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Why can't you get good Coke in Ireland?

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  • #32
    barney 20v
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    The op is talking through his ring piece ....


  • #33
    mloc123
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    Brian? wrote: »
    Mexican coke and Irish coke are the same afaik. They’re made with sugar. I don’t think HFCS is used in the EU.

    Agreed.. both use sugar afaik. A few hipster style places in Dublin were selling imported mexican coke a few years back which I found funny, since the standard stuff here is much the same.

    I have seen places sell non Irish bottles coke, with Arabic looking writing on the label... Tastes like a melted Mr freeze


  • #34
    monkeysnapper
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    All its fecking good for is cleaning toilets . !!!!

    Why would anyone put that muck into themselves.


  • #35
    Subcomandante Marcos
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    US coke uses HFCS because there's a massive surplus of corn in the US due to subsidised corn farming. It wouldn't make sense to us it in Europe, where we don't grow much maize or in Mexico where almost all of the maize is either used directly in food production because it's one of their staple foods, or used in the production of sh*ty domestic lager brands or used by AB-Inbev to make Budweiser.

    Mexico also has a cheap sugarcane industry, whiles Europe has relatively cheap beer sugar.

    In short, the only drinks with HFCS in Ireland are the various forms of coke those specialist sweet shops sell imported from the us and other imported American drinks like root beers.

    At the end of the day it's all just sugar though.


  • #36
    massy086
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    The only cola that's matters 😂😂


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  • #37
    Tommy Kelly
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    Mighty coke in Athlone.


  • #38
    Beanntraigheach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭Beanntraigheach


    Get yourself some Buzz Cola



  • #39
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »
    The only Colas you can get here are made with high-fructose corn syrup. I think it is safe to say Cola made with cane sugar is about 50 times nicer.
    ...

    I want high-fructose corn syrup to be banned, and all fizzy soft drinks should be mandated to use real cane sugar.
    WTF ?

    corn syrup is a USA thing, meant to subsidise farmers , it has practically zero nutritional value ( they add vitamins to corn flakes because they are obliged to by law - corn is that poor a food )

    coke is bottled here so I'd assumed they'd use the cheap locally available sucrose rather than importing something made from GMO corn

    all moot anyway as the UK sugar tax will change lots of formulas


  • #40
    Noveight
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    Orange Lucozade was my go-to fizzy drink before they took the fun out of it but I've always had a soft spot for Dr Pepper, which I assume is a cola. I have a couple of bottles a year, far from an expert tbh.


  • #41
    BalcombeSt4
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    Because it's all cut with sveral different sunbstances. A lof is cut with really high mg's of Caffeine, like 4,000 mg. Also cut with stuf likre PCP,MDMA, Mehpadrone etc....


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  • #42
    DesperateDan
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    I knew a dude from Cuba once that said the cola there was the best he'd ever had. Glass bottles only, Cuban sugar cane, obviously no Coca-cola in sight.


  • #43
    Skedaddle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 777 ✭✭✭Skedaddle


    Irish versions of Coca-Cola and Pepsi and most soft drinks are made with normal sugar the same as you'll find in a sugar bowl, not high fructose corn syrup. Are you sure you're not confusing this with the USA ? HFCS is quite unusual in Europe as a sweetener in soft drinks.


  • #44
    [Deleted User]
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    Squall Leonhart wrote: »
    Might want to edit thread title to read "cola"
    Vex Willems wrote: »
    Oh, I'd say he meant it.

    The OP explicitly capitalised the c in coke so is clearly only referring to the proper noun, Coke, that is the product of the Coca Cola Company. If he/she meant the drug it would be a common noun and thus not be capitalised, coke.
    The word Coke is a trademark of the Coca-Cola Company. It is a proper noun and should always be capitalized. The word coke, meaning either cocaine or a by-product of coal or oil distillation, is not a proper noun and should not be capitalized except as normal English-language capitalization rules dictate. (Coke v. coke)

    Capitalisation of proper and common nouns


  • #45
    Hector Bellend
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    You cant beat the real thing


  • #46
    PTH2009
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    Love cans of Coke and Pepsi myself

    Do they still make RC Cola ???

    The lidl/Aldi coke is not too bad

    Never seen Jolt cola around love to try it


  • #47
    bilbot79
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    Wheety wrote: »
    Glass bottles of coke are nice. Can get it in a few shops now.

    Especially on a ski slope at lunchtime


  • #48
    Boscoirl
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    Irish coke is nicer than Uk Coke

    Irish coke is nicer than Irish Pepsi

    US Pepsi is nicer than US Coke.


    They all go well with JD


  • #49
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,355 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Can you still get Red Bull Cola anywhere? That stuff was delish.


  • #50
    pilly
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    Realises thread is actually about coca cola and exits quickly.


  • #51
    Mint Sauce
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    Anyone else miss Coke Life?


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  • #52
    OU812
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    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    Anyone else miss Coke Life?

    Didn’t even notice it had gone. Tried it once. Didn’t like it. I guess it flopped.

    I have seen peach and lime Diet Coke (2 seperate varieties), there’s a third which I can’t remember.


  • #53
    ceadaoin.
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    I just had some Mexican coke and can confirm it is way nicer than the normal stuff. I got a tray of 24 glass bottles for less than $20, no sugar tax here!

    I notice though on the nutrition facts label it has the daily % value for everything except the sugar. I mean obviously it's probably something ridiculous like 150% of your daily recommended sugar but how did they get away with that, I thought by law they had to do it?


  • #54
    King of Kings
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    OP, i drink fentimans cola on.occasion

    750ml bottle cost 4 to.5 euro

    its lovely compared to the major brands.


  • #55
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #56
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    I only drink diet, they're mostly all the same so whatever's cheapest is the one I'm buying


  • #57
    mikemac2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭mikemac2


    Anyone remember virgin cola?

    One of Richard Branson’s many businesses

    It was dirt cheap but it was awful bluegh :p


  • #58
    MyStubbleItches
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    Erica Lively Predator wrote: »
    I only drink diet, they're mostly all the same so whatever's cheapest is the one I'm buying

    I work for one of the two major brands. You're corrrct, they're mostly the same so unless you're addicted to the stuff it really makes no difference which variation you drink.


  • #59
    blackbox
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    MyStubbleItches wrote: »
    I work for one of the two major brands. You're corrrct, they're mostly the same so unless you're addicted to the stuff it really makes no difference which variation you drink.

    You obviously work for Pepsi.


  • #60
    MyStubbleItches
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    blackbox wrote: »
    You obviously work for Pepsi.

    You're obviously observant.


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  • #61
    OldMrBrennan83
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