ot RE: [TheForge] Phosphoric acid in drinks

[Graham Whaley]

I'm in the UK, don't drink Coke, but the missus does, so this
conversation made me curious.  Just before I read your Stevia messgage I
was surfing and found this:
http://www.letsgettogether.co.uk/DetailQuestionAnswer/QuestionId=511/

 Looks like all the (real) coke in the UK probably currently sucrose
based, I'd expect from sugar-beets, but maybe from cane.
 No idea about the Stevia, but it looks like a sugar substitute with 300
times the sweetness of sucrose.  See the Wikipedia entry, it talks about
the Coca-cola company developing a sweetener derived from it.

  Graham

> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of 
> Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu
> Sent: 26 June 2008 20:06
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: ot RE: [TheForge] Phosphoric acid in drinks
> 
> If you look closely at cans, the original ones were made with cane
> sugar.  Then they  quit making it for a while.  When it came back, it
> was corn syrup.  The coke administration said it was being called back
> due to demand.  Me (Mr. sees a communist under every nail) 
> sees it as a
> classy way to change the ingredients (and the taste) in such 
> a manner as
> to receive the least amount of flak from the end users.
> 
> Yes, I can tell the difference.  In England I believe the use 
> stevia???
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Polaski
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:16 PM
> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Phosphoric acid in drinks
> 
> > BTW, when we were in Mexico last winter we discovered Coke made with
> cane
> > sugar...it's WAAAAY tastier and more refreshing! 
> 
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