Kosher for Passover Coke

By Sam Felder on April 5, 2006 8:32 AM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

Since the late 1980's, Coca-Cola drinkers in the United States have suffered with a beverage made without the sweetness of pure sugar. Some, as Rudi brought up in my last post, seek out Coke made in Mexico as it uses sugar as the exclusive sweetener.

What many Americans don't realize is that once a year this authentic Coca-Cola is not merely the provenance of foreigners but can be purchased at your local supermarket. According to NPR, Slate, and the Orthodox Union, Coca-Cola and Pepsi make special batches of their products to conform to the Ashkenazi prohibition on eating corn products.

If you are wanting to pick up some of this delicious nectar, just look for the OU or KP symbols on the bottle cap. The label may still say sugar or corn syrup but you can be sure that the symbol on the cap means sugar only.

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Jeremy said:

Actually, some of the bodegas in Chicago import Mexican coke in old-skool 16-oz glass bottles. I wouldn't be surprised if the same was true in LA. Look around, and you too shall enjoy the year-round sugary goodness of the Nectar of the Gods.

April 5, 2006 11:13 AM
Chip said:

You can get Mexican coke at your local BevMO

April 6, 2006 2:37 PM

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