On 30 May 2021, Ayane Kitagawa said the following...
So, the subject asks it all!
Growing up as a kid we were a Pepsi family. I remember coming home from the store with two 24-can cases of Pepsi. One diet (for Mom) and one regular for everyone else.
Doesn't look like you can buy those 24-can cases anymore, it's all 12 packs now.
I know in the US you guys have like, terrible drinks with corn syrup instead of actual sugar, but I feel the overall experience is the same?
Yeah, most pop here in Canada is sweetened with high fructose corn syrup.
There's also this trend where you can now buy 4 glass 355ml bottles of "premium" pop for $6 that's made with "real cane sugar", as if that somehow makes it more healthy or taste better? I'm not sure how the economics of
that work out, but 12x 355ml cans is usually $4 or $5 (about $0.42 /can)
where as the same stuff, but sweetened with cane sugar is $0.67 /glass bottle. Both are 355ml.
To my (unrefined) tastebuds, I don't *really* find too much difference
between coke & pepsi. It's just cold, fizzy, sweet, brown water. However
one cola that really does light up the pleasure centres of my brain is
jarritos mexican cola. It's still just cold, fizzy, sweet, brown water, but
I quite enjoy it, but that could be just because I usually drink it while eating a burrito.
Personally I don't often drink the regular ones because in Ireland there i extra cost on drinks with a certain amount of sugar, but if I wish to spla the cash then I go for a Coca Cola.
One of our provinces just announced a "pepsi" tax coming down the pipe, 20 cents per litre:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-budget-pocketbook-1.604 7259
Jay
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