# Coke with pure cane sugar will soon be available! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 22, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205 "2025-07-22T23:38:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/162 "2025-07-26T17:17:02Z")
@Sylvanz , have you tried a 12 step program šŸ˜Š Youā€™ve said you probably drank more Coke than anyone on this board. Only you can answer this. Excuse me if Iā€™m over curious, Youā€™re not required to discuss it, of course. Butā€¦ I haz questions; What Coke do you drink? How many per day? How much cash are you laying out per week? What does it do to your pee? Your sleep? Your digestion? Your teeth? Again, not making judgement, just wondering. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/163 "2025-07-26T19:05:33Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > only reason it had not slipped to the number two most popular soft drink in the US were the ā€˜captive marketsā€™ ā€“ contracts with companies like McDonalds where they were offered price breaks in order to be exclusively offered. Yes, for Disney also, I had heard it was offered more or less at cost, just to keep the Coke name there. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/164 "2025-07-26T19:25:53Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > IIRC they used the basic recipe for Diet Coke and replaced the artificial sweeteners with HFCS, tweaked it a bit, and came up with a drink the blind taste testers liked better than either original Coke or Pepsi. Thatā€™s my recollection, as well. Itā€™s also worth noting that, when Coca-Cola developed Diet Coke, a few years earlier, they did _not_ try to make it taste like regular Coke; they were shooting for a taste profile that was similar to Diet Pepsi, which was booming at that time (late '70s / early '80s). ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/165 "2025-07-26T19:36:19Z")
I drink the classic coke with hfcs or cane sugar. Hubster and I go through 2 2lters a day more or less. Since he was diagnosed with Parkinsonā€™s. I drink the lionā€™s share. Well, it used to be a lot less before Covid, surprise, surprise. Then icould do 10 get 10th one fee at Meijer. Iā€™d often get asked if I was having a party. Iā€™d say sure. šŸ˜‰ I sleep pretty well. I think I have a tolerence. I do take prilosec, but weird stuff sets off gerd for me but not coke. Before Covid and going on Medicare, I had, periodontal disease, tmj, and lichen planus. None of which are caused by drinking soda. However, a out 30 years ago I smashed my mouth into an iron fence post. Both front teeth were broken. I got plastic crowns that were gauranteed for 5 years. I had them for twenty before they needed replacement. Last summer though one of them broke. I needed a root canal and a crown. This would have cost 1600.00 _with insurance_we could not able to afford that. I had it pulled and got a ā€œflipper.ā€ I talk a bit like Elmer Fudd, but whatever. Anyway, the damage from the original, along with the , crowns, along with Coca- Cola contributed to the problem. Soooo, way more than you asked. This has been a condesed and boring history of Syl Oh, since you asked ā€¦ my pee is nicely clear, and I donā€™t ā€œleakā€ after three vaginal deliveries. I hate how tv and books insist if a woman was _ever pregnanteven once_ that we all pee our pants semi regular basis. Ok itā€™s a pet peeve šŸ™„ ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/166 "2025-07-26T22:46:16Z")
Is that TV or the ads thereupon? I donā€™t recall seeing a show where adult female incontinence was brought up in the plot. Maybe because I donā€™t watch Lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/167 "2025-07-26T22:56:54Z")
I believe she meant ads selling incontinence needs for the elderly. And articles written about it. Why do you think because sheā€™s a woman, she must watch Lifetime? A tiny touch insulting. She may very well watch it. Regardless, the ads are on every channel. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/168 "2025-07-27T00:28:27Z")
I havenā€™t seen a lot of references to adult incontinence. I donā€™t watch a lot of ad-supported TV, maybe itā€™s there? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/169 "2025-07-27T00:44:36Z")
How did the conversation drift from sweeteners in Coca-Cola to adult incontinence? ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/170 "2025-07-27T01:07:15Z")
Iā€™m guessing because carbonated drinks can be a bladder irritant and so may increase frequency of urination. So asking those who drink a lot of it about this side effect has some relevance. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/171 "2025-07-27T01:19:19Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > So asking those who drink a lot of it about this side effect has some relevance. Got it in one. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/172 "2025-07-27T01:28:42Z")
