• Thorry84@feddit.nl
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    3 months ago

    I’m the exact opposite actually. I never liked the taste of regular coke, too sweet, so I’ve been drinking Diet Coke since I was a kid. Drink a couple of liters per week (although I’ve cut down since inflation has made it cost as much as liquid gold). I dislike the fake sweet flavor of Coke Zero, but I love the more refreshing taste of Diet Coke. It’s like sparkling water with caffeine.

    I do realize the taste of Diet Coke varies quite a lot over the world, but in Western Europe it tastes perfect for me.

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      3 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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        3 months ago

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

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          3 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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          3 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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            3 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.