# New Cherry Coke **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 14, 2000, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730 "2000-03-14T22:52:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/1 "2000-03-14T22:52:00Z")
I used to like Cherry Coke, but I stopped drinking it for a while. I thought my own tastes had changed, because it didn’t seem as delicious anymore. But I’ve been drinking one today and I noticed that it had a distinct unpleasant aftertaste that I associate with Pepsi. Suddenly, the following scenario occured to me: Pepsi had a big success with its Wild Cherry Pepsi (about which, when I tried it I said, “They ought to call it Wild Cherry Nasti”), which the Coca-Cola company might have assumed that its success was due to people preferring the taste. My own opinion is that the reason it probably sold better than Cherry Coke was because Wild Cherry Pepsi was everywhere, wheras Cherry Coke was only in selected stores. But on the assumption that people liked the taste of Wild Cherry Nasti better, Coca-Cola changed the formula for Cherry Coke so that it would taste more like Wild Cherry Nasti. It is, in effect, _New Coke_ with Cherry flavoring. For those of you who don’t remember, here’s Snopes’ page on the New Coke Fiasco: [http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/newcoke.htm](http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/newcoke.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/2 "2000-03-14T22:59:00Z")
I haven’t been able to enjoy any Coke product (or any other soda for that matter) since they all pretty much changed from refined sugar to corn sryup. I find it leave a decidedly unpleasent aftertaste. Yuck. If I could only find some kosher Coke I would die happy. * * * I have great faith in fools, self-confidence my friends call it.— Edgar Allan Poe ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/3 "2000-03-15T00:50:00Z")
Not to hijack but how is corn syrup non-kosher? ---
**Author:** ![LordDenning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LordDenning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordDenning)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/4 "2000-03-15T01:29:00Z")
Come to Canada. We still make ours with good, old fashioned sugar. Actually, I like Yankee Coke better, and bring back a few cases every time I visit the “11th Province” to drink your beer and steal your women. -D ---
**Author:** ![Nanno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nanno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanno)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/5 "2000-03-15T02:26:00Z")
Pepsi, Pepsi, Pepsi, you got it? Oops this not a pepsi question. oh well ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/6 "2000-03-15T05:30:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by LordDenning: > **…every time I visit the “11th Province” to drink your beer and steal your women.** What a troll. No Canadian would come south to get beer. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/7 "2000-03-17T06:21:00Z")
Qwisp: > [@](#): > > If I could only find some kosher Coke I would die happy. Was this a serious statement? As far as I know all Coke is kosher. * * * Chaim Mattis Keller [ckeller@kozmo.com](mailto:ckeller@kozmo.com) “Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible. The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks.” – Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/8 "2000-03-16T19:27:00Z")
In Texas, you can get the cane sugar coke if you go to one of the grocery stores that has an aisle of _real_ Mexican food products. Apparently, they bottle their coke with sugar down there. ---
**Author:** ![Sentinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sentinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sentinel)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/9 "2000-03-17T02:18:00Z")
MMMMMM! Cherry Coke! I used to like the REAL cherry coke, when the man at the soda fountain would drop a nice glob of cherry syrup in the bottom of your glass, add a _touch_ of seltzer and stir it up, then fill it with ice cold Coca-Cola! **Now, that was a Cherry Coke!** ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/10 "2000-03-17T02:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by cmkeller: > \*\*Qwisp: > > Was this a serious statement? As far as I know all Coke is kosher. > \*\* Coke is normally made from corn syrup. Corn is a grain. From what little I understand about kosher foods, I believe corn is not allowed during certain periods. Hence a kosher coke would have sugar instead of corn syrup.BTW I learned about this on this message board, so it must be true 😉 * * * I have great faith in fools, self-confidence my friends call it.— Edgar Allan Poe ---
**Author:** ![mellonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@mellonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mellonhead)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/11 "2000-03-17T04:56:00Z")
This is a little off topic, but next time you have cherry Coke think of this: I had a Polish roommate that didn’t like cherry Coke. She said that the cherry flavor reminded her of the smell that public restrooms have…you know, the potty pucks floating in the urinals - anyway - you can get Kosher Coke during the High Holidays and at Passover in Skokie Illinois… Just thought I’d share. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/12 "2000-03-17T05:17:00Z")
Thanks Mellonhead. Any special place I should look for it, or is it in all the regular grocery store but just marked with a k? * * * I have great faith in fools, self-confidence my friends call it.— Edgar Allan Poe ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/13 "2000-03-17T16:11:00Z")
Qwisp: > [@](#): > > Coke is normally made from corn syrup. Corn is a grain. From what little I understand about kosher foods, I believe corn is not allowed during certain periods. Hence a kosher coke would have sugar instead of corn syrup. Ahh…what you mean is Kosher **for Passover** , a holiday on which we are not allowed to eat any leavened grain products. Around the Passover holiday season, you can find, in most ordinary grocery stores bottles of Coke marked with the hebrew words “Kosher for Passover” (I’d reproduce the appearance here, but HTML is no longer allowed. Hopefully you know someone Jewish who can show you in person.), which will not contain corn syrup. (No guarantees, though, that the substitute is cane sugar…sweeteners derived from fruits or other non-grain sources could be their Passover substitute.) Coke, corn syrup and all, is Kosher for consumption throughout the rest of the year. Chaim Mattis Keller ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/14 "2000-03-17T19:07:00Z")
Yes, yes. This is all well and good, but what about my conspiracy theory? Is Cherry Coke New Coke with cherry flavoring? ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cherry-coke/8730/15 "2000-03-17T21:17:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Padeye: > \*\* What a troll. No Canadian would come south to get beer. > \*\* No kidding. You know why american beer is served cold, right? So you can tell it apart from urine. * * * ## Oh, what’s that? So now you say life sucks? Well 99% of it’s what you make of it… So if your life sucks, YOU suck! Joe\_Cool