MEXICAN COKE IS A LIE

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[@Mandalore06]

Here's the thing: The glass bottle is why Mexican Coke tastes better. It chills better, holds carbonation better, and doesn't leach plastics into the Coke.

[@ColonelSandersLite]

There's probably something to that. There is a big taste difference between a canned soft drink and the same soft drink in a plastic bottle.

[@KPC-123]

You are spot on about the carbonation leaking out of the plastic bottles. In fact the two litter plastic bottles leak so much of the gas that they are filled w/ about @ 4 to 5 times the carbon dioxide gas then it contains when we open it. Apparently the 2 litter bottles will fail upon filling them at the plant and it sounds like cannon shots.

[@Mandalore06]

@@ColonelSandersLite Absolutely!

[@Mandalore06]

@@KPC-123 I'm certain that's the case. I like to buy soda during sales and stockpile it. I've learned the hard way that plastic-bottled soda does not keep. I can keep canned soda for close to a year whereas I MAY get a couple of weeks out of plastic bottles, and they are usually undercarbonated to suit me. Mexican Coke on the other hand I have kept for over a year with zero loss of carbonation or flavor. Why is it that beer manufacturers get it but softdrink companies don't?

[@mIkepahr]

Right on! Cola was always better in glass, as is beer. If we truly want to go green, why have we not gone back to bottles?

[@IzHarris]

I will never forgive you for discovering this.

[@DanielDlugos]

Kosher Pepsi is made with cane sugar. You can find it in predominantly Jewish neighborhoods.

[@mrivanlizarde]

As a Latino from East LA, I feel personally, professionally, and spiritually attacked.

[@IzHarris]

@@mrivanlizarde hahaha YEAH JOHNNY

[@Fidddle2Pie]

lolssss

[@campkira]

just go back to normal coke.. wait just drink something else...

[@sethfrancissimracing7558]

If you go to Mexico, and purchase coke whether it be in a can, plastic or glass, it will have "pure cane sugar" listed on the ingredients. I have seen this myself on every bottle I have ever bought while in Mexico and it absolutely tastes different.

[@bobweiram6321]

Agreed. I've seen the same label countless times. The cane sugar formation tastes much better and leaves a clean palette. I seriously doubt Mexican Coke bottlers would mislabel their product given the liability and steep FDA penalties if caught. Moreover, their US competitors would likely pressure FDA take action against the Mexican imports demanding imports abide by the same rules. I call bullshit on this video.

[@Grom-rl8bm]

​@@bobweiram6321 "I seriously doubt Mexican bottlers would mislabel", so coke will sponsor anti-union death squads but won't lie about an ingredient? 😂

[@electricfuneral8456]

Also no High fructose corn syrup

[@bobmarley2140]

Not true I have some imported street vendor coca cola bottles and the import label states cane sugar but on the bottle cap in very fine print it lists hfcs as an ingredient

[@bobmarley2140]

@@bobweiram6321 I literally have a bottle from Mexico with an import label that states cane sugar but the bottle cap lists hfcs as an ingredient

[@AwokenEntertainment]

I have a restaurant that sells so much Mexican Coke; this is a complete shocker

[@Long-Horse]

@Zahdorfi Okay reddit detective, nobody cares, all coke tastes like shit anyway. Id rather drink puddle water than put any of that shit in my body.

[@mexicanwitharock]

Los pollos hermanos ?

[@Long-Horse]

@@mexicanwitharock The chicken brother?

[@mexicanwitharock]

@@Long-Horse when I said los pollos hermanos, I was referring to the restaurant from the hit show breaking bad. The restaurant in the show sell and smuggles a lot of drugs for the Mexican cartels. So I'm joking about the comment

[@philcollinslover56705]

los pollos hermamos sold meth?

[@barbramtz]

Mexican here. I actually remember trying the US coke when I was young and thinking it tasted horribly compared to Coca back in México. Also, here in México we have a "belief" that coca-cola in glass bottles actually tastes better, I myself believe it. It's just so refreshing to drink an ice-cold coke from a glass bottle.

[@barbramtz]

@@gonzalpi Yes, that may be it!

[@philipbridler]

@@gonzalpi "tin" huh? Mad lulz

[@VicenteSchmitt]

It is definitely better! Same in Brasil

[@aldoaguirre5825]

Bárbara Martínez even more if is of 355 ml. That’s the best!

[@estebanjosearancibiardrigu4068]

En Argentina es igual, la conquita de vidrio tiene un lugar en nuestros corazones

[@noahway13]

One night someone shouted that Mexican coke was amazing . And people thought he meant the cola and thus started a myth.

[@SoulDevoured]

Dunno about their coke but their weed is awful.

[@andresantvi]

@@SoulDevoured Still probably better than my country's weed

[@Liefvikerson]

Yes, I assumed they meant cocaine as soda is bad for you

[@SomethingaboutScreens]

@Liam McNieve 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@vidiwoodmuzikprodaksons4208]

*Narcos intro music*

[@zacmorri]

could you make a video about chiapas mexico and how they consume more coke than water cause the bottling plant sucked up all the local water so now coke is cheaper and more abundant than water

[@ezefunes1998]

and people die from diabetes.

[@holow3038]

Coke is not cheaper but they are basically addicted to coke, water is just plain for them

[@senorbacjan2]

Coke Corp made a plant to extract water coz there was none, they out their money to make it i am Mexican and we were teach since middle school to blame capitalism for our decisions and mistakes, Chiapas have rivers lakes and a ocean but people with Zero education of how to purified water coz be been teach that our government have to take care of us

[@DonDGas]

Can you make a video about Washington DC USA and how the so called politics are so corrupt and how the sheeple need to wake up and how they want to invade Mexico for their own person gain. Got money for wars but can’t feed the poor?

[@stoodsea3221]

I lived in chiapas for 3 years and while I wouldn’t say that coke was more consumed than water, I did see people consume a lot of coke. Another issue is that in some areas the water is very contaminated and a lot of people (incuding me) would constantly get sick due to the contaminated water, and the only source of clean water was taken by the coke plant. A lot of people die because of the lack of clean water.

[@invertexyz]

In Canada we have a bunch of "local flavors" in glass bottles that specifically say Cane Sugar in the ingredients. I think they only started showing up a few years ago though.

[@ronblack7870]

way back chocolate was being made in canada and exported to usa by american companies because sugar was cheaper in canada because of the us sugar lobby imposing duties on sugar but not on chocolate.

[@glynnisthomas9165]

We have this everywhere in San Antonio, Texas. It's the bottle that makes it better, I think. I hate plastic.

[@dangerislander]

I personally think coke tastes better from a can

[@chicopaisley3175]

No it’s that Mexican coke uses actual real authentic sugar cane

[@abrahamvicuna2436]

I'm from Mexico and i actually felt the change in coke flavor, it used to taste better, even the change of sweetener it always taste better when it comes from a glass bottle

[@jamescharros1299]

Yeah it never went anywhere, nor was it ever hard to find. Are you in need of some cause I can send you a couple of cases. He seems depressed in that cabin.

[@davidguajardo1105]

Let's see how many people are from San Antonio tx

[@jttttttt138]

'Mexican coke is just better', best way to get instantly demonetized

[@salvation7779]

It's the bottle men everything in glass taste better than cans or plastic

[@squirlmy]

actually I'd worry about becoming a target of cartels. lol Be careful about exposing things in Mexico!

[@Skarlett00]

Italian Creed_09 bamboo? natural Sugar Cane , not bamboo 😂

[@marcusgarvey8388]

Every african country has that

[@melody3741]

I know right? Colombian is really where its at.

[@airplaneengine]

Here in the Minneapolis area, for years up until maybe about 15 years ago, "Mexican Coke" was largely only sold in visibly well worn thick 16 oz glass bottles marked "retornable", found in the Mexican food isle of the local grocery store chain. The fun of it was the 16 oz glass bottle, practically identical to those sold in the US decades ago, and the real sugar based Coca Cola. I used to buy them for my grandma who enjoyed it as a treat. Then, those 12 oz "no retornable" glass bottles started appearing. The 12 oz ones were sold alongside the 16 oz ones for awhile, and I recall we both thought the 12 oz one tasted slightly different... but it could've been a placebo effect. The 16 oz bottle being what we normally bought "back in the day", I continued to grad the 16 oz bottles when they had them, then they disappeared one day with only the 12 oz bottles left to be found. That was around the time "Mexican Coke" started to get "big" and restaurants began to add them to their menus and stores like Sams Club and Costco started to stock 24 packs of them.

