# The Flavors of Coke **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 14, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024 "2008-08-14T20:44:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/1 "2008-08-14T20:44:29Z")
Fairly mundane. I went to a large American supermarket this morning. The soda selection included: Coke Diet Coke Cherry Coke Diet Cherry Coke Vanilla Coke Coke Blak (wasn’t that discontinued?) Mountain Dew Diet Mountain Dew Mountain Due Extreme Diet Mountain Dew Extreme Mountain Due Code Red Oddly, what you cannot buy is Coke (or Mountain Dew for that matter) in a glass bottle. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/2 "2008-08-14T20:51:32Z")
Mountain Dew also has three new flavors, all three being some sort of berry plus ginseng. There’s also Baja Blast, the Black grape one, and the Orange one. Plus Amp. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/3 "2008-08-14T20:53:52Z")
Where’s the Coke Zero and the Cherry Coke Zero? My favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/4 "2008-08-14T21:05:11Z")
If the store has an “ethnic foods” or “Hispanic foods” aisle, you can usually find the glass bottled Coca-cola there – it’s from Mexico and is actually still made with sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. It’s a special treat I will get for the kids occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/5 "2008-08-14T21:05:45Z")
And no Diet Caffeine Free Coke? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/6 "2008-08-14T21:17:48Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] If the store has an “ethnic foods” or “Hispanic foods” aisle, you can usually find the glass bottled Coca-cola there – it’s from Mexico and is actually still made with sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. It’s a special treat I will get for the kids occasionally. [/QUOTE] I can often find cases of this stuff at Costco. Sweet heaven it is! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/7 "2008-08-14T21:28:23Z")
It’s not an official flavor, but in the Balance Kitchen of Horrors[sup]TM[/sup], we recently created DrunCola. DrunCola is produced by adding large quantities of cane sugar to Coke Classic and fermenting the result like wine. The result was mildly alcoholic and surprisingly tasty, although we haven’t yet gotten it to (re)carbonate properly. (Credit–or blame–for the name goes to my niece.) [QUOTE=Litoris] If the store has an “ethnic foods” or “Hispanic foods” aisle, you can usually find the glass bottled Coca-cola there – it’s from Mexico and is actually still made with sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. It’s a special treat I will get for the kids occasionally. [/QUOTE] [Jones Soda](http://www.jonessoda.com/) is also made with cane sugar, and their cola tastes a lot like proper cane-sugar Coke. Some of the other flavors are quite tasty, too. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/8 "2008-08-14T21:35:56Z")
[QUOTE=Balance] [Jones Soda](http://www.jonessoda.com/) is also made with cane sugar, and their cola tastes a lot like proper cane-sugar Coke. Some of the other flavors are quite tasty, too. [/QUOTE] Yeh, on the rare occasion I drink pop, I drink Jones’ Cream Soda. My son prefers Boylan’s root beer, as it is cane sugar, as well. We don’t drink pop often in the house – that’s why it’s “an occasional treat.” Most of the time, if there’s pop in the house, it’s because we have had or are going to have company over. ---
**Author:** ![Morelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/9 "2008-08-14T22:00:02Z")
[QUOTE=feppytweed] And no Diet Caffeine Free Coke? [/QUOTE] I just wish they made caffeine free cherry (or vanilla) Coke. I’ve only ever seen the diet versions. ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/10 "2008-08-14T22:40:45Z")
Be sure to check the labels on made in Mexico Coke. I’ve seen some bottles labeled cane sugar, and some labeled cane sugar and/or HFCS. I wonder if it has soemthing to do with which bottler made it or maybe fluctuations in sugar prices. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/11 "2008-08-14T22:45:40Z")
And while we are on the subject, why is it the “Frederick Coca-Cola Bottling Company” outside of town with a coke bottle on the roof no longer bottles Coke? It seems to be some sort of warehouse now. It used to have a production line you could watch through the plate-glass window. ---