I ask @Sylvanz how her pee was..because cola can make your pee dark. Whether itā€™s an illness or just a color thing, I donā€™t know. I was just curious as she claims to drink alot of coke. Just pure curiosity. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/173 "2025-07-27T01:31:39Z")
The board does allow you to send messages directly to other users, in case you were not aware. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/174 "2025-07-27T01:41:32Z")
I know. She didnā€™t have to respond. I told her so. It was in the line of, sheā€™s obviously a Coke drinking expert, so who better to ask? This thread has been gone in many different directions. Including politics. So why not? ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/175 "2025-07-27T01:55:01Z")
A lot of the fiction I read is ā€œwomensā€ books in whatever genre. I happen to like urban fantasy the less connudling the better. These books often feature a woman 40+ with at least one kid. They all seem to have incontinence issues according to the authors, because they are menopausal and were pregnant in the past. I see a lot of conmercials for bladder leak, sweat, period, products marketed to older women for urine leakage. etc. etc. Itā€™s a bit annoying. I probably should have left this pet peeve out. Too late now. ā˜ŗ ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/176 "2025-07-29T16:01:25Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > So the consensus is: some like coke, some like pepsi\*. _Some people drink Pepsi Some people drink Coke The wacky morning DJ says democracyā€™s a joke_ Sorry, this was [inevitable](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=a0f38eb77c23691f&sxsrf=AE3TifNF2C56Ob4ecs3512CD-oD-nRdPnQ:1753804898969&q=cake+comfort+eagle+lyrics&si=AMgyJEv17PWw0XQW3IlwXAKl7dSlPQF61q4qYdeyP6OamT3IFLvfsHCnTLI6T2AU5LF_XJ7hkPp5LIgsfyoDUrtzAKJFj5U-GYYepR8R4xsz4pZLCSbSVSMgqS3EHntukIqspjW_YQBddo0c-1QVWpHMXEO01lFqlQJHFtAjqnmZettBvHzlW2M%253D&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYuIiwuOKOAxVC3ckDHWm2Fu4QjukCegQIGhAC&ictx=1&biw=3440&bih=1271&dpr=1). ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/177 "2025-07-30T07:38:16Z")
This was brilliant marketing by Pepsi in the 1980s. Pepsi had a fraction of the market initially. So they devised the taste test to make it seem like the two companies were neck and neck when they werenā€™t. And voila, Pepsiā€™s market share shot up. The other bizarre one is Dr. Pepper, which is its own company. But it is bottled by either Coke or Pepsi depending on where itā€™s located. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/178 "2025-07-30T15:20:10Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > The other bizarre one is Dr. Pepper, which is its own company. But it is bottled by either Coke or Pepsi depending on where itā€™s located. Sometimes. In some U.S. markets, there is a third local bottler, which is affiliated with Keurig Dr Pepper (the current name of the company which makes Dr Pepper, 7 Up, A&W, etc.), rather than Coke or Pepsi, and thatā€™s who bottles Dr Pepper and their other brands, and distributes it to stores. But, yes, in markets where there isnā€™t that third bottler, Dr Pepper and their other brands are bottled and distributed by either the local Coke bottler, or the local Pepsi bottler. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/179 "2025-07-31T21:25:43Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Can you really taste the difference? I know I bought some Coke that was either Mexican and/or sold because of Passover and I reckon (not Jewish) that the HFCS version was not considered Kosher. I dunno. Yet I didnā€™t really taste the difference. Also dunno if the Coke they sell in Ireland or the UK is the same recipe as Mexican, yet I certainly can taste the difference. I was in the USA a month ago and straight-up could absolutely taste something ā€œoffā€ about USA coke. Mixed with Bacardi and ice, less so. And reconfirmed on my return to the UK where straight or mixed with the supposedly special 8 year old spiced Bacardi I got at duty-free, both tasted better. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/180 "2025-07-31T21:45:33Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > Mixed with Bacardi and ice, less so. I am not much of a drinker, some Benedictine to settle my tummy, wine with Christmas dinner, etc. But on a hot day, some decent dark rum, a good cola, lots of ice and a lime wedge is very refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205/181 "2025-07-31T21:57:19Z")
Hah! Dr Cuba Libre. I like lots of ice and the Rum is added till all that ice is afloat. Then top it off with Cola - and it probably doesnā€™t matter what Cola (though the stuff they pass off as Coke Zero in the UK is not good) tops it off. A fresh lime wedge is nice too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205.md?page=8)