[@Vendzor]

I only buy the 16 oz bottles, labeled "Medio Litro." My shop has a huge refrigerated display and always keeps them in stock as singles.

[@UwU-xk5cx]

I'm mexican and I remember being with some friends in the US and finding "Mexican coke" in a supermarket, and then finding out they thought that was how the average coke bottle in Mexico looks like, in reality you will only find glass bottles in small towns and poorer areas because if you give the empty bottles back then they will give you a new one cheaper

[@guitarmexikanguy]

that´s such a lie you can find glass bottles anywhere, please don´t spread false information, i live in a mayor capital city and have been to most of mexico, please dont say lies

[@UwU-xk5cx]

@@guitarmexikanguy I'm not saying any lies, I live in Mexico, Mérida Yucatán, and saw the "Mexican coke" labelled as that in Tacoma Washington, and here in mexico I have been to CDMX, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Chihuahua, Campeche, Cancún, Tuxla and many other towns and cities and never seen a glass bottle in a "richer" area, here in my state Yuacatán for example, you will only find them in towns inside the state, coastal towns and the poorer parts of the capital Mérida

[@guitarmexikanguy]

@@UwU-xk5cx thats weird I can go to an oxxo near my house and can get one without a problem and I live at an upper residential place, same at San Pedro Garza García, i also stayed at la Roma last year and was able to get one without a problem :B

[@UwU-xk5cx]

@@guitarmexikanguy well what in the actual fck I never in my life seen one in an oxxo anywhere, and I go to oxxos on the daily

[@UwU-xk5cx]

@@dirtysouth.1228 Mérida Yucatán

[@farhangi3105]

Me: Wait, it's all Corn Syrup? Coca Cola: Always has been.

[@manjensen1710]

@Bob Desombre It's a meme

[@Smoothblue90]

A1 steak sauce bottles have text on them that says original recipe. But then it lists high fructose corn syrup as an ingredient. That was not in existence when A1 steak sauce was invented.

[@joshentertainment2]

It says it on the ingredients

[@psychic_beth]

Australian Coke has real sugar, try some of ours

[@caseyvee4419]

@@Smoothblue90 I have caught that on some other products that claimed to be made using "the original recipe" , I would look up all of the ingredients and several times I have found some that did not exist when they started making the product.

[@juliocesarpereira4325]

Anyway, regardless of having sucrose or HFC, coca-cola from a glass bottle tastes better.

[@zacksean4537]

You're god damn right

[@callidusvulpes5556]

Yep, for me it goes from glass to can to plastic.

[@aliteralpieceofbread3373]

@@callidusvulpes5556 yeah it’s soo weird,when I drink coke from a bottle it tastes worse than when I put it in a glass cup and drink it Amelica explan 😫

[@dylanmccallister1888]

@@aliteralpieceofbread3373 well that wouldnt make sense since wlthe reason cannned coke doesnt taste as good is the can liner and plastic bottled coke has plastic traces in it. You're just pouring the tainted stuff into a glass so thats in your head

[@Rebelgoose]

@@aliteralpieceofbread3373 ffs man

[@newbreedtv3833]

On a recent trip to the US coming from Australia I noticed coke tasted very different and not as good, I immediately noticed the difference without knowing it was sweetened with HFCS. Australian coke is so much better than American coke in my opinion and is sweetened with cane sugar.

[@moneyparhar]

That's what they label as. Just like Mexican coke

[@Dutcheh]

bro did watch the video

[@TheJacobAnwyl]

@@moneyparhar different companies my friend, Coca-Cola Australia still has contracts with cane sugar farmers in North Queensland

[@TheJacobAnwyl]

The Coca-Cola company owns 35% of Coca-Cola Amatil in Australia. I believe that they are some-what independent of Coca-Cola Company in decision making.

[@mrnobody2589]

Mexican coke is probably just Columbian coke but Mexico is just the middle man

[@JohnnyRelentless]

I noticed this myself. A few months ago I got an overpriced Mexican coke at a Home Depot. Glass bottle, but disappointing flavor. It tasted like any other Coke in the US. Now I know why.

[@trumanburbank6899]

We need to bring back the cocaine-laced original formula. We can do this ourselves at the grass-roots "in the hood" level. We'll call it "Cracka-Cola".

[@Frank289100]

COKE IS NO LONGER MADE WITH THE KOLA NUT AND THE SECRET RECIPE/INGREDIENT NO LONGER EXISTS. IT TAKES OVER 12 CHEMICAL REACTIONS TO CREATED THE FLAVOR FOR COKE AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES PEPSI. NEARLY ALL SOFT DRINK FLAVORS AND THAT ALSO GOES FOR FOODS ARE CREATED BY MIXING CHEMICALS TOGETHER AND THE REACTIONS BETWEEN THESE CHEMICALS CREATE THE FLAVORING. LOOK AT ALL THE KIDS GETTING CANCER. WE LIVE IN A SINISTER SYSTEM AND THE BEST WAY TO CHANGE IT "IS TO NOT BUY IT".

[@tharblin]

Government ruins everything good and joyful

[@Frank289100]

@@tharblin THE GOVERNMENT IS RUN BY THE DEVIL SATAN. HE IS THE ONE THAT PUT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS OUT OF THEIR LUST FOR GREED TO TAMPER WITH OUR FOODS THAT HAS MADE EVERYBODY SICK WITH ALL KINDS OF DISEASES. THE DEVIL IS A REAL LIVING BEING THAT CAN MATERIALIZE AND YOU CAN PHYSICALLY TOUCH IT.

[@BarbadosBeerFestival]

I’m with you 👍🏾🤦🏾‍♂️🤣

[@DonKynos]

Nah, we need to put Dextroamphetamine/Dextromethamphetamine in it and call it Dexie-Cola/Methyl-Cola.

[@Omar-cw5gg]

The glass bottle is reused here in Mexico. We take the empty bottle to the store, and we get a new one that’s full. Edit: Yes, it costs money. If you don’t have a bottle to trade in for the new one, they charge you extra.

[@reycoil6781]

Here in south east asia too

[@Ahregal]

This is pretty bad as tho the US banned re-usable bottles for a long time ago thanks to the poor sanitisation problems in industries. In Mexico all this beautiful glass bottles commonly end with urine and cigarette residues. Enjoy! ;) Saludos desde México.

[@Dr_AK33]

It’s also reused here in india but we don’t get a new one though 🥺

[@idontwanna9526]

here in Brazil too

[@itsbingslife3545]

Here in the Philippines too...

[@inspectordabit]

The taste from a glass bottle is just so much smoother

[@max_archer]

I've seen a mix of different variations of Mexican Coke here in LA recently, presumably from different bottlers. Some are marked "sugar," some "cane sugar," and I just recently encountered my first bottle with HFCS on the label. The HFCS one was also interesting because it had no red on the bottle, just white printing on the glass and a light-colored (kind of a very pale lime green color iirc.) cap, and the flavor was immediately noticeable as different from the stuff I normally get and more like regular American Coke - and I noticed this *before* checking the ingredients. I wonder if the researchers who analyzed the coke got the "wrong" version and the real cane sugar stuff still exists but only if you track it down.

[@costanzafaust]

I thought that cap on his bottle looked suspicious! I had to double check my stash and the bottles I have with a red cap say 'cane sugar' on the ingredient list, and it doesn't have the syrupy taste.

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

That might have been a bottle of Coke from Mexico for the Mexican market and not a bottle of Coke meant for export Did it have double octagons on the cap and bottle?

[@JS-oi5jt]

I agree... he's making an assumption of the "Mexican coke" bottle they used for the experiment.

