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I remember the whole egg-gate with talk they shrunk the creme eggs and only admitted after a picture of comparison to an older one surfaced -https://www.chocabl

by Zenst 5y ago

I remember the whole egg-gate with talk they shrunk the creme eggs and only admitted after a picture of comparison to an older one surfaced -https://www.chocablog.com/news/cadbury-admits-creme-egg-shrinkage/ https://www.chocablog.com/news/cadbury-admits-creme-egg-shri... So there is a history of changing things and not saying. That all said, I find coca cola tastes different depending upon location of production. Personally I found the south African cola tastes better, then Canadian and was able to blind taste them. So hardly not all brands are that verbatim across production lines globally and if a production line is moved, so does it's sourced ingredients more so as well as quality of aforementioned ingredients. Equally, local regulation may also play into those small changes. But then wine from different years, from the same production run/winery will taste different and that is probably the best example of how ingredient changes, however small, play a big factor in the end product.

VBprogrammer 5y ago
My dad used to bring a pack of American Coca-Cola back any time he went. It's not even close to the British equivalent. I believe it's due to the good old high fructose corn syrup.
- humanrebar 5y ago
  That's funny. American Coke snobs drink Mexican Coke from glass bottles, the usual explanation being corn syrup is worse than white sugar. Similarly, Texans bus "Dublin Dr. Pepper" bottled in Dublin, TX for the same reason.
- Zenst 5y ago
  I will agree the glass bottle versions taste better, from my observations/experience, it seems to be down to how the co2 reacts in the container and I find the plastic bottle the co2 is somewhat smaller and light in the taste, the cans - somewhat better and medium and yet the glass bottle. Ah yes the glass bottles just seem to have large bubble into the mix and in the taste, that just is a factor that stands out. Though an easy one to test for yourself, get cola form same area - plastic bottle, can and glass bottle and blind taste for yourself and see if you can notice the difference. It is one I could do, though not done for a while and yet was so standout. I will add that the diet version of the drinks do somewhat not lend themselves to such taste differences and talking fall fat sugar variations of cola here. I will concur from my observations, the sugar as well as the water used for production, do seem to be the dicerning factors in varaition.

by Zenst 5y ago

VBprogrammer 5y ago

My dad used to bring a pack of American Coca-Cola back any time he went. It's not even close to the British equivalent. I believe it's due to the good old high fructose corn syrup.

humanrebar 5y ago
That's funny. American Coke snobs drink Mexican Coke from glass bottles, the usual explanation being corn syrup is worse than white sugar. Similarly, Texans bus "Dublin Dr. Pepper" bottled in Dublin, TX for the same reason.
Zenst 5y ago
I will agree the glass bottle versions taste better, from my observations/experience, it seems to be down to how the co2 reacts in the container and I find the plastic bottle the co2 is somewhat smaller and light in the taste, the cans - somewhat better and medium and yet the glass bottle. Ah yes the glass bottles just seem to have large bubble into the mix and in the taste, that just is a factor that stands out. Though an easy one to test for yourself, get cola form same area - plastic bottle, can and glass bottle and blind taste for yourself and see if you can notice the difference. It is one I could do, though not done for a while and yet was so standout. I will add that the diet version of the drinks do somewhat not lend themselves to such taste differences and talking fall fat sugar variations of cola here. I will concur from my observations, the sugar as well as the water used for production, do seem to be the dicerning factors in varaition.