TSA is protecting America etc.

But one will not find data produced through rigorous application of the scientific method that shows HFCS is worse than "natural" sugar.

Coke is Kosher all year and isnt made with sugar all year, as in a previous post- For Passover it has to be made with Sugar only cant be made with HFCS, so unless the Coke around Passover time says Kosher for Passover on it you cant be 100% sure that its made only with Sugar. There is a distant differnce in taste and thats the only time I drink reg Coke as opposed to Diet Coke.

I've been applying the scientific method and have found that HFCS is indeed worse than "natural" sugar. My studies have shown that anything made with sugar is a heck of a lot tastier than anything made with corn syrup, so q.e.d. :D

Real Coke
 

Once on a flight from Hawaii I noticed they served us cans of Coke which I think were on the flight from Japan. I immediately looked as saw "SUGAR" as the ingredient. I asked the stewardess if I could have more (and pointed at can and showed her what I needed! She said she noticed Coke tasted different overseas but thought it was the water....)

Now live in Hawaii and there does not appear to be Kosher aisles in my supermarket.

However, we DO have an abundance of cane sugar. Just walk down the field and pick up a piece of sugar cane. Can't get less HFCS than that! :D

Coke is only made specially for Passover -- at which time it uses cane sugar (not beet sugar).

Coke is kosher all year long but has this additional requirement during Passover. If you live in a city which has a fair-sized Jewish population you will find "Kosher for Passover" Coke in every supermarket, at the usual prices, for about two weeks before Passover and until the stock runs out after the holiday.

As with virtually every product that is officially Kosher for Passover, I have always found Coca-Cola that is Kosher for Passover to be more expensive than regular Coca-Cola.

Atlanta
 

In the Atlanta area, the Kosher Coke (as we called it) was not much more expensive. If regular 2 liters were $1.09 I think the store had the sugar stuff for $1.29.

If I remember, the caps were red or yellow and had "OPU" on the plastic bottle. After Passover they took the extra and just put them on the shelf with the "other" stuff.

I would go on scavenger hunts and take 5 or 6 from each store, leaving some ofn the shelf for our Jewish friends :D

Too bad Coke didn't make "Classic" Coke with sugar. I'd have paid more for it.

You can REALLY taste the difference.

If I remember correctly from my days in New York and the Philly area, when Passover came all Coke being sold in the local supermarkets was Kosher for Passover. There was no less expensive Coke available.

Lavarock7,

If you live in or near Honolulu, there is a Kosher Grocery store that Im sure imports the Coke for Passover. I saw it in PHX a few years ago was told its shipped in from Chicago, Ive seen it in LA.

Dont have the address its North of teh main drag in Waekiki Im sure its in the yellow pages just look up Kosher Food or call the local Chabad which is near teh DoubleTree and Im sure they will help you out.

Dovster,
No longer. they get in it maybe 1 shipment and then its gone till next year. Thats at my local ShopRite which has the largest Kosher selection near to the 2nd largest Young Israel Congregation inthe US. The local Waldbaums didnt have any at allthis year. and if Coke is on sale for $.99 then so is the Passover Coke. Did pick up 7UP in the 6 pack cans for $.99 that was for Passover with a very reliable heckshar.

Craz, you're going to have to move to Israel. All the Coke sold here for about a month before the holiday is Kosher for Passover -- even if you buy it in an Arab village.

The OP was when I wrote that.

Now his count is set back to 3 from 5 and his OP link and followup link to the Kosher Coke eBay auction are gone.

I just drank a cola my husband purchased from Whole Foods. It is made from 100% organic cane sugar. The brand is 365.

It was pretty good and definitely tastes different than HFCS sodas. I still have a bottle of passover Coke left - my shoprite was loaded with it. They probably order too much. I'll have to check to see if they have any more.

I'm not a real soda drinker. Water has always been my beverage of choice. However, when I do drink a soda I prefer it not be diet. I like sodas made with sugar much better - it's smoother & not as sweet.

You may want to try the sodas in Whole Foods before paying a small fortune or bothering too much to get Coke with sugar (unless it's around Passover).

I have a good friend with a lot of food product allergies - soy, corn, wheat, lactose, and so on.