[@fahadmoten97]

Hey Johnny! Love your videos. Just wanted to add: Sucrose is a chemical compound with 1 molecule of glucose and 1 molecule of fructose, in 50%:50% ratio. High fructose corn syrup I think is about 40%:60% glucose to fructose . Once the sugar is dissolved in the syrup it disassociates into glucose and fructose in the presence of phosphoric acid. This process is called sugar inversion and is a very interesting concept on its own. But i think this would explain why the researchers did not find any sucrose in the sampled beverages! Just my 0.002$ I run a small craft soda company in Pakistan and hence have been researching sodas, sugars & their chemistry for the last two years :)

[@josephroach9793]

Fahad Moten so this entire video is bullshit?

[@johnnyharris]

wow!! intersting insight! I didnt go into the exact findings of the paper in the video but they did look at ratios for their conclusion. quoting from the study: " For example, for the Mexican CocaCola sample, the label lists only “sugar,” but no sucrose was detected by HPLC. Instead, the laboratory analysis detected a 52:48 ratio of free fructose-to-glucose...., the Mexican Coca-Cola lists “sugar” on the ingredient list, but the laboratory did not detect any sucrose, but rather near equal amounts of fructose and glucose, results which suggest the use of HFCS." the exact ratio was 52:48 and they are saying that the near 50/50 split points toward HFCS (which is different than what you mention of the 50/50 being characteristic of sucrose). so now Im VERY curious. I'm sooo close to calling up the people who did this study to ask them this stuff. Maybe there is hope for my Mexican Coke identity afterall! hahah. Thanks again for the perspective!

[@josephroach9793]

Johnny Harris you ought to call the authors of the study, they get things wrong like this all the time. A test they could do to make sure there isn’t corn syrup (any lab could do this actually) would be gluten content, a hfcs drink would have tons, a cane only drink would theoretically have none. Going on a gluten free diet is why I stopped drinking sweetened sodas unless they say cane only very specifically, but you always still wonder how strict the legal standards are for a given food in the USA.

[@shenruivah6617]

So Fahad, what do I have to do to get some of your craft soda over here in Manipur, India?

[@ggandalff]

@@josephroach9793 corn doesn't have gluten, only cereal grains like wheat, barley, rye or oats

[@Sanutep]

USA: MEXICAN COKE Rest of the World except North America: so. Coke?

[@tyberius1313]

Canada doesn't call our coke mexican coke...

[@kj_heichou]

Ya it's Cola

[@agustin3284]

the only country that make a difference to coke is... Colombian coke

[@forr3st.]

Sanutep Chan so Mexico isn’t in North America?

[@ColtonBlumhagen]

@@tyberius1313 Canada is in North America.

[@johnsheetz6639]

I got ahold of a carnitas recipes that called for Mexican Coca cola when I told my Mexican friend he looked at me like I was silly when I told him how I cooked it I had to look everywhere for one too. All my other ingredients he approved of but hey everybody's recipes different. And the tacos actually were really good.

Here in México the glass bottle is suposed to be returned to the store when you go buy a new one, so its cheaper than the plastic bottle AND less polluting

[@alfredodlp7131]

Oi Johnny, it seems like you may have glossed over an important detail regarding the analysis of mexican coke. Sucrose will slowly split into glucose and fructose over time when in solution. It's usually fairly stable but the conversion is strongly accelerated in acidic environments like coca cola which has a bunch of phosphoric acid in it. "Hydrolysis can also be accelerated with acids, such as cream of tartar or lemon juice, both weak acids. Likewise, gastric acidity converts sucrose to glucose and fructose during digestion, the bond between them being an acetal bond which can be broken by an acid." [From Wikipedia] What this means is that even if the mexican cola was manufactured using only cane sugar. Given enough time, the sucrose may all split up into glucose and fructose in a 50/50 ratio. Corn syrup starts out as a very concentrated solution of nearly pure glucose. Fructose is about 3x sweeter so smart people found a way to convert glucose into fructose to make a much sweeter product with the same starting material. Hence the birth of HFCS. You could sweeten way more soda with a bucket of high fructose corn syrup and even sucrose. One of the documents you briefly flashed in the video actually mentions HFCS 55 which is the sweetener most commonly used for sodas. It's 55% fructose, 45% glucose which makes it sweeter than sucrose by a bit. If you ran an analysis on american sodas, you should see the total sugar content to be split up into approx 55% fructose and 45% glucose. If you run the same process on sucrose sweetened soda which has had enough time to split into the simple sugars, there should be a measure of approx 50% fructose, 50% glucose. The results on the mexican coke are interesting since it's neither the 55:45 or 50:50 distribution we'd expect with either process. It's about 52% fructose. I think this could be explained in 2, maybe 3 ways. 1. The process used to measure the sugars has a certain amount of uncertainty which could lead to those deviations from the expected values. (In this case about +-4% error) Edit 2: I just went through the paper and it turns out that their sugar tests had measurement errors ranging from 2.6% to 8.7% when measuring the content in standardized solutons. This is pretty much enough info to plausibly chalk up the 52% value to instrumental error. Making this whole video pointless. New title: JOHNNY ASSUMED THAT MEXICAN COKE IS A LIE DUE TO A VERY RELAXED READ UP ON A SINGLE LAB EXPERIMENT AND THE NEED TO PRODUCE MORE OUTRAGE CAUSING CONTENT TO APPEASE THE ALGORITHM AND GET MORE VIEWS. (I like your content Johnny but please try to be more careful with your assertions of facts considering that your audience is steadily growing). Your mexican coke is still maybe tastier for now maybe. 2. Mexican cola producers may be using a mixture of cane sugar and HFCS 55. 3. Maybe the mexican cola producers are using pure cane sugar and the test is accurate however the glucose is partially binding to other components in the soda (like in protein glycosilation) while the fructose is left free in solution. TLDR: 52% fructose measured in mexican coke with a high margin of error isn't strong enough evidence to assume that it's abandoned cane sugar and your preference is just suggestibility (although it may very well be) BTW, the link you provided for the study backing this video sent me to a 404 page. It's broken. Edit: Here's a link to the paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1038/oby.2010.255

[@abraxamovic]

Oh wow! Well done mate. So there’s still a sliver of hope that the we’re getting the real deal, huh?

[@abraxamovic]

@Digital School lmao

[@HotCrossJuns]

I definitely thought it was weird when he said sucrose was "chemically very different" from fructose and glucose, as sucrose is just a glucose molecule bonded to a fructose molecule. He definitely should have consulted with a chemist before releasing this one.

[@Gerwulf97]

BASED. Thanks for posting this red pill. Nuance and details are key.

[@Refpuck]

@@Gerwulf97 Your political compass memes is leaking

[@Dinopollo]

I'm in Mexico and I feel like I have to mention this as I didn't read anyone else mentioning it. But we actually have 2 cokes now in Mexico. Sugar coke still exists but it's sold only in small volume bottles that are now at a higher price with the tag "sabor original" (original flavour) and all the other presentations of coke in a regular price and different volumes read "mismo sabor menos azúcar" (same flavour less sugar) which is completely untrue. And you really can taste the difference buying the two. The original flavour ones actually run out pretty quickly from convenience and grocery stores:(

[@adrianagflores5587]

Dinopollo true

[@lloydjim1024]

They have reduced the sucrose but it has the same sweetness theoretically coz they added an artificial sweetener (sucralose, aspertame, etc.)

[@Quintinohthree]

@@lloydjim1024 Yeah, a lot of low-price brands I know sneak in some artificial sweetener in their non-light soft drinks and I somehow always notice. I'm guessing it's their way of getting around the soft drink tax. In Mexico, just reduce the sugar content.

[@WillXtinger]

Nooo, you can't get it anymore. They've changed the formula gradually like no one would notice. Every coke now is "sabor original - menos azucar"

[@WillXtinger]

@@sethaskani Si dice, pero lo dice abajo a la derecha del logo, dice "menos azucar"

[@qj0n]

Another thing to keep in mind: each bottler adds their own water. You can taste a difference even if all other ingredients are the same

[@ghosttimer]

I remember a few years back, the taste was different, and the ingredients said high fructose in a latin store here in the states

[@larson9570]

“There are entire states that are pretty much just one entire corn field” Laughs in Iowan

[@TOMthe2RD]

*smiles in Kansan*

[@LottoSmoke420]

Flosses teeth in Illinoisian

[@juanmvargas644]

Children of the corn

[@TOMthe2RD]

@@juanmvargas644 yes we are the Corn Empire

[@abstract0407]

Wasn't the corn empire the Mayan's?

