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Excellent example is the "Mexican Cola" story: coke with real sugar that costs way more than coke with corn syrup. Or iPods, really.

axod 17y ago
I don't see why this is a good example. Coke with corn syrup is far cheaper to produce, but tastes really bad. Coke with real sugar costs more to produce, and tastes better. Care to enlighten?
- wlievens 17y ago
  The article I read about it gave me the impression that the difference in taste was very minor. I rarely drink Coke and I've never tasted both in comparison, so I could very well be wrong. Forgive me my ignorance.
  - ahoyhere 17y ago
    You're forgiven! (Plus... a packaged food product from Mexico being super-premium? Interesting idea.) For reference, here is the deliciousness Coke spectrum, from best to worst: YUMMY... Coke with real sugar in a glass bottle Coke with real sugar in a can Coke with real sugar in a plastic bottle Coke with HFCS (yum!) in a can or glass bottle (makes no diff) Coke with HFCS in plastic ...GROSS For the record, Dr Pepper with real sugar is even more amazing than Coke with real sugar. And you can't apparently make Mtn Dew with real sugar because it'd be so saturated it wouldn't stay in a solution. Rock on! Yet another reason to move to Canada and/or Europe.
    - axod 17y ago
      Of course All Pepsi beat Coke in taste tests ;) It's far sweeter.
- amalcon 17y ago
  FYI, you can just go to the grocery store around passover and stock up on "Coke with real sugar" (find the ones with yellow lids) for the exact same price as "Coke with corn syrup". I don't find it tastes any different, but I prefer it because real sugar is better for you. Well, more like "mildly less bad for you", but still. If you want to know how to get food without garbage in it, go find some non-rich people who have moral or religious restrictions against the garbage, and then do what they do. It actually works.

axod 17y ago

I don't see why this is a good example. Coke with corn syrup is far cheaper to produce, but tastes really bad. Coke with real sugar costs more to produce, and tastes better. Care to enlighten?

wlievens 17y ago
The article I read about it gave me the impression that the difference in taste was very minor. I rarely drink Coke and I've never tasted both in comparison, so I could very well be wrong. Forgive me my ignorance.
- ahoyhere 17y ago
  You're forgiven! (Plus... a packaged food product from Mexico being super-premium? Interesting idea.) For reference, here is the deliciousness Coke spectrum, from best to worst: YUMMY... Coke with real sugar in a glass bottle Coke with real sugar in a can Coke with real sugar in a plastic bottle Coke with HFCS (yum!) in a can or glass bottle (makes no diff) Coke with HFCS in plastic ...GROSS For the record, Dr Pepper with real sugar is even more amazing than Coke with real sugar. And you can't apparently make Mtn Dew with real sugar because it'd be so saturated it wouldn't stay in a solution. Rock on! Yet another reason to move to Canada and/or Europe.
  - axod 17y ago
    Of course All Pepsi beat Coke in taste tests ;) It's far sweeter.
amalcon 17y ago
FYI, you can just go to the grocery store around passover and stock up on "Coke with real sugar" (find the ones with yellow lids) for the exact same price as "Coke with corn syrup". I don't find it tastes any different, but I prefer it because real sugar is better for you. Well, more like "mildly less bad for you", but still. If you want to know how to get food without garbage in it, go find some non-rich people who have moral or religious restrictions against the garbage, and then do what they do. It actually works.