jugoso Posted July 3, 2013 #1 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Wasn´t really sure where to place this. Feel free to move to a more appropriate section if necessary I recognize that companies have certain rights to not disclose their "secret ingredients". That being said, I picked up a can of coke (I live in Mexico) and looked at the list of ingredients. They are: carbonated water sugars coca-cola concentrate I´m pretty sure that they used to include many of the other ingredients as well as the type(s) of sugar used. This just seems to be incredibly vague to me. Just wondering if this is a "Mexico thing" or if it is the same in Northern or other countries. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted July 3, 2013 #2 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I dunno if it's just a Mexico thing. I know the U.S. ingredient list has more than that on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted July 3, 2013 #3 Share Posted July 3, 2013 In Europe they are forced to show their principal ingredients, though not its amounts, according to a coke can it contains: Water, Sugar, Carbonic acid Food coloring E 150d (Sugar color) Acidifier E 388 (Phosphoric acid) Flavor agents Aromatic caffeine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jugoso Posted July 3, 2013 Author #4 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I dunno if it's just a Mexico thing. I know the U.S. ingredient list has more than that on it. What do they list? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted July 3, 2013 #5 Share Posted July 3, 2013 (edited) What do they list? Thanks! Carbonated water high fructose corn syrup caramel color phosphoric acid natural flavors caffeine Edit: Coke Zero has a different list of ingredients than regular Coke. Edited July 3, 2013 by rashore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted July 3, 2013 #6 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Just drinking a can of coca cola now, here are the ingredients exactly as stated on tin: carbonated water sugar colour (caramel E150d) phosphoric acid natural flavourings including caffeine Oh and the can - metal. So looks like it depends on where it is produced and what they can be bothered to put on it, or what they can get away with not putting on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted July 3, 2013 #7 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Carbonated water high fructose corn syrup caramel color phosphoric acid natural flavors caffeine HUH! we just got sugar in ours, I WANT high fructose corn syrup! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted July 3, 2013 #8 Share Posted July 3, 2013 HUH! we just got sugar in ours, I WANT high fructose corn syrup! Not very legal in Europe due to the fattening properties (and therefore a health risk) of the stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted July 3, 2013 #9 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Not very legal in Europe due to the fattening properties (and therefore a health risk) of the stuff. Oh yeah of course. Will have to stick with the healthier "sugar" option instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted July 3, 2013 #10 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Oh yeah of course. Will have to stick with the healthier "sugar" option instead. Think sugar on steroids, and you still fall short. (but the stuff sure is cheap when made out of corn). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted July 3, 2013 #11 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Free, you come up with some of the cutest emotes. HFCS sucks. I know of some folks that look for Coke in the ethnic aisle, usually Mexico Coke, because it has real sugar. It comes in smaller glass bottles instead of the bigger plastic ones normally found in the U.S.. Though this thread makes me kind of wonder if what is bottled and thought of as Mexico Coke here is actually the same stuff they sell in Mexico or not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jugoso Posted July 3, 2013 Author #12 Share Posted July 3, 2013 (edited) Free, you come up with some of the cutest emotes. HFCS sucks. I know of some folks that look for Coke in the ethnic aisle, usually Mexico Coke, because it has real sugar. It comes in smaller glass bottles instead of the bigger plastic ones normally found in the U.S.. Though this thread makes me kind of wonder if what is bottled and thought of as Mexico Coke here is actually the same stuff they sell in Mexico or not! That´s interesting! I just assumed that Mexico used HFCS but it seems that cane sugar is cheaper here so it makes sense that they would use it. And yes, it is nice that the smaller cokes come in glass bottles (although small plastic coke is available at a slightly higher price). As an aside, I grew up in small town Ontario, Canada. Our claim to fame was that we had the only Hershey chocolate factory outside of Canada. I always wondered why and figured that it may have been because of trade tariffs or something like that. When I was back there a number of years ago, I asked a friend of mine who worked there why they maintained the plant. He explained to me that because of the US trade restrictions with Cuba, they couldn´t import their sugar. However, we could and so the main job of the factory was to import sugar from Cuba, use it to make HUGE slabs of chocolate, and then send it to Hershey Pennsylvania where it was processed into bars. The plant closed down about 5 years ago and moved to Monterrey, Mexico. The chocolate just doesn´t taste as good IMO. Edited July 3, 2013 by jugoso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magebane Posted July 4, 2013 #13 Share Posted July 4, 2013 I'm having a Diet Coke Distributed in Australia the ingredients are; Carbonated Water, Flavour Colour (Caramel) 150d Food Acids (338, 330) Sweeteners(951, 950) Preservative (211) Caffeine Phenylalanine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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