**Author:** ![ShermanAter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/12 "2008-08-15T02:34:36Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] I can often find cases of this stuff at Costco. Sweet heaven it is! [/QUOTE] Yep, we buy Mexican bottled Coke by the case at Costco and or Sams Club. Real sugar \> high fructose corn syrup MMMMMMMM… sugar ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/13 "2008-08-15T03:53:26Z")
No Coke, Pepsi. Pepsi, Pepsi ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/14 "2008-08-15T05:05:45Z")
All you need is Coke Zero. Delicious. I was a big fan of Pepsi One when it launched several years back; it must not be doing so well because supermarkets near me carry it less and less. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/15 "2008-08-15T05:21:40Z")
They didn’t have any Diet Coke with Lime? That’s the best of all. My liquid crack. (Well, except that I only drink one can every 2-3 days because otherwise I’d drink it all day!) Coke Zero is repulsive. Any Coke product with Splenda is repulsive. So much icky sweetness it makes even regular Coke made with real cane sugar in the itty bitty bottles that my Grandpappy used to give us when we visited in my distant youth seem nearly sour by comparison. Blech to Coke Zero! ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/16 "2008-08-15T05:48:07Z")
[QUOTE=ShermanAter] Yep, we buy Mexican bottled Coke by the case at Costco and or Sams Club. Real sugar \> high fructose corn syrup MMMMMMMM… sugar [/QUOTE] Please tell me more about this. Real Coke (Coke in bottles made with sugar) is something I’ve never seen at the local Costco, I have to go down to the Latin American grocers to buy it. If it’s generally available at Costco, I’m VERY interested. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/17 "2008-08-15T13:30:57Z")
Yes, they had coke with lime. I forgot that one. So something like seven types of Coke. Is Coke Blak just Coke with double the caffeine? As opposed to Caffeine-free Coke? ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/18 "2008-08-15T15:07:33Z")
What’s Mountain Dew Extreme? Coke Blak is a treacly artificially-sweetened coffee-flavor and corn-syrup sweetened Coke blend. The coffee flavor is akin to that of a “Coffee Nip” candy. I think it’s got a bit more caffeine than a regular Coke. I can regularly buy Coke in glass bottles in normal supermarkets. Most markets around here carry 6 packs of non-returnable 10 oz. glass bottles at a premium price. They even had replicas of the old pre-contour bottle a while back. (The Mexican bottles mentioned above are similar to the old 16 oz. returnables.) Off the top of my head, you can get the following Coke-branded drinks fairly easily here: Coca-Cola Classic, Caffeine-Free Coke, Diet Coke, Diet Coke with Splenda (at some Wal-Marts), Diet Coke Plus, Diet Coke with Lime, Caffeine-Free Diet Coke, Vanilla Coke, Cherry Coke, Diet Cherry Coke, Black Cherry Vanilla Coke, Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke, Coke Zero, Cherry Coke Zero, Coca-Cola Blak. Interestingly, I saw last night that Pepsi has relaunched, for the umpteenth time, Lemon-flavored Pepsi and Diet Pepsi. Now it’s an NFL-themed “limited edition.” ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/19 "2008-08-15T17:00:43Z")
So that would be: 1. Coca-Cola Classic, 2. Caffeine-Free Coke, 3. Diet Coke, 4. Diet Coke with Splenda (at some Wal-Marts), 5. Diet Coke Plus, 6. Diet Coke with Lime, 7. Caffeine-Free Diet Coke, 8. Vanilla Coke, Cherry Coke, 9. Diet Cherry Coke, 10. Black Cherry Vanilla Coke, 11. Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke, 12. Coke Zero, 13. Cherry Coke Zero, 14. Coca-Cola Blak Freaking ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/20 "2008-08-15T18:06:19Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Tiger] They didn’t have any Diet Coke with Lime? That’s the best of all. My liquid crack. (Well, except that I only drink one can every 2-3 days because otherwise I’d drink it all day!) Coke Zero is repulsive. Any Coke product with Splenda is repulsive. So much icky sweetness it makes even regular Coke made with real cane sugar in the itty bitty bottles that my Grandpappy used to give us when we visited in my distant youth seem nearly sour by comparison. Blech to Coke Zero! [/QUOTE] Coke Zero isn’t sweetened with Splenda. It’s sweetened with a mixture of two artificial sweeteners, aspartame and acesulfame potassium (ace-k). It’s chemically similar to regular Diet Coke (the variety NOT sweetened with Splenda) except it has half the aspartame and has 31 mg ace-k to Diet Coke’s 0. [Link.](http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/mail/goodanswer/soft_drink_nutrition.pdf) It opens a .pdf, but it’s the best source since it comes right from the Coca-Cola company. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024.md?page=2)