My friend Larry says that in the mid 80s the Coca Cola Corporation decided to add Pickle Juice to Coke to try to attract a younger, hipper demographic. Supposedly it didn't work out and they quickly switched back to the original formula.
I was in a Coma at the time so I am clueless.
Is this a true story or is Larry pulling my leg again?
2006-09-18 15:59:24 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
I can understand the confusion and the association with Vlasic. What the Coca Cola Corporation did in the 80's was add stork blood to their soft drinks. It was an early stab at energy drinks and also rode the Goth wave that was beginning then.
This new formula had product tie ins with the release of Bram Stoker's Dracula and Lost Boys, but even with a McDonald's fun meal it went nowhere. As others have already pointed out, the product was a flop because it tasted oddly like Mercurochrome and stank of guano. It disappeared from the shelves within weeks and it was back to the drawing board for the evil corporate bloodsuckers.
2006-09-19 07:45:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Larry is lying about the pickle juice, but there was new coke in the 80s. Sorry about your coma, hope this helps fill in the blanks.
New Coke was the unofficial name of the sweeter drink introduced in 1985 by The Coca-Cola Company to replace its flagship soda, Coca-Cola or Coke. Properly speaking, it had no separate name of its own, but was simply the new version of Coke, until 1992 when it was renamed Coke II.
Public reaction to the change was devastating, and the new cola quickly entered the pantheon of major marketing flops. The subsequent reintroduction of Coke's original formula led to a significant gain in sales. Although the company insisted, and the historical record suggests, it was an unplanned reaction to the perceived rejection of New Coke, many urban legends and conspiracy theories that continue to circulate claim it was planned all along and offer various reasons for it.
2006-09-18 16:21:12 · answer #2 · answered by galbee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Groooaaan....
Wow, he's the kidder...
It was Coca-Cola Classic. Which has become the Coke you buy today. For a short time it was discontinued while they were trying to sell their new formula of coke. But it just didn't catch on and people were requesting the old formula stuff which they brought back as Coca-Cola Classic. The new formula of Coca-Cola was eventually retired. And they have changed the packaging of the Coca-Cola Classic to say just Coca-Cola now.
2006-09-18 16:01:24 · answer #3 · answered by special-chemical-x 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like Larry was pulling your pickle... Friends don't let friends pull their pickles, unless you dig that sort of thing.
See what happens, Larry???
I thought Coca Cola Spastic was responsible for the wigged out 80's??
2006-09-18 16:02:10 · answer #4 · answered by sarah_lynn 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
actually that is true...in the 80's they did try to change the recipe and as you are reading from previous answers it was a complete flop (it tasted just like pepsi). I dont know about other places but here in Canada you can buy coke in cans & plastic bottles like everywhere else BUT you can also buy it in single serving glass bottles (like when i was a kid)...it tastes different than the one in the cans & plastic bottles (not as sweet)
2006-09-18 16:09:56 · answer #5 · answered by darkest queen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my mom told me that coke decided to change its formula and call it new coke it didnt taste the same so after afew months people were screaming for the original coke...coke brought it back calling it classic ..but if you talk to the coca cola junkies it never tasted the same as the original all though its suppossed to be..pickle juice was never in it...but coke was originally made from cocoa plants and had cocaine in it ..a pharmasist made it as a medicine
2006-09-18 16:13:01 · answer #6 · answered by little_outlaw_angel 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they changed the formula, but I don't think it was pickle juice. It was a huge flop. That's why coke is called Coke Classic.
2006-09-18 16:01:42 · answer #7 · answered by jperk1941 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Were you really in a coma? Or do you mean an alcohol induced coma?
2006-09-18 19:44:08 · answer #8 · answered by Indianna 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
coke did come out with new coke (it tasted like pepsi)
2006-09-18 16:01:07 · answer #9 · answered by j h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was that before or after they added the sardines?
2006-09-18 16:08:11 · answer #10 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