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Scott Lewis @spicymeats.bsky.social

Orange Fanta is interesting because it has a slightly different sugar content basically everywhere. US and Canada like 12g per 100ml, parts of Europe much lower. The sweetness in Amsterdam was perfect and Iceland just a little too high. My wife says she is not annoyed that I buy one in every country

aug 30, 2025, 2:26 pm • 11 0

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T @theneohac.bsky.social

I love the lower sugar versions in Europe. I also love the real sugar. That artificial stuff just doesn’t work for me.

aug 30, 2025, 3:09 pm • 2 0 • view
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Scott Lewis @spicymeats.bsky.social

Yup, the real sugar makes a difference. Canada and the us have roughly the same sugar in all the pop/soda’s but it’s corn syrup in the US so I mostly avoid them when I’m down here. It’s not even for health. I just think it tastes gross.

aug 30, 2025, 3:10 pm • 5 0 • view
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lars-o-matic @lars-o-matic.bsky.social

Canada (S. Ontario) here: cane sugar "Mexican cokes" in the glass bottles are v expensive, but in the winter lead-up to Passover you can get kosher (no corn syrup) coke in larger supermarkets. Hilariously to me, sometimes the 2L bottles also have the Santa Claus branding. Kosher for Christmas!

aug 30, 2025, 4:07 pm • 2 0 • view
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T @theneohac.bsky.social

Yeah, we can get the Mexican sugar cokes in glass bottles here as well. Like you said, they are $$$. Sadly I’m not a cola fan. The kosher one is a twist though. Especially the timing!

aug 30, 2025, 4:20 pm • 1 0 • view
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T @theneohac.bsky.social

Yeah, hard to get excited about corn syrup. To me the artificial is gross, it has that after taste that haunts me. Corn syrup is meh. Sugar is where it’s at for sure. They had more sugar versions around some years ago, and they pulled most of them. The throw backs were a hit with me for sure.

aug 30, 2025, 3:14 pm • 1 0 • view