Pepsi Throwback

[Alex]

It's pretty easy to get Mexican Coke around here (SF Bay Area). Any Hispanic grocery stores plus a lot of more standard ones; most Mexican restaurants.

Pretty much any where you can buy Jarritos products.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by 3894

Is that available as a choice where you live and does it really cost more? I heard that Kosher-for-Passover Coke is made with sugar. The bottles have yellow caps and the Pepsi has white caps.

Has anyone had it and is it yummy?

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Coke with sugar rocks! I can't wait for the Passover bottles to appear.

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Costco sells Coke with real sugar, but the case is much more expensive then a case of Coke with HFCS. I haven't been able to find Kosher for Passover Coke or Pepsi, but I'll keep an eye out for it this year. I also heard that Hispanic food stores sell Coke with real sugar. I should check the local Japanese store to see if they are as well.

They used to have the yellow-cap kosher for passover Coke when I was a teen (at least that's when I was aware of it) and I know that in certain years they didn't bother having it (though I wouldn't know if that was just our area or not). I haven't looked for that in years. I think it was just Coke, not Pepsi that did that. Not sure.

It was kosher because it did not have corn syrup in it, only sugar cane. Corn isn't kosher for passover according to the strictest rabbis. Tasted the same to me.

[Tref]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Corn isn't kosher for passover according to the strictest rabbis.

Man, those dudes are the strictest of all.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Tref

Man, those dudes are the strictest of all.

And yet, a surprisingly fun loving bunch.

[Tref]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

And yet, a surprisingly fun loving bunch.

And they're strict, too.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

And yet, a surprisingly fun loving bunch.

Nobody gets down like the dancing rabbis on the Chabad telethon.

[Nephythys]

hmm, since my husband works for Pepsi I will ask him to pick up some for me.

[Andrew]

Mountain Dew Throwback makes me happy. HFCS is bad, bad stuff.

You can get Coca-Cola Hecho en Mexico (cane sugar) at Costco (or at least, the Costco in Mountain View).

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Andrew

. HFCS is bad, bad stuff.

This is a PDF of an excellent rundown of why that is simply not true. It's based on misinformation and misinterpreted science. The belief that HCFS messes with one's appetite is based on studies done with pure fructose, not HFCS (HFCS is only about 50% fructose) and in quantities well above normal consumption quantities.

Overeating any sweetner is bad for you, HFCS included. And for those that like the taste of the cane-sugar versions, awesome. But really, people the HCFS scare is based on little to nothing and is a major distraction from figuring out ways to actually address obesity issues.

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

This is a PDF of an excellent rundown of why that is simply not true.

You'll forgive me if I take propaganda from a site whose domain name is owned by the Corn Refiner's Association with a grain of, er, sugar.

I know my own metabolism, and I know the difference in how I feel after consuming something with HFCS vs. the same with some form of natural sugar. I'll restate my previous to make it subjective: For me, in my personal experience, HFCS is bad, bad stuff.