What makes Mexican Sprite Mexican?

Mexican Sprite is a classic lemon lime soda made with real pure cane sugar.
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What is different about Mexican Sprite?

Although we are talking about the same amount (39 grams), Mexican soda is sweetened with sugar, while American soda contains high fructose corn syrup.
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What makes a soda Mexican?

This difference in taste is due to the fact that American-made Coke switched over to using high fructose corn syrup as a sweetening agent in 1980. Mexican Coke continued using cane sugar to sweeten its version. Another noticeable difference between the two products is the container.
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Is Mexican soda different?

Some soda fans even say that Mexican Coke is bubblier and more effervescent. However, there is a real, measurable difference between Coke from the two countries, and it's listed on the label: The sweetener. American Coke is made with high-fructose corn syrup, while Mexican Coke is made with cane sugar.
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What makes Mexican Coke different?

Mexican Coca-Cola uses cane sugar. According to the Food Network, cane sugar is less processed than high-fructose corn syrup. So, for those who would prefer to drink a more natural version of the product, that one swap alone is enough to switch from American to Mexican Coke.
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Mexican Sprite Review (Soda Tasting #93)



Does Mexican Sprite taste different?

The Mexican Sprite had actual citrus flavor that the American ones lacked. They were barely even SIMILAR. However, all three were cloying to our taste. The Mexican Sprite would be good with a decent gin; the American ones just wouldn't work.
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What is the most popular soda in Mexico?

Coca-Cola is the most popular soft drink company in Mexico. Although Coca-Cola is popular across Latin America, it is especially so in Mexico. Drinking Coke “is a ritual, like drinking red wine for the French,” is a common refrain in Mexico.
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What is special about Mexican Coke?

Mexican Coca-Cola has become popular in the United States due to its characteristic flavor, which results from being made with cane sugar instead of the high-fructose corn syrup used in the U.S. since the early 1980s.
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Why is it called Mexican Coke?

MexiCoke, as it is also called, is imported from Mexico and is sweetened by pure cane sugar, rather than the corn syrup found in the American version. Devotees say it delivers a sugar-infused, caffeine-amplified buzz, which is a particular draw for stay-up-all-night coders, writers and musicians.
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Why does McDonald's Coke taste better?

While most fast food restaurants have their Coca-Cola syrup delivered to them in plastic bags, McDonald's gets their syrup specially delivered in stainless steel tanks. The special tanks keep the syrup fresh and protect it from light, temperature, air, and anything else that might take away from its delicious flavor.
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Why did Mexican Coke stop using cane sugar?

The Mexican Coke trade war

The Mexican soda industry has always preferred sugar in its beverages because it aids the country's sugar industry. In 1997, Mexico passed a tariff on high-fructose corn syrup to prop up the sugar industry because of the competition posed by corn syrup.
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Why does Mexican food make you poop?

Capsaicin in spicy food irritates pain receptors in the digestive tract. To protect itself, the gut speeds up to get rid of the capsaicin quickly. This leads to diarrhea.
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Are Mexican Cokes made in Mexico?

Coca-Cola that is hecho en México (made in Mexico) contains cane sugar rather than high-fructose corn syrup, the current whipping boy of the food world.
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Is Mexican Sprite made with cane sugar?

Mexican Sprite is a classic lemon lime soda made with real pure cane sugar.
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Is there a Mexican Dr Pepper?

Grupo Peñafiel, a Mexican subsidiary from Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (DPSG), opened its fourth facility in the country to manufacture carbonated soft drinks. The US$ 48 million facility built in a 100,000 square meter surface is located in the municipality of Tecamac, State of Mexico.
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Is Fanta Mexican?

Fanta originated in Germany as a Coca-Cola substitute in 1940 due to the American trade embargo of Nazi Germany which affected the availability of Coca-Cola ingredients. Fanta soon dominated the German market with three million cans sold in 1943. The current formulation of Fanta was developed in Italy in 1955.
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Why does Coke in glass bottle taste better?

Glass is a more inert material than either aluminum or plastic, so it's less likely to affect the flavor of your drink. That's why drinking out of a glass bottle may be the way to get the purest Coca-Cola flavor.
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Is Australian Coke the same as Mexican Coke?

“Mexican Coke is made with a corn syrup because corn is abundant over there, so it's a different sugar they use in it, which means it's a little bit richer in flavour, less gassy, and its more syrupy, as opposed to the Coke over here made with sugar cane, because we have an abundant supply of sugar cane,” Reuben Hills ...
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Does Coca-Cola taste different in different countries?

The basic ingredients and process used to make Coca‑Cola are the same in all countries, although people perceive taste in very different ways.
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Is Mexican Coke the same as UK Coke?

The ingredients for UK and Mexican coke are largely the same – so there should be little difference between the flavour. According to the official Coca Cola website: 'The basic ingredients and process used to make Coca-Cola are the same in all countries, although people perceive taste in very different ways.
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What Cola tastes most like Coke?

Virgil's is one of those. There's a slight, familiar “Diet Coke-like” taste to this one, but it doesn't linger. If you're looking for something that tastes almost like regular cola without the sugar, Virgil's is a good option.
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Is cane sugar worse than high fructose corn syrup?

Perhaps you figured pure cane sugar is somehow better than processed food and drink that use high-fructose corn syrup. But this study suggests they both offer the same risk.
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What country drinks the most soda?

In 2019, Mexico was the country with the highest carbonated soft drink consumption, namely over 630 8-ounce servings per capita per year. The United States stood in second place, with almost the same quantity, while Brazil, which ranked third, consumed less than half the soft drinks Mexicans drank that year.
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What does Jarritos mean in English?

The word jarrito means "little jug" in Spanish and refers to the Mexican tradition of drinking water and other drinks in clay pottery jugs. Produced in Mexico, they are sold throughout the Americas.
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What is the most drank soda in the world?

1. Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola has been the most popular soda brand in the U.S. and around the world for decades, and it continued its dominance last year.
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