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Coca Cola Classic is a lie

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SandEagle said:
i've gained a few extra pounds. regardless, it is false advertising, if i contact the FDA, will they help in forcing coke to remove the misleading 'original formula' writing on the can?
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You would not have gained these 'few extra pounds' drinking what you describe as the 'classic' sugar cane version?
 
SandEagle said:
i've gained a few extra pounds. regardless, it is false advertising, if i contact the FDA, will they help in forcing coke to remove the misleading 'original formula' writing on the can?
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You gained the few pounds even though the ingredients and nutritional information are clearly listed on the can. "False advertising" does not quantify the harm done to you. If I sold some home made beer that I called "Nebor's 15th Generation Ale," and it was actually the first batch of beer I'd ever made, there's no actual damage done, even though there is false advertising.
 
MagickMan said:
Mexican Cokes are superior. It's not as sweet as US Coke, since it doesn't have HFCS.
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Agreed. You can also experience a similar taste test by going to your local convenience store and picking up a Mountain Dew and a Mountain Dew Throwback. The throwback is noticeably less harsh.
 
thraashman said:
I remember reading an article a few months ago where the author did a blind taste test of the Mexican Coke made with sugar and the US Coke made with corn syrup. And he was surprised when people picked the HFCS Coke at like a 2:1 ratio. Personally I don't drink coke anymore as it's become too sweet for me.
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This. I prefer HFCS coke as well. It has this creamier feel to it. Sugar coke tastes bland.
 
Whole foods sells a cola that is coke squared with real cane sugar. I love coke and this cola is the only alternative I have found that I like. Price is also the same for cane sugar and a potent taste. I think it has more cloves but not sure. The other company came out with a cane sugar coke substitute which I haven't tried since I don't like the cola that begins with a P.
 
'Original Formula' is a nebulous term. You'd have to prove that the usage of 'Original Formula' states that Coca-Cola Classic is the original formula and not an original formula.
 
Mike Gayner said:
No, but "original" means the same thing as "original". Learn to read.
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Except in this instance when you decide to bring to market a new formula of Coke in the mid 1980s that failed tremendously. Then you say oh our bad, here is Coca Cola Classic the original stuff when compared to the new formula Coke.
 
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SandEagle said:
i've gained a few extra pounds. regardless, it is false advertising, if i contact the FDA, will they help in forcing coke to remove the misleading 'original formula' writing on the can?
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Its not misleading and the article you posted explains it clearly. Its how the corrected their new formula mistake. They changed formulas, then when it failed, they branded everyone Coca Cola Classic, the original formula, because they changed formulas and it failed.
 
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Mike Gayner said:
No, but "original" means the same thing as "original". Learn to read.
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Go fuck yourself, you stupid twat. I am also looking at a can of Coke right now, and this is exactly what is on the can:

Coke
Classic
Original formula

Coke wasn't branded as "Classic" until the 80's. It would be an easy argument to say that Coke Classic doesn't need to be the same as Coke, but this is the original Coke classic recipe.

But in the meantime, Original and Classic are two different words, and when reading comprehension (which you lack, obviously, since you'd rather be a fucking douche on the internet than critically think about a simple situation)and some logic comes into play, it's easy to discern that "Coke Classic" doesn't necessarily mean "Coke from the 1890s."
 
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thraashman said:
I remember reading an article a few months ago where the author did a blind taste test of the Mexican Coke made with sugar and the US Coke made with corn syrup. And he was surprised when people picked the HFCS Coke at like a 2:1 ratio. Personally I don't drink coke anymore as it's become too sweet for me.
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I do not like the taste of sugar based sodas. I tried the Mt. Dew and Pepsi throwbacks when they came out, and I much prefer the HFCS versions.
 
No you couldn't. Coca Cola itself actually only produces unsweetened syrup which is what contains the "original formula". From there it's up to the canning/bottling companies to decide what they want to use to sweeten it, within reason. Coke does actually own most of the bottlers it uses in some way, but they're treated more as a separate company with actual internal competition and such. Bottlers still have to buy the syrup from coke to produce the product and then pay for their own sweetener, bottling, etc cost. Coke still pays for advertising though.

In short... ignorance on how this product is made lead to silly ideas.
 
JeffreyLebowski said:
I do not like the taste of sugar based sodas. I tried the Mt. Dew and Pepsi throwbacks when they came out, and I much prefer the HFCS versions.
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Sugar based is ok, but I also prefer HFCS. However, I'd bet it has to do with being used to HFCS rather than sugar. If I spent a lifetime drinking sugar-based coke and tried HFCS-based coke, I would dislike the HFCS-based one.
 
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