Coke II

[Juice Box]

What ever happened to Coke II? that was a good pop....where'd it go?

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[DanTMWTMP]

I think it didn't fare too well, so they brought back the original formula, and called it Coca-Cola Classic

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[FoBoT]

you mean C2? or the coke II from way back

i bought a 2 liter of C2 this morning

 

[Juice Box]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
you mean C2? or the coke II from way back

i bought a 2 liter of C2 this morning

no no, not C2, but Coke II from a long time ago

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[FoBoT]

coke drinkers revolted and they went back to real coke

coke II was pepsi

 

[Juice Box]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
coke drinkers revolted and they went back to real coke

coke II was pepsi

lol, someone else told me it was pepsi but I didnt really believe him. Is that true??

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: digitalsnare

Originally posted by: FoBoT
coke drinkers revolted and they went back to real coke

coke II was pepsi

lol, someone else told me it was pepsi but I didnt really believe him. Is that true??

i think it was based on the taste

 

[StageLeft]

I liked it and it was good.

 

[cricky]

Coke II was New Coke from the 80's. When everyone switched back to Coca Cola "Classic", a few bottlers found that there was still a lot of demand for the New Coke. So they packaged it as Coke II. I don't think any of the bottlers make it anymore. I thought I heard that a couple in Illinois did up until a few years ago.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: digitalsnare

Originally posted by: FoBoT
coke drinkers revolted and they went back to real coke

coke II was pepsi

lol, someone else told me it was pepsi but I didnt really believe him. Is that true??

it tasted exactly like pepsi to me

it seemed that the coke strategy was to just make pepsi and put it into a coke II can. coke fans revolted and they had to ditch it and bring back real coke/coke classic

 

[91TTZ]

If anyone was interested in what was different, Coke wanted to save money on materials and test the market to see how they'd like their cheaper formula. Instead of expensive sugar, Coke II used corn syrup. They didn't want to jeopardize their "Coca Cola" brand, so they made a new brand called "Coke II" and tried it out. People hated it so Coke pulled it from the market and re-marketed the original formula as "Coca Cola Classic"

 

[Bassyhead]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
If anyone was interested in what was different, Coke wanted to save money on materials and test the market to see how they'd like their cheaper formula. Instead of expensive sugar, Coke II used corn syrup. They didn't want to jeopardize their "Coca Cola" brand, so they made a new brand called "Coke II" and tried it out. People hated it so Coke pulled it from the market and re-marketed the original formula as "Coca Cola Classic"

Coca-Cola Classic contained high fructose corn syrup before New Coke existed. New Coke is basically Diet Coke sweetened with high fructose corn syrup instead of aspartame, had different amounts of lemon/orange oil, and used vanillin instead of vanilla.

 

[jjzelinski]

Originally posted by: Bassyhead

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
If anyone was interested in what was different, Coke wanted to save money on materials and test the market to see how they'd like their cheaper formula. Instead of expensive sugar, Coke II used corn syrup. They didn't want to jeopardize their "Coca Cola" brand, so they made a new brand called "Coke II" and tried it out. People hated it so Coke pulled it from the market and re-marketed the original formula as "Coca Cola Classic"

Coca-Cola Classic contained high fructose corn syrup before New Coke existed. New Coke is basically Diet Coke sweetened with high fructose corn syrup instead of aspartame, had different amounts of lemon/orange oil, and used vanillin instead of vanilla.

Y ou do realize that having divulged the secret Coke formula you have been marked for death, right?

 

[GTaudiophile]

One of the best marketing blunders of all time. They asked the wrong questions in focus groups.

What Coke asked: Do you like New Coke?
What the FG said: Oh yeah!
What Coke did: Pulled Coke Classic to sell New Coke.
What the market did: Got pissed off and demanded Coke Classic.

What Coke asked: Do you like New Coke?
What Coke should have also asked: Do you like it enough for us to pull Coke Classic from the shelves?

 

[Lonyo]

www.snopes.com for details on new coke/coke 2/whatever you want to call it.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

I watched a documentary on this a few years ago, funny how all the press at the launch were saying stuff like "WTF is up with changing Coke? It tastes like Pepsi?!". The two senior Coke guys had to leave the stage cos they couldn't handle it.

 

[Bassyhead]

Originally posted by: jjzelinski

Originally posted by: Bassyhead

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
If anyone was interested in what was different, Coke wanted to save money on materials and test the market to see how they'd like their cheaper formula. Instead of expensive sugar, Coke II used corn syrup. They didn't want to jeopardize their "Coca Cola" brand, so they made a new brand called "Coke II" and tried it out. People hated it so Coke pulled it from the market and re-marketed the original formula as "Coca Cola Classic"

Coca-Cola Classic contained high fructose corn syrup before New Coke existed. New Coke is basically Diet Coke sweetened with high fructose corn syrup instead of aspartame, had different amounts of lemon/orange oil, and used vanillin instead of vanilla.

Y ou do realize that having divulged the secret Coke formula you have been marked for death, right?

The ingredients are marked on the can in the order of their content, greatest to least which is common information, but I do not know the exact quantities of course.

 

[DeadByDawn]

Originally posted by: Bassyhead

Originally posted by: jjzelinski

Originally posted by: Bassyhead

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
If anyone was interested in what was different, Coke wanted to save money on materials and test the market to see how they'd like their cheaper formula. Instead of expensive sugar, Coke II used corn syrup. They didn't want to jeopardize their "Coca Cola" brand, so they made a new brand called "Coke II" and tried it out. People hated it so Coke pulled it from the market and re-marketed the original formula as "Coca Cola Classic"

Coca-Cola Classic contained high fructose corn syrup before New Coke existed. New Coke is basically Diet Coke sweetened with high fructose corn syrup instead of aspartame, had different amounts of lemon/orange oil, and used vanillin instead of vanilla.

Y ou do realize that having divulged the secret Coke formula you have been marked for death, right?

The ingredients are marked on the can in the order of their content, greatest to least which is common information, but I do not know the exact quantities of course.

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