# Coca-Cola Imported From Mexico **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522 "2013-12-30T23:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/21 "2013-12-31T15:22:55Z")
My grocery store does both imported Mexican Coke and Mexican Pepsi in the glass bottles. The flavor difference between Pepsi and Coke is big in the HFCS version in my opinion, but somehow they come a bit closer in flavor with cane sugar. Throwback Pepsi was around for a while and that’s what I bought for as long as I could get it. I’ll take cane sugar over HFCS any day. It tastes much better. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/22 "2013-12-31T15:32:42Z")
What’s non-Kosher about HFCS? Anyway, moving to Cafe Society from IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/23 "2013-12-31T15:33:11Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > [Throwback Pepsi and Throwback Mountain Dew](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throwback_(drink)) are available pretty much everywhere in the Twin Cities area at least. It isn’t everywhere? I’ve been able to find both in both the Detroit and Memphis areas, no problem. Though, I love the Pepsi Throwbacks, I prefer the HFCS Mt. Dews. For some reason, the Throwback Mt. Dew’s aftertaste comes across more like a diet soda. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/24 "2013-12-31T15:38:00Z")
My father was an accountant for Dr Pepper when I was a kid----he always claimed he could taste the difference when they dropped cane sugar. A friend of the family bought a ton of the cane sugar variety somewhere in New Mexico and brought it back for my father. He got his wish for at least a while before he died. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/25 "2013-12-31T15:59:44Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > What’s non-Kosher about HFCS? It’s just Passover where it can be non-Kosher. I thought that was because corn is a grain, but a quick trip around the Internet suggests it might be more complicated. I don’t know why Mexico would consider using HFCS. It’s price supports on sugar in the US that make sugar so expensive here. That wouldn’t be true in Mexico. Maybe the Mexican bottler is just playing chicken with the government over the tax. It would be funny if Mexicans started coming across the border to buy Mexican Coke to take back to Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/26 "2013-12-31T16:03:38Z")
Costco sells Mexican Coke by the case, at least here in Ohio. I see them all the time on the shelf in my local grocery store too, usually next to the Ting (sugar-sweetened grapefruit pop from Jamaica), another treat. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/27 "2013-12-31T17:54:01Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > The “throwback” versions seem to be like McRib - they pop up every so often, but aren’t constantly available, at least not around here. > [@cmyk](#): > > I’ve been able to find both in both the Detroit and Memphis areas, no problem. I will confirm this. In Michigan, throwback Pepsi and Mountain Dew is permanently available and priced the same as the regular versions. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/28 "2013-12-31T22:30:16Z")
There’s two differences; cane sugar vs HFCS- some 40% can tell the two apart and prefer cane. Glass vs can: I don’t remember the % here, I think it was about the same. So the bottle makes a difference too. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/29 "2013-12-31T22:41:30Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > HFCS is of course so common in American foods because of the huge subsidies corn/corn sugar get. Actually, it’s exactly NOT that. It’s the high sugar tariffs imposed in 1977 that artificially raised the price of sugar in the US to twice the world commodity price that made HFCS so attractive to drink and other manufacturers. Corn subsidies don’t have much to do with it, except possibly make HFCS even cheaper than it would otherwise be, but I’m pretty sure it would be cheaper than 2x the world commodity sugar price without subsidies. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/30 "2013-12-31T23:44:35Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > What’s non-Kosher about HFCS? Corn and things made from corn are verboten for Passover. Why? Because it is. I’m pretty sure there wasn’t any maize in Egypt when Moses led the Hebrews across the Red Sea. ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/31 "2014-01-01T01:23:32Z")
It’s readlly available here in Austin, TX. I don’t drink sweet soda myself, but was surprised recently when my girlfriend’s (decidedly non-foodie) dad visited from Alabama and, while out to lunch one day, took a sip of one, paused and looked thoughtfully into the distance, and said “This tastes different…” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/32 "2014-01-01T02:22:56Z")