HFCS is definitely on the "can't eat it" list, so Coke is out. Neither of us were aware of the "Passover Coke", so I'd like to thank you for this info. He may try it just to see what it's like.

Here's a challenge for you. If you're in the US of A, check ALL of the ingredients on what you buy the next time you go to your supermarket for your weekly food run. It's astonishing to me how many foods have HFCS in them when you wouldn't expect it - and it also seems that *everything* labeled "diet" has HFCS as the first or second ingredient.

The good side of this kind of allergy is that my friend is quite lean - probably 15% or less body fat. Since there's so much he can't or won't eat, he resorts to lots of vegetables and fresh-cooked foods.

Hmm ... I can see it now ... "The HFCS-free Diet" ... it might a popular book, at least until the leading HFCS manufacturers turn on their PR machines.

If the Good Lord had intended for you to drink Coke made with cane sugar year-round, he would have made Passover last much longer!

Has anyone tried the new Diet Cokes with Splenda/Sucralose and/or the new Coke Zero (Diet Coke with more aspartame/Nutrasweet)?

Diet Coke Splenda is way sweet and Coke Zero falls in between Diet Coke w/Nutrasweet and Diet Coke w/Splenda.

To add my two cents: I try to minimize HFCS whenever possible. Not that I think overloading on regular sugar is healthy either.

New Coca-Cola Flavors!
 

Coca-Cola just announced some new flavors to remain competitive with Pepsi Cola:

• Coca-Cola made with Low Fructose Corn Syrup
• Coca-Cola made with Molasses
• Coca-Cola made with Honey
• Coca-Cola made with Salt
• Coca-Cola made with Garlic Powder
• Coca-Cola made with Cholula Hot Sauce
• Coca-Cola made with Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar
• Coca-Cola made with Tuna Fish Remains and Whipped Cream
• Coca-Cola made with a choice of Mustard:
  • Delicatessen-style
  • Dijon
  • Plain Yellow Mustard
• Coca-Cola made with Pepper and Cilantro
• Coca-Cola made with Cinnamon

Actually, that last one did not sound so bad.

Of course, I am kidding — I was just testing you to see if you were still paying attention.

I wonder how the following flavors would taste...

• Cinnamon Coca-Cola
• Raspberry Coca-Cola
• Orange Coca-Cola
• Dulce de Leche Coca-Cola
• Butterscotch Coca-Cola.

I think this post might constitute Thread Heresy.

;)

I dont know where the OP is located but Coke made in Mexico is very easy to obtain in Hispanic neighborhood groceries and many supermarkets in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and i assume many other locations. Its really good.

Hope it ok to put this in this COKE thread....but... the DR. PEPPER that's prdocued in Dublin (Texas, not Ireland) is also made with SUGAR. Little harder to find but Central Market and a few others usually have it in Dallas. (If someone already pointed this out...mea culpa...I did not read all of the posts in the thread).

hehe

My bet would be that per capita consumption of pop/soda has gone sky high. I remember the standard 7-11 Big Gulp was a huge serving 20-25 years ago. These days, it's small and towards the large end of middle in fast food chains, where you can often get free refills!

Actually, there's quite a good deal of research indicating that the body doesn't react to fructose the same way as it does to sugar (glucose), and that there are negative consequences of it:

http://www.thefactsaboutfitness.com/news/hfcs.htm (from Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism)

http://pubs.ama-assn.org/media/2004j/0824.dtl#higher (Journal of the American Medical Association)

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi.../full/25/1/202 (American Diabetes Association)

I remember back in the early 70s when McDonald's introduced their "large" 20 oz. soft drink. Before then, it was 8, 12, and 16 ounces.

After applying discounts from being in their rewards program, Speedway gas stations offer a 58 cent 44-ounce fountain drink all summer long.

it does exist in Germany and maybe in Switzerland and Austria (?)
made by Coca Cola Company and it's called Mezzo Mix.

http://www.mezzomix.de/splash.html

just add some Fanta to your Coke and you know how it tastes. at least the result you'll get is very near to Mezzo Mix ;)


by the way: as far as I remember, all european Coke is made with sugar

Honolulu is many islands away :-) I'm in/near Kailua-Kona.

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I feel left out...

What about Coke with 100% Kona Coffee?