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[*] posted on 11-11-2013 at 05:18 PM
Mexican Coca Cola Myth: It's Almost American.


By Venessa Wong; November 11, 2013


...when Francisco Garza Egloff, chief executive of Arca Continental, Coca-Cola’s Mexican bottler, let slip in an earnings call two weeks ago that the company is considering using more corn syrup to cut costs (the government would soon approve a tax on junk food), America’s small but vocal Cult of Mexicoke freaked out. It was enough to prompt a reversal of sorts from Arca, which subsequently vowed to continue using only cane sugar in the Coke it exports to the U.S. Call it a New Coke moment in reverse for the maker of Mexican Coke. The uproar also revealed that much of the Coke sold south of the border already contains high-fructose corn syrup. Arca’s corn-to-sugar mix for the soda it sells at home is around 50/50.


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[*] posted on 11-11-2013 at 05:51 PM


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[*] posted on 11-11-2013 at 07:17 PM


I didn't know Mexico exported coke to the US. Does it say made in Mexico?
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[*] posted on 11-11-2013 at 07:28 PM


Mexico doesn't export coke in the sense that it just passes thru!



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[*] posted on 11-11-2013 at 07:37 PM


TW. Mexican Coke and Mexican Pepsi are both sold around here at Costco and other places... in bottles, and very pricey... So, we just wait to go to Baja for the joy of a Mexican Coke made with cane sugar...

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[*] posted on 11-12-2013 at 04:39 PM


I did not realize that coca leaves are imported under special permit so that Coca Cola Company can use the flavoloids that are present in the leaves to make Coca Cola. The cocain is extracted.



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[*] posted on 11-12-2013 at 05:01 PM


Where do they dump the extracted?:biggrin:



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[*] posted on 11-12-2013 at 06:28 PM


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Where do they dump the extracted?:biggrin:


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[*] posted on 11-12-2013 at 07:52 PM


chuckie, chuckie, chuckie!!!!????...yer a bad boy.



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[*] posted on 11-12-2013 at 08:54 PM
mex coke


For many years I would return to the states with a case for a certain master chief...it used to be thicker and tasted WAY different than the calif. stuff....and NO not the white stuff....And I'm sure most folks here know what a coke curve is....no ??
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