Some of my friends claim to have had kosher Coke in NYC during Lent, but I haven't seen any down here in the South, probably because we don't have a big Jewish population in my area.
I've googled my heart out, and I can't find anything about kosher Coke in my region. :-( Maybe y'all can answer some questions for me.
Have you had kosher Coke? Is the taste really that much better? Where do you buy it? What are the indications on the package/bottle/can that what you are buying is kosher?
Thanks in advance!!
2007-02-21 17:04:30 · 7 answers · asked by Texasippi Girl 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
What you are looking for however is Kosher for Passover Coca Cola.
One of the foods that are not eaten on Passover is corn, therefore things produced with corn syrup are disallowed.
Coca Cola reverts to it's Sugar Syrup based product for a limited time in the spring and markets Coke products as Kosher for Passover that are produced with Cane Sugar and YES! there is a definite difference.
Look for it in 2 Liter bottles with a Yellow Cap marked with a U in a circle which indicates Kosher for Passover.
Look in major supermarkets that sell other items for Passover such as Matza. ANd stock up.
2007-02-21 18:08:03 · answer #1 · answered by Samantha S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "Kosher" part refers to being manufactured under rabbinically supervised conditions with approved ingredients and has no effect on the taste.
The cane sugar part is what matters. A very small number of plants make soft drinks with real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup, and most Mexican factories do as well. Coke switched because HFCS is cheaper about the time of the "New Coke" fiasco.
In blind side by side tastings of cane sugar and HFCS Cokes, the difference is clear to most people. You can call a local rabbi to get information for locating Kosher Coke, but read the label before you assume it is cane sugar. Other than for Passover, I think corn syrup can also be Kosher. You are more likely to find Coke made with sugar in stores that sell Mexican imports.
I greatly prefer "real" Coke made with cane sugar. In addition, HFCS is not a great thing to consume, have a recognized association with adult onset diabetes. Severa; brands of soft drinks have switched to cane sugar, including Whole Food's house brand and Hansen's soda.
2007-02-21 18:34:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about kosher. Coke was made with cane sugar until the advent of corn syrup that was found to be less expensive to make. For those who remember how coke used to taste you would have to go to mexico where it is still made with cane sugar.
It is available on line. The shipping cost is the killer due to the weight. But for a treat, Yes coke with cane sugar is a treat.
2007-02-21 18:11:50 · answer #3 · answered by andywho2006 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never heard of kosher Coke. I can add this, though. I used to be a truck driver for ADM, one of the world's largest producers of corn syrup, used to sweeten most soda these days (in the US, at any rate, in Europe, they still mostly use sugar). We carried a "Kosher certificate" in our trucks certifying that a rabbi had inspected and blessed the plants where ADM's products were made. So all of ADM's corn syrup, corn oil, soybean oil, etc. is all kosher. Used to haul a lot of oil up to Cabana Foods in Detroit, they make kosher potato chips.
2007-02-21 17:16:13 · answer #4 · answered by cool_breeze_2444 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want it and don't want to have make a trip to Europe, we here in Canada make ours with real sugar, the High Fructose Corn sweetener is less expensive and is plentyful, but in a few years when they need the syrup corn to make gas for cars, sugar might again be cheaper to use, they are having trouble down in Mexico with not having enough corn to make tortillas, so the competion for the corn/syrup market could bring back coke made with sugar?
2007-02-22 05:08:08 · answer #5 · answered by The Unknown Chef 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recommend contacting the two Coke directly to work out the dates and aspects that they make the product with sugar and / or look in the internet telephone e book for Coke vendors close to you that could have the information. yet another threat is calling a industry close to you that consists of the sugar Coke and order a quantity via them - with adequate observe, they ought to be waiting to order extra from their distributor
2016-10-16 05:35:29 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My economic teacher had some in Japan and he said it tasted a lot better.
2007-02-21 18:40:16 · answer #7 · answered by dani 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