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coke gets delivered around the world in barrels concentrated. only water is added in factories.
by slim 6y ago
coke gets delivered around the world in barrels concentrated. only water is added in factories.
- johannes1234321 6y agoThis is a nice legend about the secret recipe. However production differs oflver the world. I.e. I'm the US the sweetener is high fructose corn syrup, while Europe uses Sycrose.
- bb611 6y agoAnd in Mexico uses cane sugar.
- selimthegrim 6y agoActually I think that’s only the version they export to US now
- 082349872349872 6y agoIt's possible to find sugar-sweetened in the US: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23363053 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23363053 I've never tried to get HFCS here, but doubt it'd be easy. (anyone know specifically why the sweetener differs? I'm guessing either cost or legislation...)
- RichardCA 6y agoDifferent theories, but there's a strong belief that Archer Daniels Midland lobbied intensively to create the current status quo in the US. http://www.motherlindas.com/HFCS_murky.htm http://www.motherlindas.com/HFCS_murky.htm https://grist.org/article/adm-high-fructose-corn-syrup-and-ethanol https://grist.org/article/adm-high-fructose-corn-syrup-and-e... https://youtu.be/gPbh6Ru7VVM https://youtu.be/gPbh6Ru7VVM (skip to 5:30)
- osamagirl69 6y agoEven in places where concentrate is delivered, they add the sweetener (HFCS, sugar, fruit juice, etc depending on location and product) at the bottling plant. Coke is about 10% by volume sugar, and the pre-mixed syrup with sweetener (like used in soda fountains) is usually prepared for a 5:1 dilution ratio in a soda fountain. The concentrate that goes to the bottling plants is basically straight phosphoric acid and caffeine with some secret 'natural flavors' that is usually diluted at more than 1:100 ratio with the sweetener.