[@josephs3973]

In Mexico, coca cola bottling companies have regional concessions, and they purchase the syrup from coca cola and they provide the other two components (the water and the sweetener). Coca cola in reality only sells the unsweetened concentrated syrup. When you buy a coca cola in mexico, you can look at the bottle or can and if the ingredient says "azucar" (meaning sugar, in singular) that means it's cane sugar, and if it says "azucarES" (meaning sugarS, in plural), then there is corn syrup in it.

[@kneau]

Neat! Uncertainty solved!

[@joseangelip2043]

Some of them says both (Azúcares Añadidos: Azúcar y jarabe de alta fructosa - Added Sugars: Sugar and high fructose syrup)

[@lordofthewoods]

Mine (12 oz. glass bottles bought in the U.S.) has a sticker on it that says in English "CANE SUGAR", with no other sugars listed...

[@bodyloverz30]

@@lordofthewoods Than by law, it must be legit!

[@therion4406]

Also Glass coke bottles from mexico usually have a yellow cap, that means it uses cane suggar. "Mexican coke" sold in the U.S have the red cap and that means it uses corn syrup. I think there is more to it but since i cross the border verry often i can say that they do taste different.

[@jesussolis6840]

That’s why I’m moving towards making my own syrup. I’m already making beer, how hard can soda be? Great video!

[@jprelock]

After watching this video and having bought a Mexican Coke product recently I'm confused. Like everyone else who has bought the bottled Coke, for years I've been enjoying it. Recently I bought one where the bottle says returnable instead of not returnable and says corn syrup on the label instead of sugar, and had a green cap. I might not have noticed these things except when I drank it, it didn't taste as good, so I read the label and found the differences. Not a comment on this video, but a strange experience of my own.

[@abbyflows1332]

If you go to Mexico you would know there are 2 different cokes one is called “sabor original” still made with sugar the other is not

[@l.r.j.r.6356]

By the way we have "coca cola zero" if you are feling fat, the price of the coke is rising

[@asdrubalchirinos]

Actually, there are two kinds of "Sabor Original" (Original Flavor), one of them labeled "Sabor Original, menos Azucar" (Original Flavor with less sugar) which feels more watery and less fizzy. Somehow Coke notice that customer like me who are old school and likes sugar a dislike this and change it.... but what I really think is that they are lying to us, they just drop the "menos azucar" (Less sugar) label... but sell us that crap, less sugared product anyway. Not 100% sure about this but anyhow Coca-Cola doesn't taste like Coca-Cola anymore!

[@AlejandroLopez-vp4le]

Coca cola options in México (as I've just seen in an Oxxo in Chihuahua) 1 Coca Cola Original 2 Coca Cola sin azúcar (sugar free) 3 Coca Cola Light (light coke) 4 Coca Cola con Café (coke and Coffee a new more like an energy drink) So no Sugar only corn syrup according to this

[@guidoylosfreaks]

Sabor original = High Fructose Corn Syrup Menos azúcar = High Fructose Corn Syrup/Sucralose

[@trendgil]

Yes, so feel cool hipsters. The original is even mode exclusive now(:

[@danieldavis7083]

The Mexican cokes with the red caps use cane sugar, and says so on the list of ingredients. The ones with the gold caps use HFCS, but calls it sugar on the list of ingredients. All of the clips you showed of the people saying it tasted so much better were drinking from the red cap ones, and they do taste WAY better.

[@97tillinfinity4]

Source? & someone commented their is a green labeled bottled coke?

[@halfdome4158]

You are right, Daniel.

[@VolcomPD003]

Ok so after rewatching the video iv noticed something. Either he's fooling us into thinking theres no sucrose or he's just really that dumb. Ima go wit the latter. So, first off, in the beginning where he "supposedly" read that it only says sugar on the bottle he doesnt even try to show us the ingredient list. He never even shows us taking a sip, i kno i would've. 2nd off, when he shows us the 4pk, again he doesnt show us the ingredient list, he just spins it around but luckily after a youtube update you can zoom in to the video now and you can zoom in a lot. @daniel u said the red caps is the mark of original cane sugar right but so how was he holding one with a yellow cap? When the other bottles he had were red caps? Thats what threw me off to begin with. Thankfully for one of the last youtube updates u can zoom in on video and i paused it at the moment he turn the box to the ingredient list and u can tell it says SUCROSE. Also the four bottles in the beginning of the vid r diff sizes wit the yellow bottle caps being the smaller and having the sticker tag on top half. The real mexican coke r slightly taller and the sticker tags r on the bottom half.

[@Da_Benski]

Yes, Mexican coke has corn syrup formulas now, but those are mainly for the Mexican Market. The expensive coke that gets exported to the USA is supposed to use cane sugar. But either way, the Mexican coke formula is still slightly different than American.

[@dameons22]

You are almost correct, The Red Cap is HFCS and the Gold Cap is Cane sugar, The reason for the gold cap is to mark it is Kosher and before you try to argue with me, I work in Fesma in Mexico City

[@TheBaconVanMan]

2:13 Idk how the highlighter got left behind lmao. Oops.

[@itsjung]

Hey man. Thanks for respecting our time and saving the advertisement for the end of the video.

[@ThePixel1983]

Fun fact: In Germany there is a deposit system, so these reusable glass bottles are actually washed and reused. Crazy idea, I know.

[@willhe652]

That happens in all latinamerican countries, we also have "retornable" bottles made of hard plastic, in those bottles you can see the scratches that the previous buyer left in it lol

[@jasonc0910]

in taiwan as well

[@carloshiguera9221]

I remember reading that it was common worldwide 30 o 40 years ago but the system got replaced with cheaper non reusable bottles. In Mexico Coca-Cola still sells 600ml, 1L Glass and 2L plastic reusable bottles but in a small scale. What we still use and a lot are the reusable 19L plastic bottle ("Garrafon" we call it) for purified water thanks to a shitty city water system requiring extra filtering steps. When I was a kid (90's) there were glass 19L bottles but they were super heavy.

[@robertknight4672]

Some people in America is still get glass milk bottles and they get recycled in the same fashion.

[@marikroyals7111]

Canada does it too. With alcohol bottles mostly.

[@nickaschenbecker9882]

"Let me tell you about what I've learned about this Mexican coke over the past few days sitting here in isolation," sounds really bad out of context. 😂

[@abraxamovic]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@villahed94]

Here in Mexico, around 2001-2002 Pepsi actually changed from cane sugar to HFCS. They promoted it as changing from the "Mexican" fomula to the "International" formula. And thus most sodas are not sugar sweetened anymore. Only regional smaller soda makers seem to be using sugar but regulations popping up in the last few years regarding calories, sugar, etc are forcing them to also adopt artificial sweeteners.

[@bhsaproduction]

I have been saying that the “classic” coke we have been drinking for years is not the same as what it used to be 10+ years ago. There was always a difference between what came out of a bottle or can compared to the post-mix served at bars and restaurants, but now these are more or less the same. The older (original) recipe was richer, had more punch, was far more viscous (it would stick to the back of your throat) and the gas was stronger (more bubbles, longer lasting & could make you belch). A coke was always my go to drink, first time, every time - but now I’ll only drink it if there isn’t a Solo, brown cream sofa or even a sprite available. I always preferred chilled / icy coke, but out of the fridge or even semi warm was acceptable (in the past). Now, I can’t stand it unless I have put in the freezer for 30+ minutes beforehand or stack the glass with ice. Glass bottles are near impossible to buy unless you are buying a small multipack form the supermarket or from a bottle shop / local take-away diner etc. these are generally only offered in small size bottles and always cost more - but the glass helps keep the drink colder for longer and this improves the drink. Brink back the real original “sugar” coke, even if this is slightly dearer and rename the “fake classic” something like sugar free or alternative sweetener - oh wait, we already have a diet, Coke Zero, Sugar Free plus other options like vanilla, cherry and no caffeine.

