There is a Difference

Listverse posted 10 Obscure Conspiracy Theories the other day. Here was one of them:

One of the many conspiracy theories relating to the Coca-Cola Company is that it intentionally changed to an inferior formula with New Coke with the intent of driving up demand for their classic product, later reintroducing it for their financial gain. Alternatively, people believe the switch was made to allow Coca-Cola to reintroduce “classic” Coke with a new formulation using less expensive corn syrup. Working against this theory is the fact that New Coke was introduced world-wide but it is only in North America that the re-established Classic Coke is made with corn-syrup (due to US government interventionist policies in the sugar industry); elsewhere, Classic Coke is made with sugar.

Actually I post this mostly for the second half of the post with its reference to the use of high-fructose corn syrup in Coke in the US as opposed to sugar. Recently in one of our local grocery stores I have seen "Classic" Coke in bottles with a sign stating that it's "Mexican" Coke with sugar. Pepsi has also been promoting an old-fashioned Pepsi made with sugar instead of corn syrups.

Recently we were in Mexico and the American Cola was Coke. It did have a different taste. I can't define it, but it was more flavorful. All it listed on the can was "sugars." I didn't try Coke Light so I don't know how that would have compared. But there was definitely a difference.

As to a conspiracy? I'll leave that for more suspicious or paranoid bloggers than I tend to be.