# Coca-cola and real sugar. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [January 11, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-and-real-sugar/284165 "2005-01-11T04:12:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-and-real-sugar/284165/41 "2006-03-30T02:54:23Z")
Update: Passover Coke is on the shelves; I just picked up four bottles, and I’ll be back for more. A treat for the Cleveland Dopefest, along with the micros I’ve been snapping up recently. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-and-real-sugar/284165/42 "2006-03-30T03:54:22Z")
> [@racinchikki](#): > > Imperial’s a brand. You can buy it in the grocery store, at least in Texas. I think it is, in fact, a Texas-based brand, which would explain why Dr Pepper and other regional beverages make such a big deal out of it - Texas like to support their own. Loudly. Imperial-Savannah LP is based in Sugarland, Texas, a suburb to the southwest of Houston. Sugarland used to be known for two things: Imperial Sugar and the Sugarland prison farm. The sugar silos are gone now, lost to suburbanization and rising land prices. The prison farm is still there, though it will probably be sold eventually. [/Loudly :D] ---
**Author:** ![boyhowdy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@boyhowdy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boyhowdy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-and-real-sugar/284165/43 "2006-03-31T16:00:09Z")
As fetus noted, non-corn syrup sweetened Coke is available in several other countries. I find there is a big difference in taste and also, that weird squeaky-coated feeling on your teeth (OK, maybe it’s just me) is absent. If you’re lucky enough, yes you can find Kosher Coke around Passover; I call my grocery store ahead and ask if they have it and exactly where it’s stocked in the store- they put it in pretty unpredictable places sometimes. I blame the government for the popularity of corn sweeteners due to farm price supports and all. Yuck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-and-real-sugar/284165.md?page=2)