[@will8703]

This dude is hipster flexing on all of us with his house

[@JamieSpillett]

My guys just Tryna advertise his airbnb real hard

[@DoctorBadVibez]

With the Airbnb flex intact... so sad

[@bobinpune]

Will *this video could have been just 5 minutes!* the stupid overacting and drama was totally unnecessary!

[@sock8211]

@@bobinpune congrats on finding out that ppl stretch out a video to get more watch time and put more ads

[@DoctorBadVibez]

@@sock8211 jokes on him, I use an adblocker whenever I see new channels and I used the fast forward feature. It's like that Modern Rogue channel, 15 minutes of verbal masturbation and 5 minutes of cool, except there's nothing cool about a grown ass man bitching about Coca Cola, Starbucks must be closed.

[@MindfulMaverick29]

New series idea: Johnny Ruins Everything I Used to Love

[@klutchingsolo6752]

Nahhhh mexican coke tastes better because they use REAL sugar canes The Us uses Sum type of syrup a sweetener it's also unhealthy

[@chemicalturtle5677]

Pj salt in the chat

[@TexasBroskiActual]

Real sugar vs high fructose corn syrup...

[@jonathanlewis2216]

Try drinking Canadian coke it has sugar in it (I think)

[@ivanskas6983]

Adm ruins everything?

[@ingiford175]

Also if you watch for the cap colors, if you see a coke that has a yellow cap, it means it is made from sugar instead of corn syrup. It is the 'kosher' for passover version of coke, which corn is not allowed on some lists.

[@spanglelime]

Sooo... find Kosher coke if you want the "Mexican coke". Great to know, thanks!😊

[@joethompson297]

Gave up sugar water 10 years ago. Best decision I’ve made in my life

[@sherrymiller2302]

Gave it up a year ago... SO many reasons to do so if one cares ANYTHING about their well-being!!

[@nanoflower1]

@@sherrymiller2302 I still drink it on occasion but it is more of that rare treat than a regular thing.

[@spitfire7772]

"Mexico has a big obesity problem" me: *YEP*

[@SuperZarrabal]

And people act as if the consequences of it is a thing and fault of the government.

[@lilyliao9521]

lmao cause the US forces Mexico to buy their junk food

[@zyan983]

@@lilyliao9521 How

[@pol1315]

Highest Level Of Degeneracy Us/Mex Tlc

[@guillermoflores7030]

yeah, like U.S.A doesn't

[@zerotwo_.002]

There could be a reason why it might taste different though . As plastics and metals infuse lot more particles into the liquids compared to glass containers .

[@liz5100]

It's more likely due to the placebo effect than anything that's more minor to our sense.

[@tadah5319]

@@liz5100 It's that+ different water composition

[@Rodspulloff]

It definetly tastes better when it comes in a glass bottle, glad that someone pointed it out

[@bruhbruh6294]

America has glass too and it tastes the same

[@martinrotvig]

It’s been studied, there is no taste difference whatsoever, blind tests simply couldn’t prove it. All of their products are coated with the same material, so there just isn’t any difference.

[@da4127]

In my country, Ecuador, they used normal sugar, but then it got heavily taxed when used in commercial products, so now all sodas use artificial sweeteners, from corn syrup to aspartame, coke couldn’t just change the recipe tho, so they kept the “original flavour” and the “original flavour with less calories” for a while, not there is only “original flavour” which is a bit of sugar and more artificial sweeteners, and to me it tastes different, it tastes like it comes from a soda machine, watered down with less sugar, I liked for a while, now I’ve ditched all sodas altogether, and I’m not overweight, don’t usually consume sugar, but things like sodas, cakes, etc, they need to have sugar to taste good for me, so I’d rather not drink them anymore

[@masih9595]

Same. In Netherlands many sodas mix artificial sweeteners with normal sugar. To make it appear more healthy. But it ruins the taste. Artificial sweeteners ruin the taste alot.

[@flynntaggart8549]

sooo have any other studies been done that can reproduce those results or are we just going with that one study

[@lissettemunoz1118]

Fun fact: in Mexico the “cool retro glass bottle” is bought only because it is cheaper, you return the bottle to the store and buy a new one.

[@floridaman8324]

That's the way it was here in the states for a very long time. Until companies got greedy and cheap like they are now. Now it's throw away and buy new.

[@ramonemiliochaconperdomo7225]

@@floridaman8324 Re-really??! I mean, what the heack happened to all those bottle??

[@floridaman8324]

@@ramonemiliochaconperdomo7225 Probably like everything else they wound up in the ocean.

[@TheAyanamiRei]

@@ramonemiliochaconperdomo7225 The cans are pretty easy to recycle and worth it for companies, because of how valuable metal is. Unfortunately when it comes to plastic, they are MUCH more picky. Not only that, but often times it's cheaper just to make NEW plastic. Heck the amount of times you can Reuse Plastic is 1-2 times. Now we USED to send Plastic to China to Recycle, but now that they have more than enough, China will send it wherever. Even then stuff would fall into the Ocean an other stuff.

[@guywithdreads]

@@ramonemiliochaconperdomo7225 obviously they get cleaned

[@than217]

"Man, I prefer Peruvian Coke personally. When that shit hits man I feel so ALIVE. Like I could stay up all night long. My face goes numb." ~We're talking about Coca-Cola right? "What?"

[@randomcomplex6155]

Must admit that it took me a bit to catch the joke, as someone who regularly drinks Peruvian Coca-Cola.

[@niko-dg8cg]

bro inka cola slaps

[@randomcomplex6155]

@@niko-dg8cg hell yeah

[@celathianaaron6057]

Aborted fetal cells 😂

[@pochuyma9530]

LOL! 😆

[@mycityglory]

Couldn't stop hearing the metronome in the music at 1:03 🤦‍♂ It was driving me crazy 😂

[@johannasperski9838]

The difference in taste has more to do with the bottle than anything else. Glass bottles let less air in that aluminum cans and plastic bottles. The air changes the taste.

[@GermanKerman]

Mexican coke is real its just a powder not a liquid

[@lclnbm]

And you drink it with your nose

[@marcow246]

I thought that stuff was Columbiana

[@mumblernumber7213]

@@marcow246 colombian* lol

[@matthewg.garcia9415]

I've never done that stuff, I just like how it smells

[@adrianquintanilla850]

Hahahaha

[@alvaro4k]

“Cool retro bottle” I remember when I was growing up and visiting Mexico every summer in the 90’s that retro bottle was just the bottle. And it’s refundable, so a household would rinse and put in a bag and then take the empties to the local store for a refund. It wasn’t rare to see a used bottle with tons of scratches or the label being super faded and worn to be in the rotation. Then of course is the real nostalgic way to drink coke in Mexico... poured into a plastic bag, with a straw. That way you don’t need to worry about returning the bottle, the merchant already kept it. This was most common in plazas and common public areas since it was expected you would walk around holding the bag and drinking the coke right away.

[@KuroNK]

dude, i'm mexican... it haven't change. I still have like 20 bottles of those and when i go to buy one i need to bring and old one or else i will get charged more. And if the stores want, you can even go and refund the empty bottles.

[@alvaro4k]

KuroNK sweet!! I honestly haven’t been back in forever now and need to make a trip again soon.

[@MmeHyraelle]

Yea giving back the bottle to the merchant for the deposit is done elsewhere too, we have machines to do that for cans and pop bottles in canada and beer bottles you go to the counter. You pay that deposit when buying the product. What's sad is my dad have a full bag of US monster cans he can't deposit. It's just trash :/

[@MazdaTiger]

same in the Philippines but our glass bottles are bigger

[@basti279]

It's still like this in Germany. Reusable glass bottles are just the best way to keep drinks taste great without polluting the environment. I think the US should establish reusable bottles again.

