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Re: candy in collections/coke with sugar



I've also heard that the Coke sold in Canada is made with sugar rather
than corn syrup thanks to different trade relations with Cuba.

Evan Towle
        Urban Archives






On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Friedman-Shedlov, Lara wrote:

> FYI, for anyone who is interested in tasting Coca-Cola made with sugar
> instead of corn syrup, it is still available at certain times of the year.
> Larger grocery stores in areas with good-sized Jewish populations typically
> do carry the sugar-sweetened Coke for a limited period around Passover.
> This is because corn syrup (and other corn products) cannot be consumed by
> Jews who are observing the special dietary laws of Passover.   I know people
> who stockpile every year it because they prefer the taste.  Be warned,
> however, it is quite expensive.
>
> --Lara Friedman-Shedlov
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Lara Friedman-Shedlov
> lara.friedman-shedlov@mnhs.org
> Minnesota Historical Society
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S. [mailto:lufte@MAIL.UPSTATE.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 8:24 AM
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>
>
> Xiamen Lee wrote:
>
> > As most of us know Coca-Cola used to be sweetened with
> > real sugar, now they use corn syrup.  Certainly, this
> > must have changed the taste some.
>
> It certainly did!!! Not for the better IMHO. The texture got heavier and
> thicker and the flavor was
> no longer so clean and crisp. That happened around 1973, as I recall.
> Coca-Cola was invented by an
> Atlanta dentist to disguise the bitter taste of cocaine, which he used as an
> anesthetic. I imagine
> that the taste might have changed when they took the cocaine out too, but I
> believe that was before
> my time ...        ;->
>
> Then, of course, there was the "New Coke" fiasco of the 1980s. What is
> "Classic" Coke
> anyway???!!!???    ;->
>
> Cheers!
>
> Eric
>
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