It’s usually available in the Hispanic food aisle at most Dallas grocery stores, and is definitely available in Hispanic groceries like Fiesta, El Rancho and La Michoacana. To me, it tastes like Coke, but without as long of a finish (it’s sweet, then it’s gone entirely), and the mouthfeel is slightly different. I think sugar Pepsi shows the difference more, with Pepsi being a lighter drink in the first place though. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/33 "2014-01-01T02:52:00Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > HFCS is of course so common in American foods because of the huge subsidies corn/corn sugar get. There’s another reason. When I was a kid, Coke came in a 7oz bottle and Mom warned us “if you drink that, you’ll ruin your appetite”. Now, it’s a 32 oz or more, and it doesn;t have that effect- and that’s because HFCS apparently has a very low 'satiety" factor, meaning you can consume a lot before feeling “full”. Which is exactly what they want. ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/34 "2014-01-01T07:18:59Z")
I have been drinking Coke since the late 1950s, and though I drink the currently bottled stuff, it is not quite the Coke of my youth. Though I have not compared USA-bottled Coke and the Mexican Coke side-by-side, I have had the Mexican sugar-cane Coke, and I can tell a difference. First of all, the Mexican Coke has a slightly more subtle taste. The HFCS Coke tastes sweeter, not so much that it is like a Pepsi, but sweeter. Mexican Coke is more like the old Coke in that the taste was slightly bitter compared to the newer stuff. The Mexican sugar-cane Coke - readily abundant here in San Antonio - is what I remember Coke was like in the old days. Also, the Mexican Coke doesn’t leave as strong and lingering after taste in your mouth that the HFCS formulas do. Mexican Coke goes down “cleaner”. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/35 "2014-01-01T08:01:08Z")
I will say that while I prefer sugar Coke to HFCS Coke, it’s not a blanket preference. When I went on vacation to Montreal I had Heinz ketchup made with sugar instead of HFCS and thought it tasted strange, not in a good way. Before I realized the ingredient difference, I was actually looking at the bottle for the sell by date because I thought something was wrong with it. It had an unusual bite to it that I wasn’t expecting and didn’t particularly enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/36 "2014-01-01T09:23:33Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > There’s another reason. When I was a kid, Coke came in a 7oz bottle and Mom warned us “if you drink that, you’ll ruin your appetite”. Now, it’s a 32 oz or more, and it doesn;t have that effect- and that’s because HFCS apparently has a very low 'satiety" factor, meaning you can consume a lot before feeling “full”. Which is exactly what they want. Or maybe it’s possible that your mother was lying. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/37 "2014-01-01T09:25:00Z")
I had a lengthy layover at the airport in San Salvador about a year ago. While waiting, I purchased a bottle of locally prod ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/38 "2014-01-01T09:28:34Z")
I had a lengthy layover at the airport in San Salvador about a year ago. While waiting, I purchased a bottle of locally produced Coke at a shop in the airport. It was absolutely dreadful. I was expecting a Coke like I’ve had in Mexico. The Salvadoran Coke was nothing like that. All I can figure is that the local water made it taste funny. I thought that a bottled Coke would not have that issue, but this one sure did. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/39 "2014-01-01T19:34:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Or maybe it’s possible that your mother was lying. Except that it did. And [High fructose drinks mean less satiety than glucose rivals: study](http://www.beveragedaily.com/R-D/Scientist-salutes-study-showing-lower-satiety-for-fructose-vs-glucose-drinks) _Scientist salutes study showing lower satiety for fructose vs glucose drinks Beverages high in fructose produce smaller increases in satiety hormones and associated feelings of satiety compared to drinks sweetened with the same amount of glucose, according to a new US study._ ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522/40 "2014-01-01T19:47:13Z")
Also, doesn’t Coke vary it’s recipes depending on where it will be sold? I thought I read that the recipes will vary in how spicy vs sweet they are depending on where they are sold. To my palate, Mexican Coke “burns” more which is why I like it better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522.md?page=3)