my oldest asked why, since it tastes so much better and feels so much nicer to hold glass, we don't have this style of coke here
well, son, we are too rich to afford that
> In 2013, a Mexican Coca-Cola bottler announced it would stop using cane sugar in favor of glucose-fructose syrup. It later clarified this change would not affect those bottles specifically exported to the United States as "Coca-Cola Nostalgia" products.
> A scientific analysis of Mexican Coke found no sucrose (standard sugar), but instead found total fructose and glucose levels similar to other soft drinks sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup, though in different ratios.
The shift to plastic, as I understand, mostly has to do with freight economics: glass is heavier and more fragile.
Personally, I wouldn't mind a third alternate consumption model: fill your own container. Many places already have fountain drink machines. It's really not that big of a stretch to allow reusable bottles there
we could sooner justify the elimination of all alcohol products on these grounds than soda. sugary beverages just have calories; alcohol has got the calories along with liver damage, alcoholism, drunk driving etc.
edit: Disambiguated a word.
Having tried to do online pasta sauce, I can confirm glass is expensive to ship. 6 jars cost us $30USD to ship and some would break. We insured the shipment and made more on the broken reships than a normal sale.
Also, unless I want to just make seltzer, I am stuck with their branded syrups that attempt to copy drinks like coke, sprite, dr.pepper and others. They are all terrible and produce soda on par but typically worse than dollar store brands. Combine this with the added cost of doing all this, makes the system uneconomical.
Finally, I know some will have qualms of supporting an Israeli company but this is much worse than that. This company has been mired in controversy for years first for operating a factory on settlement lands, mistreatment of the Palestinian workers, and finally after years of protests in UK and european countries, the closing of the factory and laying off all but 75 Palestinian workers who were then denied a permit to move to the new factory.
There has been so much back and forth that we don't even know the exact truth about what really happened. Some say the workers were treated very well. Others say that the workers feared doing anything to piss off the Israeli bosses who could easily just replace them.
Given that the product itself is not revolutionary it seems better to consider other brands such as Drinkmate.
I tried using a special bottle designed to circumvent their proprietary bottle system (SodaMod) but I found that it does not produce any better bubbles than the OEM sodastream bottles.
My next experiment will be to purchase an alternative system once my Sodastream runs out in the hopes that the mechanism to dispense the CO2 will be better in the new system. Other than that I am all out of ideas to replicate the great bubbles and taste that the OEM brands produce.
To my surprise the result was worse, all melted into a sort of really sticky chocolate tar.
It seems that everything has sugar added currently.
On a more seasonal basis I believe both Coke and Pepsi do "kosher for Passover" versions with cane sugar that may be available in your area.
Disagree.
I know I'm in the minority, but I prefer the mouthfeel of corn syrup or artificial sweetener and I find that real sugar is way too sweet. I mean, I'll still drink it - I just think it's way overrated.
I wonder if I'll ever meet anyone who agrees.
I also prefer drinking beer from a pop off bottle instead of a twist off. And either much more than a can.