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Re:Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK... by mooneater on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:02PM (#19934751)
Even with zero packaging, their product is addictive poison. Buffett has spoken proudly of how, normally the human body would not be able to drink that much sugar without getting immediately sick, but the coke formula overcomes that sugar overload response. Disgusting.
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Re:Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK... by tapland on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:04PM (#19934760)
It's the same as any other soda, squash, juice etc.
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Re:Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK... by maxxxxx on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:12PM (#19934813)
That’s actually something I have been thinking about. How do they get so much sugar into a drink? You could never produce something drinkable with this amount of sugar.
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Re:Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK... by hombre_fatal on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:17PM (#19934843)
A quick search shows that juices are at least as sugary if not moreso, especially grape juice.

I live next to a shop that squeezes fresh juice, but I mix it with at least three parts carbonated water. Otherwise it's such an easy way to overconsume calories. And possibly the least fulfilling way, as well.

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Re:Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK... by rorykoehler on Friday May 17, 2019 @01:12AM (#19936517)
Fruit juice is actually nutritious though. What nutrients are you getting from a can of coke?
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Re:Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK... by forgotmypw3 on Friday May 17, 2019 @03:41AM (#19937249)
One can of coke provides 75% RDV for monsantium and 66% RDV corn syrup.
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Re:Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK... by tapland on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:26PM (#19934896)
Sugar is very soluble?

It's not at all hard and as prviously stated, fruit juices contain at least as much sugars naturally.

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Re:Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK... by beenBoutIT on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:14PM (#19935199)
In the US we get our sugar from high fructose corn syrup unless we spend more to buy the imported Mexican Coke that's made with real cane sugar.
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Re:Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK... by reaperducer on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:26PM (#19935291)
In the US we get our sugar from high fructose corn syrup unless we spend more to buy the imported Mexican Coke that's made with real cane sugar.

When I lived in Seattle, I always found it amusing that soccer moms would brag about buying Mexican Coke at Whole Foods like it was something special. They could just drive an hour north and buy Canadian Coke, which is also made with sugar, for half the price!

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Re:Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK... by Nition on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:44PM (#19935395)
Surely not really half the price if you can buy one locally, and have to drive two hours there and back for the other.
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Re:Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK... by reaperducer on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:25PM (#19935275)
Sugar is very soluble?

This is true. That's why in baking, sugar is considered a liquid, not a solid.

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Re:Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK... by maxxxxx on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:23PM (#19935261)
From my calculations a can of coke has 12 teaspoons of sugar. That seems almost undrinkably sweet.
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Re:Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK... by dev_north_east on Friday May 17, 2019 @10:09AM (#19939746)
What about Coke Zero?
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