Kosher Coke [Food/Vendor]
2010 Mar 23
No, many soft drinks are available.
Last year I struck gold and bought a couple of bottles of black cherry soda that was absolutely lovely in taste (which is really hard to find in 2L bottles even if one doesn't mind the HSCS).
I forget who the manufacturer was. I think it might have been an Israeli brand - it definitely wasn't Coke/Pepsi/generic store brand.
*makes note to self to hit College Square this week*
2010 Mar 23
Niall the College Square Loblaws has a few but they're mostly colas (Coke, Pepsi, some mysterious Jewish cola). they did have a few 7UP, orange drank, black cherry soda, and cream soda though.
zymurgist reading up on HFCS, the reason it became so popular in the first place is because the big food conglomerates lobbied to impose tariffs on sugar while giving subsidies to the corn industry. not sure what the prices of corn and sugar are right now, but sugar has historically been econominal inviable to use in production because corn sweeteners were so much cheaper. i doubt the big players in the corn industry would let a move to cane sugar happen. that's big business for you ;)
zymurgist reading up on HFCS, the reason it became so popular in the first place is because the big food conglomerates lobbied to impose tariffs on sugar while giving subsidies to the corn industry. not sure what the prices of corn and sugar are right now, but sugar has historically been econominal inviable to use in production because corn sweeteners were so much cheaper. i doubt the big players in the corn industry would let a move to cane sugar happen. that's big business for you ;)
2010 Mar 24
cracked an Israeli Pepsi i bought a few weeks ago. the ingredients label is in Hebrew so i'm not quite sure whether it's real sugar or HFCS.
it wasn't quite a sweet as the Kosher Coke. in fact, i'd probably say regular Pepsi has more bite than this. it's definitely got a cleaner and smoother taste though. both this and the Coke have carbonation 'bubbles' that seem smaller.
am i really posting tasting notes on soda? remember My Mom's a Foodie wine tasting nights? Ottawa Foodies soda tasting night coming soon haha
it wasn't quite a sweet as the Kosher Coke. in fact, i'd probably say regular Pepsi has more bite than this. it's definitely got a cleaner and smoother taste though. both this and the Coke have carbonation 'bubbles' that seem smaller.
am i really posting tasting notes on soda? remember My Mom's a Foodie wine tasting nights? Ottawa Foodies soda tasting night coming soon haha
monty
Jewish Passover is next week and many grocery stores are stocking Kosher Coke. corn isn't Kosher for Passover so Coca-Cola makes a formula of Coke with real sugar instead of High Fructose Corn Syrup.
it's not quite the same as Mexican Coke in a glass bottle, but there is a discernible difference from the run-of-the-mill HFCS stuff. it's noticably 'fizzier' for one, and has a sweeter almost caramel taste.
i got this bottle at my local Loblaws (College Square) location, which has a huge Kosher aisle and deli. you can find the Kosher Coke is in an aisle dedicated to Passover products, it's near the organic/health food section.
enjoy!