Has Coke changed the forumla w/o telling anyone?

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Coca-Cola's a helluva drink!

haha, werd

 

[Siddhartha]

OP

Give Coke feedback about this.

It might be batch to batch differences or a mistake made over a couple of days production.

If they did make a change and get enough negative feedback about it, they will start making the old formula.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: tangent1138
no. formula has not changed.

soda production is not uniform. some soda plants are owned by Coca-Cola, but some are franchises that produce many different company's soda-- example: Coke + Sunkist + Canada Dry, etc. You get varying levels of quality control, and with anything mistakes can be made. Not enough aspartame, too much, etc.

Indeed.

It will usually tell you what plant it came from on the can. Perhaps the plant in his area had to help another plant get rid of some over-production or something from a plant a few states over.

 

[BillyBatson]

keep in mind that coke bottles their drink at many different places, and although everyone egst the same syrup shipped to them the yield from different bottling plants can sometimes vary in taste and the %'s of the ingredients used

 

[hemiram]

Originally posted by: Kroz
I think Coke has changed. Just doesn't quite taste like it used to.

Weird thing is that the Coke in Europe actually seems "stronger" maybe more caffeine?

I agree, it doesn't taste like it did before. I think in most foreign countries, they use plain old sugar, and no corn syrup, and that's most of the difference. I used to like Coke almost as much as Pepsi, but now I like Pepsi much better. A friend brought me a Coke from South America, I think it was Argentina, and it tasted like it used to.

Why do these companies have to screw with stuff?

 

[HombrePequeno]

I don't think they are allowed to change the formula without giving some indication that they did (generally a company will put New and Improved or some sh!t like that on their product when it changes).

That being said I like the harsher taste of Coke. Pepsi is just too damn sweet. Give me phosphoric acid loaded Coca-Cola any day of the week over Pepsi.

 

[phantom309]

Originally posted by: Kroz
I think Coke has changed. Just doesn't quite taste like it used to.

Weird thing is that the Coke in Europe actually seems "stronger" maybe more caffeine?

Remember that your sense of taste changes as you get older.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: Kroz
I think Coke has changed. Just doesn't quite taste like it used to.

Weird thing is that the Coke in Europe actually seems "stronger" maybe more caffeine?

I agree.. but not because of caffeine. European Coke seems to have more fizz in it.

 

[DougK62]

The proper use of a question mark is a lost art.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
Sugar > Corn Syrup. True or false?

True, because Pepsi still lists sugar as an ingredient....Coke does not.

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Coke used to taste nearly identical to Pepsi, then all of a sudden it got a bit harsher.

Hopefully they don't change it. That bitterness is what makes me prefer Coke over Pepsi.

the bitterness is from the caffeine content. yes, they use it as a 'flavoring'.

 

[DrPizza]

Here's another vote for:
It came from a different bottler/quality control.

AFAIK, regardless of bottler, they use the same syrup. The bottler adds the water and carbonation. Different water filtration leads to a different flavor, or the ratio of syrup to water may be off.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: tangent1138

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Probably just missed on a batch. I notice it with Pepsi occasionally...I'll get a 12-pack that doesn't taste right.

Coke didn't change their formula, per se, but they did change sweeteners in, I think, the 1970's. Coke used to taste nearly identical to Pepsi, then all of a sudden it got a bit harsher.

I think in some other countries, they still make it the original way.

But Pepsi uses HFCS too...

Correct, but in different amounts....and Coke originally used cane sugar. They changed to HFCS.

they still use cane sugar in Hawaii because it's too expensive to import HFCS.
best soda you'll taste...

seems like theres a dr pepper plant with limited product area only in texas that makes theirs with sugar too, or something like that, and i recall reading an article last year about coke making a special variety for some jewish holiday that doesnt use corn syrup.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Coke used to taste nearly identical to Pepsi, then all of a sudden it got a bit harsher.

Hopefully they don't change it. That bitterness is what makes me prefer Coke over Pepsi.

the bitterness is from the caffeine content. yes, they use it as a 'flavoring'.

No, the bitterness is from not using sugar to sweeten it.

In the 70's and before, you pretty much couldn't tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi.
Now anyone can.

 

[EyeMWing]

Special-packaging coke has ALWAYS tasted odd to me.

Of course, now I'm addicted to the Black Cherry Vanilla stuff, and could care less about traditional Coke.

 

[bonkers325]

Originally posted by: Eli
Your post is unintelligable.

:thumbsup:

 

[RGN]

Wow, as it turns out, I'm leaving now to get something to eat and I'm planning my selection around what places serve Coke. I hate Pepsi. 🙂

 

[Ns1]

pepsi > coke

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Howard
Varying amounts of corn syrup.

If you look at the ingredients, I'm pretty sure it says "High Fructose Corn Syrup and/or Sugar". That lets them use whatever is more cost effective at the time without "changing their formula".

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: Howard
Varying amounts of corn syrup.

If you look at the ingredients, I'm pretty sure it says "High Fructose Corn Syrup and/or Sugar". That lets them use whatever is more cost effective at the time without "changing their formula".

Coke's can doesn't mention sugar. (at least not the one I just looked at..I guess maybe they're slightly different at different bottlers too?) Only corn syrup. Pepsi can says what you posted.