[@soilmanted]

"As much as your soil can actually eek out'? My understanding is that, except for corn that is grown organically, most of the material that goes into maize comes from Haber process nitrogen compounds that are mixed into the soil, not from the soil itself. So the correct statement would be that farmers were encouraged to add as many kilograms of nitrogen compound to their soil as their corn plants could possibly take up. And seed companies were sure to create maize cultivars that were "heavy feeders," that is, pulled up of nitrogen from the soil, and turned it into the material of the plant.

[@deplorablecovfefe9489]

I had a mexican coke a 10 years ago...It was amazing! It took me back to my childhood. As I kept buying it, something happened and it became the same coke. I dont trust it anymore. Real mexican coke was fantastic.

[@-C.S.R]

Coca-Cola switched to Coke in the 80s people got so mad because it tasted like crap, so they went back to Coca-Cola. But what you don’t know is they did that on purpose so you would forget what the original Coca-Cola tasted like and then they switched from sugar to corn syrup and nobody could tell the difference when they re-introduced Coca-Cola.

[@banzaibailey5891]

Finally! Someone else who realizes this!

[@ChiDraconis]

@@banzaibailey5891 I can detect though it is given some better work at duplicating the original taste it is not the same as the original 50's • I skipped all the why as there are no replacements nor will there be > Everything is junk now Z-Lineal have complete control of all social interaction and have gutted US Based same as they did the Balkan NATO thing

[@stevenarvizu3602]

I’m not so sure this was “the plan” but I don’t doubt it helped people transition. I can spot corn syrup from a fuckin mile away so this has never been a real problem for me but yea

[@captainLoknar]

some countries coke still tastes better, I never tried the mexican one but in Thailand it's definitely made from cane sugar. I drank lots of this stuff until I decided to stop because I started getting old and fat too fast. Now I am back in Canada and I make my own soda from scratch.

[@Wrathlon]

@@captainLoknar Its regular sugar here in Australia too.

[@punkdigerati]

He had enough time to research all that and never learned about inverting sugar. It's not the same as HFCS, which is 55% fructose and 45% glucose (hence high fructose) where inverted cane sugar is a 50/50 blend. Sugar inversion is the first step in many soda recipes because it makes it taste sweeter for the same amount of sugar, so it costs less.

[@dogisgod5273]

Yeah so I went to the source he cited and "the fructose‐to‐glucose ratio of the drinks containing HFCS as the exclusive source of fructose revealed that the percentage of fructose was nearly always higher than 55%, " and the Mexican coke was below that threshold so that kinda says smth.

[@johnalbert2102]

Cane sugar is not a "blend." It's a disaccharide molecule containing one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule chemically bonded via an oxygen atom. Inverted sugar is *not* necessarily cheaper that raw sucrose. The process for inverting sucrose involves heating which incurs energy costs, and the perceived increase in sweetness is so subtle that it's probably a wash. In the food industry there are other reasons for inverting sugar, especially if the resulting syrup, dough or whatever is intended to undergo fermentation as in beers, breads or cakes. Invert sugar is more fermentable by than raw sucrose, but in most cases it's far less expensive to just use corn sugar.

[@andvil01]

I work in a factory making another cola brand. We got the syrup without the sugar /sweetner. It is then mixed with sugar solution (beet sugar) and water before carbonating it. The sugar is not undergoing any heat treatment to invert it to glucose and fructose. Maybe coca cola has another process where sugar are heated in acidic solution to split the sucrose? While cola is very acidic by the phosphorous acid (the raw syrup has warning signs for corrosive.) the temperature to invert the sugar can be as low as 50 degrees celcius. No problem to reach those temperatures in a mixing process. And split the sugar by purpose.

[@iamintractable1805]

@@johnalbert2102 Thank you for your clarity. For me, I just want the original product made with Sugar. The one I drank as a king in the early 70's/ If that is not coming from Mexico anymore then I know when I can find it in the USA and I will simple stock up more.

[@alanmcdee6852]

@Dildo Baggins I've no idea what you're on about. I'm stupid

[@Antoniocastagnoli]

It’s not about the sugar, it’s about the glass. Aluminum cans change the flavor. I am originally from Brazil, and I can attest coca-cola tastes the same over there and in the US. The canned ones. We have Coca Cola sold in glass bottles and they’re actually better.

[@Guest-yt5cx]

This video, for me, works better as an coke ad, than actual one on tv.

[@ElizondoAbelardo]

Johnny: "Mexican coke" Me, a man of culture (and Mexican): "Mexicoke"

[@gaoelnlaojehc8913]

no

[@AHandful]

@@gaoelnlaojehc8913 yes

[@quarol732]

@@gaoelnlaojehc8913 SI

[@AKM1400]

You should know Mexicans will make double-sense jokes with the "MexiCook "

[@sofiamunoz9876]

JAJAJJAJA que buen chiste pana

[@libraryofthoughts0]

Us: uses corn syrup in coke Rest of the world: that's too unhealthy, we'll just use normal sugar... US: MEXICAN COKE!

[@aquarius5264]

for the love of god put a dot between "U" and "S" it just sounds like you're saying "us"

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

@@aquarius5264 I did get the context.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

México moved to corn syrup for a similar reason than America at the turn of the century. The government here is so corrupt the former president Felipe Calderón managed to use his government influence to buy all sugar production for himself, increasing the prices, leading to Coca-Cola moving to corn syrup in Mexico too. Any sugar based Coca-Cola bottle brought from Mexico was bottled prior to 2009. It was not the tax thing in 2013. It was before that. They screwed us over too. To this day things have gotten worse in general tbh.

[@PSP92262]

Canada started using corn syrup in soft drinks at the same time as the US. So there goes that theory....

[@pomponi0]

@@SergioLeonardoCornejo Spoken like someone who doesn't know how anything works. The fuck you mean by "used his influences to buy all the sugar production"? As of 2018, production of cane sugar reached 55 million tons a year. Do you honestly think Calderón has that much money? And why would one need political influence to buy anything?

[@andvil01]

I tried mexican coke vs swedish coke (that I know is made from beet root sucrose) in a double blind test. There was a huge difference. The mexican coke had less of the flavor syrup in it (its all made at coca cola in Atlanta). It was more diluted. The swedish coke had a stronger taste. More lime. Darker. More carbonation. It also had a little bitter after taste, as beet root sugar can have. Now i have to find an american coke too here in Sweden and do a tripple test. It is possible.

[@charlespoirier8527]

In 1979 National Geographic had written an article about the coca leaf used in coke soda . At that time according to the article an extract from the leaf was still used and it was suggested it was the reason addiction to the Cain happens so easily .

[@LuisMonday]

I'm from Honduras. Without knowing any of all this, when I first visited US a few years ago I tasted a Coke and instantly felt it was just wrong. I had a hard time finishing it. I didn't buy any other coke there again. My country produces a lot of sugar, so I'm confident that we still use real sugar here.

[@Qghsts]

Yo igual fui el año pasado y me supo cuando te sirves un vaso de coca con hielos pero pasa tanto tiempo que los hielos se derriten y se hacen agua entonces queda rebajado, te supo parecido a eso? Saludos

[@michaelaramis1210]

igual, la coca en nicaragua sabe diferente incluso aqui en mexico

[@gamd666]

@jimjd1969 Got'em!

[@kilroy2517]

@jimjd1969 He said "visit". Don't let your personal politics interfere with your reading comprehension.

[@winning77th]

@@kilroy2517 Got'em!

[@Soykaf_]

my dad claims the only reason it tastes better is because it comes in a glass bottle. it has to do with the way you drink it. makes you taste differently since a lot of tasting is done with the nose and drinking from a glass bottle changes how air reaches you "smell buds"

[@haydenhoodless2055]

Same with beer then

[@Soykaf_]

@@haydenhoodless2055 exactly!

[@amelialonelyfart8848]

Makes sense. Cups really effect the way drinks taste, another factor is how materials cool liquids, glass is a much better cooling material then plastic, which means the taste is more 'pure' and authentic to how it's supposed to taste. As an aside, I swear drinking water out of a glass cup and plastic cup are radically different experiences.

