News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income countries. Parent comment

Re:How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income ... by hn_acker on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @02:39PM (#40068562)
Are you sure that the difference isn't from sugar in the UK Coca Cola vs. high fructose corn syrup in US Coca Cola? The prevalence of HFCS in the US is partially (largely?) due to corn subsidies on top of the cheapness of producing HFCS [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup#Unite...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income ... by Retric on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @03:33PM (#40069150)
Pure water plus HFCS vs table sugar is generally indistinguishable in well conducted blind taste tests.

People can often notice the difference in products because of other factors like the water used to bottle them etc.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income ... by thejazzman on Thursday April 18, 2024 @09:03AM (#40075773)
I realize your point may be valid because I don't know all the details... but I don't know anyone who prefers HFCS coke to Mexican/European sugar coke

The water between those 2 are totally disconnected and yet both tastes fantastic compared to American fructose coke

It matters so much to me that I have a Costco membership just to buy the stuff

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income ... by Retric on Thursday April 18, 2024 @02:10PM (#40079034)
It’s a little more complicated as the cokes sold in Mexico stopped using cane sugar.

However, Coca-Cola the company realized they had an easy excuse to sell a “premium” product at inflated prices so yes it very much does taste different, just as intended. https://news.yahoo.com/mexican-coke-us-still-cane-sugar-1520...

Personally I very easily notice a difference between cans, plastic bottles, and glass ones. But that never seems to be a concern for most people.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income ... by mattbee on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @02:50PM (#40068687)
I know a lot of UK soft drinks changed their recipes in 2018 - I guess I was more surprised that Coca Cola isn't the same thing the world over.
[ Parent | on HN ]