kgdykes@watbun.UUCP (08/16/85)
> From: hardlj@drutx.UUCP (hardouinLJ) > After several weeks of casually reading this newsgroup, I have > reached the conclusion that the phosphoric acid in Coke has > burned a hole in many people's brain. > > You can taste the difference between corn syrup and sugar?!! > Give me a break. In 1979, SIX YEARS AGO, Coke began to use > a mixture of corn syrup and sugar. The formula was something > like 10% corn to 90% sugar. The percentages gradually changed > until 1981 when the mixture was about 50-50. In 1983, COKE > STARTED USING 100% CORN SYRUP. So, sports fans, for the past > two years you have been drinking Coke with corn in it. > BUT, the can STILL said sugar, so you were happy. NOW, the > same old Coke in a new can with the word CORN SYRUP on it has > everyone up in arms. > > Flame me for fun and profit. > ihnp4!drutx!hardlj > Larry Hardouin > > Uhhh, excuse me but.... The use of CORN sugar was REGIONAL and MARKET-DEPENDENT (ie: what was cheaper that month). The were many areas of north america that NEVER used corn-sugars in old coke and then there were areas that used LOTS of it. As for tasting the "difference" in the sugars, I find that it's not so much the "direct" taste you notice, but the corn-sugar about half an hour later leaves a strange after/back-of-throat taste. - Ken Dykes Software Development Group, U. of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. N2L 3G1 (+1 519) 885 1211 {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!watbun!kgdykes kgdykes%watbun@waterloo.csnet kgdykes%watbun%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa