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Re: A Mexican restaurant near us SELLS COKE MADE WITH REAL SUGAR!!! - Dennis S - 12-30-2008
My Mom and Pop grocery store sells the. They have a small Mexican section. They are about $1.25 for 12 oz.
Re: A Mexican restaurant near us SELLS COKE MADE WITH REAL SUGAR!!! - macphanatic - 12-30-2008
Coke wasn't the only one to switch to corn syrup. The entire soft drink industry did it. IIRC, it was done to help the farmers who weren't doing so well at the time.
Re: A Mexican restaurant near us SELLS COKE MADE WITH REAL SUGAR!!! - richorlin - 12-30-2008
Cane sugar or corn fructose doesn't matter much to me. I only drink Coke Zero: none of the calories but all of the caffeine. Buzzzzzz...Zap!!
Re: A Mexican restaurant near us SELLS COKE MADE WITH REAL SUGAR!!! - Black Landlord - 12-30-2008
guitarist wrote:
Latin American countries have cheaper local access to sugar plantations? Beats me.
Yeah, I think so. When I was in Ecuador a vendor selling sections of fresh sugar cane was never far.
Re: A Mexican restaurant near us SELLS COKE MADE WITH REAL SUGAR!!! - Speedy - 12-30-2008
Having it come out of a glass bottle also makes a difference.
Re: A Mexican restaurant near us SELLS COKE MADE WITH REAL SUGAR!!! - MikeF - 12-30-2008
Sold at Costco in 24 bottle flats. 12 oz bottles with an English sticker put on the bottle...
Re: A Mexican restaurant near us SELLS COKE MADE WITH REAL SUGAR!!! - mattkime - 12-30-2008
i believe there are high tariffs on importing sugar and that is what makes corn syrup competitive.
Re: A Mexican restaurant near us SELLS COKE MADE WITH REAL SUGAR!!! - guitarist - 12-30-2008
There's a whole political/economic/protectionist/farm subsidy thing around corn. It's distorted the food industry and distorted prices of consumer goods. The NYT did a feature on this not long ago.
Re: A Mexican restaurant near us SELLS COKE MADE WITH REAL SUGAR!!! - Rolando - 12-30-2008
guitarist wrote:
There's a whole political/economic/protectionist/farm subsidy thing around corn. It's distorted the food industry and distorted prices of consumer goods. The NYT did a feature on this not long ago.
NPR had a great interview w/Michael Pollan, google it!
You can get "real" coca cola in any town w/ a significant Mexican immigrant population!, from San Antonio to New Jersey!
Re: A Mexican restaurant near us SELLS COKE MADE WITH REAL SUGAR!!! - SteveO - 12-30-2008
What mattkime and guitarist said. Cane is abundant in Latin America, or they would've switched to corn syrup long ago.
>IIRC, it was done to help the farmers who weren't doing so well at the time.
No disrespect, but this is funny. The soft drink industry has never been interested in anything but themselves and their bottom line.
Greg: you're speaking of Tienda Casa Paloma near 83rd and Metcalf, yes? That is a great little joint! One of the owners is from Mexico. Their food is pretty dang tasty as well! Make your way around the menu, lots of interesting flavors.
The only thing I worry about when drinking Latin American [cane] soda is the water. They don't have the same environmental regs that we do, so for me it tends to cancel out any benefit of switching to their soft drinks. Of course, we don't have much room to talk with the use of atrizine, for instance. Sigh. Frustrating.