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With the national trend towards "natural" foods I'm surprised that Big Soda doesn't produce lines of real-sugar product. I don't think Coke or anyone will ever go totally HFCS free but a niche product at a slight premium would sell for sure.

Observant Jews don't eat most grain products during Passover, (or maybe even no grains at all?) which is different from keeping kosher, and is known as "kosher for Passover."

Mexican Coke is made with sugar. One little bottling plant in Dublin, Texas makes Dr. Pepper with sugar. There are people that buy cases of it, then smuggle it to sell in Houston and Dallas.

You can find Mexican Coke on the shelves in the grocery store here in Houston. It costs $1.20 for a 16oz glass bottle. It tastes really good.

interesting that they are being offered at the same price, when HFCS is cheaper. i wonder if this is a test, to see how big a market for sugar only version exists.

i want to see what all the fuss is about...

Here in Israel, regular Coke (don't know about Pepsi or RC since I don't drink it) is made with sugar. Unfortunately you can't get caffeine-free regular Coke here :(

@mattycakes: I have seen a occasional Mexican Coke with HFCS, but I said 'usually' made with sugar in comment #1. Thankfully most of the corn in Mexico goes to making tortillas, not corn syrup. I always assumed that is why their sodas are made with sugar. Might require further research, as in a vacation south of the border, to verify my suspicions.

Sure, Pepsi can offer Pepsi and Mountain Dew made with sugar, but they are forgetting one major factor: bottling in glass. My specialty soda shop offers Pepsi from Mexico made with sugar, and tastes (and lasts longer on the shelf) than anything that comes in a plastic bottle or aluminum can. Sadly, Mountain Dew is no longer available in most markets in glass bottles. Most of my customers agree that soda just tastes better in glass, whether if the soda is made with sugar of HFCS. Of course, sugar-based sodas taste that much better, even if the soda companys beg to disagree.
Mexican Coke, one of our best sellers, proves this point. Dublin Dr Pepper, too, which we sell about 40 cases per month. Eventually, the major soda companies will catch on. If you really want sugar-base Coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper or other, just visit thesodagallery.com. We ship anywhere in the USA, and have some of the best shipping rates than anyone else.

You can sometimes buy the Mexican Coca-Cola here in northern CA at Costco but it is about 5 dollars more per case. That plus the CRV makes a big price difference to my wallet, so I seldom buy it. If the Throwback versions become available in my small town, I will definitely stock up!

I joined so I could say that changing from Coke w/ sugar to New Coke was one of the stupidest moves of the last century. How I miss the real Classic Coke! (Serious Cokaholic). Pepsi only won the challenge because on the first sip, it's ultra sweet, after that--sickening. Coke was actually just as popular as Pepsi, only more expensive to produce due to using real sugar; they only changed to HFCS to rival Pepsi's higher profit margin. For shame, greedy Coke! One of the best tastes on earth, gone! Btw, HFCS is largely responsible for serious weight gain in this generation and is in almost all processed food. Check it out and avoid it.

My son (now 21) has had a corn allergy most of his life. I always used to tuck away a few extra bottles of "Kosher for Passover" real sugar coke for him to enjoy during the rest of the year. I didn't want him drinking "diet" drinks just to avoid corn syrup.

To this day he doesn't drink much soda. But when he wants a treat, it has to be corn-syrup free REGULAR coke squirreled away during Passover!

I'm a regular Mt Dew drinker (allergic to coffee and cola - need to get my caffeine somewhere!), but in Mexico I couldn't find any. After getting over the caffeine withdrawl, I started drinking Squirt. Yum. Tasted just like carbonated, slightly sweetened grapefruit. And wouldn't you know - it listed grapefruit extract as an ingredient, along with, of course, sugar. So this is my new favorite drink. I get home but a case, and yuck. No sparkly grapefruit flavor and that icky bitter aftertaste that I now realize is a constant is American sodas. I figure the HFCS is the culprit for the aftertaste, and the total lack of grapefruit anything whatsoever explains the rest of the problem. Fortunately, I have left my caffeine needs behind, so Poopsi completely lost a customer with that one.

I LOVE Kosher-Kola! Can't wait to get the Pepsi and Dew!

I found the Pepsi singles in the convenience store in our building at 1600 Smith, Houston, Texas.

Sucrose or table sugar is obtained from sugar cane or sugar beets.

Sucrose IS real sugar :) heh.
"Sucrose is made from glucose and fructose units: Sucrose or table sugar is obtained from sugar cane or sugar beets." - www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/546sucrose.html

I know a lot of people that travel to mexico regularly, some of whom lived there for many years. Everyone always says mexican coke is better, now i know why.

So that awful nasty taste in coke and pepsi is the sweetener? =/ Eweh.. The only soda i really like is Root Beer...
Looks like I missed my chance to try this throwback stuff but I'm not sure I really care that I don't like soda :) Better for my bones and fat cells. Hehe.

Our local Publix tells me that Pepsi Throwback will soon be off the shelves, being only a summer item. Is that true?