[@sorudesarutta]

Yep I agree 100%

[@harrischoudhary]

I’ve had mexican coke in plastic cups and it tasted better

[@Thiago_TT_MIA]

Djibouti Africa coke was similar to Mexican coke. They have a plant there. The flavor took me back to the 70s as a child

[@shoujofanatic]

Mexican Coke has always tasted better to me. I tried Coke New! during their Stranger Things promotion, it was really good, they should have kept it. Usually I dislike regular U.S. Coca-Cola

[@johndong7524]

No, this video is right. Initially Mexican Coke did taste better because of the sugar, but later on it started tasting just like regular American Coke. I personally noticed that myself, but couldn't figure out why. Now I know.

[@jairopavon11]

Probably some regulation, the US really pushes corn hard

[@Travybear1989]

All soda pop is basically shit for you and worthless to the human body save for when consumed by diabetics to remedy a low blood sugar.

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

@@johndong7524 glass vs plastic vs can will also cause taste difference.

[@johndong7524]

@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan Coke with real sugar tastes good regardless of the container. When I lived in Europe in the 90-s I mostly drank Coke from plastic bottles and it was still great.

[@nickquattrociocchi8552]

I always thought “Columbian” “Coke” was the gold standard.....

[@drachenfeuer5042]

Can you imagine how sales would rocket with the original coca recipe

[@tompeled6193]

*Colombian

[@arush6778]

the Republic of Colombia*

[@leekronforst4589]

I'm brand loyal to Bolivian.

[@isaacezekielthecolorblindg7343]

Same

[@abnerdiaz4004]

“I’m bored” level: I’m gonna make a full research about Mexican Coke so people stop consuming it but at the end encourage people so they continue consuming it. Love it BTW

[@vicentemunoz554]

Oh no, a corporation hurted my feelings and trust as a consumer of exoticized, fetishized and oversimplified foreign cultures!!! 😭😭😭

[@chaoticdusk7076]

With how 2020 has gone I think we deserve to have the cocaine put back in.

[@blakejonesmusic1456]

Yes

[@candyluna2929]

I agree

[@nordette]

Nothing makes more sense

[@AlliWritesNow]

Agreed, let’s organize- Worst case scenario, we may be able to persuade the Mexican Govt. to start bottling “Meth-Ican Coke.”

[@jcpark7242]

Agreed!

[@briangoodell9804]

Johnny: "People like me really like Mexican coke" The DEA: "Write that down!"

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

No need to write it down, the US Tyranny's NSA has it recorded and filed away.

[@leonardobattisti4016]

When we eat sucrose, the enzyme sucrase breaks it down into glucose and frutose. Acidity also does that to sucrose. Coke is acid. Maybe that's why they can't find any sucrose. Probably corn syrup and cane sugar have different fructose/glucose ratios, explaining the different taste.

[@leonardobattisti4016]

Update: Corn syrup can have from 53% up to 90% fructose. Sucrose is 50% fructose, 50% glucose. Glucose tastes less sweet than both fructose and sucrose. So using the same amount of sugar, you have different results in taste. The one using sucrose (broken down into glucose and fructose after contact with the acid) tastes more mild, smooth, with less cloying, syrupy taste.

[@AGTR98]

Not sure about the rest of the country, but in Tijuana we do not drink the glass coke that often. If we drink a personal portion, we typically buy the 600ml plastic bottle or a can. For home, we go with the big variations (1lt, 2lt, 3lt etc) Most people will only drink glass coke at restaurants or street stands (tacos specially). That's my opinion based on my local observations.

[@189Blake]

9:24 I'm Mexican and I have never seen that kind of package in my entire life.😂 The crystal retro bottle is pretty common in taco stands, tho.

[@cloroxbleach3023]

I never knew they sold it at retail. Only got it from taco stands

[@Eduard000F]

Clorox Bleach it’s different because you gotta bring an empty crystal bottle of coke in order to take one...

[@jorgenvonstrangle000]

they sell them in the small bottle size vs the medio litro bottles. You can find them at Target or supermarkets sometimes.

[@winterca]

Red cola is the best in Mexico

[@Dranhore]

lo mismo pensé en mi vida y eso que llevo 23 años viviendo aquí me he topado con ese empaque

[@thedorsinator]

I love how you’re not above drinking it anyway.

[@xo7499]

He should be Thats some expensive water

[@Pinion512]

placebo effect has a lot of people convinced that glass bottled coke isn't the same as every other coke.

[@anothergol]

What I read: "A scientific analysis of Mexican Coke found no sucrose (standard sugar), but instead found total fructose and glucose levels similar to other soft drinks sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup, *though in different ratios*" Fanta in India supposedly has over twice the amount of sugar as Fanta in the UK, imagine the difference that makes in taste. It apparently varies much less for Coca Cola though.

[@Maya-ho7cd]

This is all very incorrect. Just because American coke is similar in its fructose to glucose ratio as Mexican coke doesn’t mean both contain the same high fructose corn syrup. Production of corn syrup is a man made process, and that form of extracting fructose can be manipulated to different tastes. For instance, Mexican coke may use HFCS 42 which means its fructose to glucose ratio is 42:58 while American coke uses HFCS 55 making its ratio 55:45. Normal table sugar (sucrose) is 50:50 so Mexican coke, even if it uses high fructose corn syrup, would still taste closer to the real sugar deal thus why so many people prefer the Mexican coke. This whole video is so uninformed. I’m just a student and the paper you’re referring to didn’t support your views, you extrapolated their conclusion that Mexican coke has high fructose corn syrup to fit your clickbait video idea. Sigh.

[@ilo3456]

Same thing I thought about honestly and my mom is from a town where they farm sugar cane, like Sugar Cane is farmed and produced in Mexico.

[@UrielAvalosjr]

roasted, toasted and burned to crisp! That was brutal!

[@antonyhillo]

He seems sort of racist to me

[@zeusapollo8688]

Hecho

[@fondrees]

@V. V LMFAO u tell em bro!!! He seems sorta racist to me

[@ghostriderrider8328]

As a Mexican im sad... shout to the homies that remember that burning flavor 🥲

[@rwbeckman]

I thought i had lost the taste bud, turns out they changed it on me!

[@dopeytripod]

it does taste different because the brain says it is

[@MrMlbfan6]

It taste bland now

[@katerynaveshtak3331]

You have to get the cane sugar one

[@EBThisThat]

As a Latiwanna I feel your pain.

[@dailodai9586]

but can you explain if they are using HFCS in Mexican coke now, how come the taste is different from normal coke?

[@Massygo]

How about using the Stevia??? sugar replacement

[@sulidsnek5253]

Imagine having coke with corn syrup This post was made by Europe gang

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

This post was made by the metric gang

[@OltsuSuomesta]

@@kid_doonski Sure buddy, whatever you say

[@someguy4512]

@Rodrigo Rex they gota keep 'em diabetus

[@pegasus_2137]

@@thepenguin9 Those two emojis next to each other could be considered a political statement.

[@Choopytrags]

Sugar isn't that great either, but the difference is sugar can at least metabolize in different parts of the body. HFCS only metabolizes in the liver, causing fatty liver (where your body thinks you've become an alcoholic) leading to obesity, leading to Diabetes and a slow death. There's no way to avoid HFCS because it's also used as a preservative and is CHEAP as hell compared to sugar.

[@dpg227]

I had a Coke in Mexico in 2014. It was in a glass bottle from a vending machine. The taste immediately transported back to my childhood in the 1970s. Until that moment, I had forgotten how good Coke used to taste. I had never heard anything about Mexican Coke being different.

[@diamondly6250]

here in the staes you can find u.s coke in glass and it tast way better i have a store that opened up next to my house that sells it

[@badcad641]

@@diamondly6250 dude. Make ur own, DO NOT TELL THE KIDS Trust me.

[@wendycarothers]

It tastes exactly like coke from the 70s.

[@gatoslokosforever]

the thing is, Coca Cola in Mexico belongs to FEMSA, a local company. It's sort of a distributor in a MAJOR scale (FEMSA takes care of distribution even in some South American countries), and FEMSA implemented an strategy of having production in every city, and they buy the ingredients available at the time and place. Not all Mexican Coca Cola is equal and that's where this video is wrong.

