Why do Americans talk about how good Mexican Coke is? Is Mexico’s Coke different to everyone else’s?
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The difference between them, as others have noted is the HFCS vs Cane sugar.
However, there really isn’t a taste difference. I did a blind taste test with my family, pouring US vs Mexican coke into glasses for them to taste and no one could tell the difference between the two.
When I was in the Navy, when we were in the Persian Gulf we got resupplied with local sodas in our soda machines. Saudi Mountain Dew is leagues better than American Mountain Dew
Mexican coke comes sourced from the finest powdered sugar. It gets cut with different agents and chemicals that are potentially unhealthy or dangerous before it is distributed to the end consumer in America or around the world.
Because Iowa is the among the first states to vote in the presidential primaries, its agricultural industry is especially favored.
Because of this favoritism, corn is heavily subsidized in the US. This subsidy makes corn extremely cheap, and the sugar syrup made from corn is cheaper than cane sugar in the US. Because it’s cheaper, American producers use it instead of cane sugar. In the rest of the world, cane sugar is cheaper, so the coke uses cane sugar.
So. Politics.
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