Bill, On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:09:44 -0700, William \"Chops\" Westfield wrote: > > On Sep 12, 2007, at 9:45 AM, Dario Greggio wrote: > > > IMO they're *quite* different! > > > > (but we italians may have a special taste :) > > It's also possible that they're more different in Europe than > they are in the US. I recall on international airline flights > that I've occasionally had a soda marked in a foreign language > that tasted "weird." Yes, there are certainly differences between colas around the world labelled the same, but there are also differences in product ranges. We never had the "New Coke". We have Pepsi Max, which I don't believe exists over there - it's somewhat like Coke Zero, but also comes with added flavours such as citrus and vanilla. The did have one called "Cino" which had a coffee flavour, and which was my favourite, so of course they discontinuied it! > For instance, one of the supposed parts of the "new coke" > fiasco was that High Fructose Corn Syrup replaced Sucrose > in (all varieties of) Coke. My understanding is that different > countries have different policies WRT sugar imports that > may mean that they're still using sucrose... Are you saying that the US has restrictions on sugar imports? I always thought the prevalence of Corn Syrup was due to lobbying by the maize farmers - you never see it in anything over here. I only drink the diet colas as I'm diabetic, but every other tin and bottle I've checked in my larder has sugar rather than anything else. > (and... I find the difference between diet coke and diet pepsi > more significant than between the non-diet versions.) I drink mainly Diet Coke and Coke Zero, with the occasional Pepsi Max - I don't like Diet Pepsi. For some reason in Costco Pepsi is significantly cheaper than Coke - in retail outlets they're generally the same price. Cheers, Howard Winter St.Albans, England -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist