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Coke and KitKats

Off topic (for sure)... But who has noticed that Coca-Cola and Diet Coke taste so much better in Europe and India, than the USA.  I don't know why, but it just does.    I think we need to do a taste test.  Or look at the ingredients as to why.     

Then again, Kit Kat's - another great staple of my diet - taste better in Dublin than in Bangalore. I'd put the taste of a kit kat best in dublin, and bangalore and usa are equal.  

Now back to regular blogging.

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Anonymous said…
I've heard Coca-Cola tastes better in Mexico, too.  Sucrose vs. fructose, I suspect.
January 30, 2007 at 10:21 AM
Anonymous said…
Enough about Kit Kat what I miss the most are Cadbury Roses - the best ever!!

Yep agree Diet Coke is better in Ire than the US.
January 30, 2007 at 10:35 AM
Anonymous said…
You might not want to hear this !! But, this is why, it might have a different taste !

India-based nonprofit group, the Centre for Science and the Environment (CSE), in August 2006,  released a study alleging that dozens of samples of 11 soft drinks sold by Coca-Cola and its Pepsi rival contained 27 times the levels of pesticides permissible under food standards proposed by the Indian central government.

http://www.cseindia.org/misc/cola-indepth/cola2006/cola-index.htm


Well, ofcourse, politics and money still saving that company there.. But it is poisoning the people every day. There probably is more toxic residue in your body now, than before !! It costs them more to clean up the  pesticide residues  found in ground water. So, I guess , a fraction of it , going to some politician's pocket is saving them! Better to stay away from any kind of soft drinks.


January 30, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Anonymous said…
Or it could be the lead leaching out of the glass bottles. Pick your poison.
January 30, 2007 at 11:33 AM
Anonymous said…
I've also heard it's the real cane sugar used in other parts of the world instead of corn syrup. Supposedly, if you buy Passover Coke, it's also made with cane sugar, as is Hawaiian bottled Coke.
February 2, 2007 at 11:22 AM
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