• cm0002@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I like regular “Mexican” coke we have here in the states, ig Coca-cola reduces the sugar used in Latin-america or something.

    But I can taste the aspartame immediately and it disgusts me. It doesn’t come across as a “sugar, but less sweet” it comes across as “Trying to be sugar but tastes like a metallic chemical compound instead”

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      5 months ago

      Mexican coke has cane sugar instead of corn syrup, which is the main factor in it being better.

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        5 months ago

        HFCS, specifically, which is very different from corn syrup.

        Corn syrup is about 60% as sweet as sugar, by weight. HFCS is more sweet by weight, (if I remember right), because of the concentration of fructose.

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        5 months ago

        If only Coke would take a queue from Pepsi and release cane sugar versions nationwide, I was a big fan of the Pepsi real sugar.

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          4 months ago

          I’ve never really had a problem finding Mexican cokes here in Michigan. They’re not at every gas station but they are at many grocery stores.