[@gatoslokosforever]

"FEMSA owns 47.9% of the world's largest bottler of Coca-Cola by volume, Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A. de C.V. (NYSE: KOF), which operates in ten countries covering the metropolitan area of Mexico City, southeast Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Philippines."

[@fosterandnava]

I know I'm not the only one who never tasted a difference between the two.

[@dadan79]

Did you even try it after you read the article?? I just had a coke with cane sugar(not the yellow cap) and I can definitely tell the difference, it just taste better

[@odinva2000]

u know that "just" the glas Bottle has an impact on the taste

[@julianoqd]

The glass bottle does make it taste better.

[@ezekiel3934]

@Tristan Burke clean the rim of the bottle top after you open it that should work, to get rid of that aluminum cap oxidation taste.

[@GRice999]

Or the texture of the glass touching your lips is more appealing than plastic or aluminum. It could also be that plastic and aluminum leaches into the product, changing the flavor.

[@Juak05]

yea the glass coke has always tasted better. The can coke is the worst and plastic bottle takes 2nd place.

[@kgrach]

Exactly glass allows higher pressure so more CO2 and does not allow oxidation of the contents. That is why beer is still never packaged in plastic bottles.

[@JGUNW1R3D]

You’ve clearly not had Mexican Doritos. Challenge delivered.

[@Pejelo]

Yes. 2/3 of the mexican bag contains AIR.

[@jeffreynowak8866]

Tapatio flavor

[@JS-qi1ou]

@@Pejelo don't forget to mention how the bags are also longer and some even have tape so you can reseal them.

[@Pejelo]

@@JS-qi1ou the promotional things, yes. A way to close them.

[@jonathancaballeros3408]

Doritos or Duritos?

[@papasmurf7684]

You also feel special drinking out of glass bottle so taste better. Its kinda like when drinking something in a tiny bottle taste better then bigger despite it being the same thing. Or when something a lot more expensive being sold at a hotel when you can get it cheap at local convenience store. The price makes your mind think your getting something of better quailty when in fact its not.

[@Fayt262]

Coke along with other soft drinks can be made the same way but taste different depending on how its bottled. Like glass, plastic, can and even fountain.

[@ritobrotosengupta2850]

Here's the chemistry: Johnny, I like your videos for the well researched content, this one though is a bit shy on the chemistry you presented so I felt the need to reach out. Basically, sugar = sucrose (1molecule of glucose+1molecule of fructose bonded together into a new molecule called sucrose). So if you completely break down all the sucrose in a solution, you will get a 50:50 mix of glucose and fructose. However, unprocessed corn syrup = mostly glucose. So, to make corn syrup somewhat resemble sugar, some of the glucose (~42%) is converted to fructose. Thus the processed corn syrup now has more fructose than what it started with, hence the name: "high fructose corn syrup" and it is named as such not because it has high fructose compared to normal sugar (in fact it has less, 8% less), but because it has more fructose than natural corn syrup. Now, coming to the journal article you presented (demerits for not putting in proper citation, which would have made it easier for me to find the original paper): Coca-Cola is acidic, you can even tell it by the taste. In such an acidic solutions, the sucrose will break down to the fundamental constituent molecules (not elements): glucose and fructose. So, to note that the authors found 48:52 fructose: glucose in Mexican coke makes the composition closer to sugar (50:50 glucose: fructose) than high fructose corn syrup which only has 42% fructose and 58% glucose. So, I say don't lose faith on your favorite drink. Cheers

[@lilyq2302]

Thank you when he kept saying fructose and glucose arent sugars but are elements i wasnt so sure how well he read that scientific paper

[@lordlordingtonofawesomeshire]

Thank you for posting this. I was thinking along these lines. He's getting caught up in the words without truly understanding what they mean.

[@BugsyMalone2010]

Thanks, It's exactly what i said above

[@Reverend_Salem]

and dosnt the -ose mean sugar anyway? i get table/cane sugar is sucrose but there are other sugars (lactose is one that comes to mind)

[@ritobrotosengupta2850]

@@Reverend_Salem that is a very tricky question, because the answer will depend on the scope you are seeking. To an organic chemist: yes sugars/monosaccharides (even some disaccharides) end in-ose. However, will a common man just add any of these -ose to his cup of coffee? No. Because these -oses include ribose, deoxy-ribose, arabinose, lactose, galactose, mannose etc etc.

[@alexbenavidez4500]

"But don't worry, your bottle of coke doesn't include any coca leaves; doesn't include cocaine." Don't you mean "unfortunately"?

[@King_Flippy_Nips]

it does contain coca leaves, just with the cocaine extracted

[@akireon5440]

I grew up in the 70s and remember what good Coke tasted like (Old school Coke and Vanila ice cream was our Friday night treat growing up). My grandfather was a truck driver for multiple soda comapnis so we had all sorts of soda around. It was way better than today's soda. I lived in LA from 1999-2010 and there was a Mexican market at the end of my block that sold the Mexican soda and it was the same as I remember as a kid. I have not had it since because I've just not seen it around my area currently. Having said all that I have not bought a case of soda in 3 decades other than for mix drinks. The carbonation and (I believe) plastic bottling makes it not enjoyable anymore for a treat... It tastes nothing like it used to.

[@noksuan59]

it's that glass container material narrow tip shape that create that taste, have one I refill with locale coke and taste way better than the plastic bottle and metal can

[@SH-ly1uy]

As a Latino I tell you what happened: some guys bought the cheap US coke, put it into a Mexican bottle and sold it expensive to stupid hipsters

[@donkeydik2602]

Fkin smart but actual coke from Mexico contains sugar cane or are they getting scammed as well?

[@cesarmonroy-olivares4125]

@@donkeydik2602 Dependes on the season. Most of the year they use sugar cane, but now and then they replace it with stevia -which makes Coke taste different...

[@bobbowie9350]

Hipsters love paying more for stuff...lol

[@LOCOBJORN]

I FREAKIN KNEW IT. I grew up in Mexico and remember how delicious and addictive coke was, but as soon as we moved to the states it tasted awful. When I saw they had “Mexican coke” at Costco years later I bought it without hesitation and though to myself, “ this is not Mexican coke” I thought I was crazy. However when I go to Mexico and drink coke there it’s amazing again. I don’t think all places have converted to HFCS. Regardless👍🏽

[@bluegrassman3040]

I can get Mexican Coke close to where I live, and it sure tastes better. I usually buy the one litre bottles.

[@headbeeguy1035]

When I visited the USA coke made me ill and tasted awful. But the USA uses HFC and Australian coke uses cane sugar because we grow loads of sugar haha

[@Bunny_Aoife]

Austria doesn't use HFCS at all afaik, i do not think it is banned, but if something is produced locally, it uses sugar. So all the soft drinks and stuff are made with sugar here too.

[@d-rag7691]

A chegar

[@-Pepsimayn-]

I don't believe any country besides the US uses HFCS in coke

[@falco13007]

It's real easy. The Yellow bottle cap is the HFCS, the Red bottle cap is the Cane Sugar version. Not sure the scientists knew there was a difference. I noticed this myself about 10 years ago I think, and read the label. I stay away from the yellow caps, and Derrick the reds. Still tastes great!

[@BobDiaz123]

What, there's no cocaine in Coke ?!?!?!? Hunter Biden is going to be SO disappointed. 😁😁😁😁

[@isaacstevens5415]

The real question: what about yellow cap Kosher for Passover Coke, which has to have no corn to be kosher for passover?

[@Zeyev]

I hadn't seen your response and made my own comment about it. I can no longer have sweetened beverages but used to go to the kosher markets before Passover to buy Coke and Pepsi. My non-Jewish coworkers used to rave about it. Me? Not so much - they all taste sweet to me.

[@TaikiFouLung]

why is corn not kosher?

[@isaacstevens5415]

@@TaikiFouLung Just for passover you avoid certain grains. Its a seasonal thing

[@mikebull7775]

Just commented the same. Anyone can taste the difference and it's not the sweetener. 🙄