Pepsi is supposed to be bringing back sugar in a version of theirs. And they are supposed to have a Throwback version of Mountain Dew with sugar for a limited time.
Around Passover time, you can get kosher Coca-cola that’s made with cane sugar. Stores near me stock it with the matzohs and other Jewish specialty items.
Coca-Cola isn’t the same since they replaced the cocaine with caffeine. But kosher Coke? How do they justify the caffeine, or is caffeine kosher? If someone can’t get through Passover without a Coke, they have bigger problems to deal with than just some Talmudic dietary laws.
And if you live in an area with a large enough Mexican-American population, you can often find Pepsi and Coke products imported from there in the stores that cater to that clientele. Mexican sodas use less or no HFCS. Much nicer taste as I recall, but sugar’s mostly off my list these days no matter what form it takes.
I saw some Mexican coke in a local store, and I checked the label to see if it was cane sugar or HCFS. It was HCFS. The only differences were the shape of the bottle, labeling in Spanish and the price - the half-liter bottle cost more than a two-liter bottle of US-made Coke.
BlueRaven, I wonder how they decided that caffeine should be kosher, since it wasn’t known “back in the day”. I think I’ve heard that there are several classes of food, each of which has its own rules, but I don’t remember that the list included “stimulants”…
Would caffeine fall into the group that includes wine, since it is derived from a fermented fruit, or is it classed as a medicine of some kind?
When I was much younger we would go to Mexico to get Coca-Cola (I lived on the Texas border). The Cola there had a very distinct taste, they had their own bottling plant and it was much less expensive than in the States. Anyway, we stopping buying them when someone found a man’s finger in one of the bottles.
When I was stationed in Germany they had a version of Coke called ‘limonade’ - not lemonade, but it had a slight lemony taste. It took some getting used to but you’d get hooked on it. Funny the things you miss about a place.
runar over 15 years ago
If you call being brittle and shriveled with no nourishment or chlorophyll living…
3hourtour Premium Member over 15 years ago
…Coke a cola isn’t the same since thay replaced the sugar with corn syrup…
Chelle Premium Member over 15 years ago
Pepsi is supposed to be bringing back sugar in a version of theirs. And they are supposed to have a Throwback version of Mountain Dew with sugar for a limited time.
ChiehHsia over 15 years ago
runar, Bush is gone. You don’t need to be dissin’ him like that no more.
cleokaya over 15 years ago
I too try to stay away from high fructose corn syrup, but I, alas, am also brittle and shriveled.
ChiehHsia over 15 years ago
cleo - moisturize, eat your veggies, and leave a teakettle simmering on the stove.
runar over 15 years ago
Around Passover time, you can get kosher Coca-cola that’s made with cane sugar. Stores near me stock it with the matzohs and other Jewish specialty items.
ChiehHsia over 15 years ago
Coca-Cola isn’t the same since they replaced the cocaine with caffeine. But kosher Coke? How do they justify the caffeine, or is caffeine kosher? If someone can’t get through Passover without a Coke, they have bigger problems to deal with than just some Talmudic dietary laws.
BlueRaven over 15 years ago
And if you live in an area with a large enough Mexican-American population, you can often find Pepsi and Coke products imported from there in the stores that cater to that clientele. Mexican sodas use less or no HFCS. Much nicer taste as I recall, but sugar’s mostly off my list these days no matter what form it takes.
BlueRaven over 15 years ago
Caffeine is indeed kosher, Roger. The issue is the source of the sweetener. I think only Mormons eschew caffeine out of any of the Abrahamic sects.
runar over 15 years ago
I saw some Mexican coke in a local store, and I checked the label to see if it was cane sugar or HCFS. It was HCFS. The only differences were the shape of the bottle, labeling in Spanish and the price - the half-liter bottle cost more than a two-liter bottle of US-made Coke.
ChiehHsia over 15 years ago
BlueRaven, I wonder how they decided that caffeine should be kosher, since it wasn’t known “back in the day”. I think I’ve heard that there are several classes of food, each of which has its own rules, but I don’t remember that the list included “stimulants”…
Would caffeine fall into the group that includes wine, since it is derived from a fermented fruit, or is it classed as a medicine of some kind?
carmy over 15 years ago
When I was much younger we would go to Mexico to get Coca-Cola (I lived on the Texas border). The Cola there had a very distinct taste, they had their own bottling plant and it was much less expensive than in the States. Anyway, we stopping buying them when someone found a man’s finger in one of the bottles.
Durak Premium Member over 15 years ago
When I was stationed in Germany they had a version of Coke called ‘limonade’ - not lemonade, but it had a slight lemony taste. It took some getting used to but you’d get hooked on it. Funny the things you miss about a place.
Radical-Knight over 15 years ago
Staying away from high fructose corn syrup is all well and good, but what about the parasitic moss on the branches? Hack! Coff!