Was it even noticed or (in terms of backlash) how did it compare to when they tried the “New” Coke recipe?
It went from being clean crisp Coke to being Pepsi in a coke bottle.
Sugar is a number one addiction, so as long as it was sweet probably they kept drinking it.
No one liked new coke. New Pepsi was even worse, but Pepsi missed the boat on that one, they didn’t do the old switcheroo like coke did.
Then the “regular” flavors came back and everyone went on with their lives.
it wasn’t really a big deal as it was greatly overshadowed by the new coke debut which was around the same time. it got totally lost in the noise and part of me thinks that was by design–that part of new coke’s goal was to facilitate the change in sweetener. the ‘classic’ coke that emerged from the aftermath never did contain only sugar. the ‘original formula’ tagline on packaging and in adverts was a total lie.
I’m almost positive it was for this very reason that “new coke” was introduced, regardless of all the pundits denying it.
No idiot would think, despite taste tests, that switching to taste like Pepsi would be a good marketing move.
I liked new Pepsi, personally.
Mexican Coke still uses sugar instead of fucktose
Except because of sucrose inversion, over time the acidity of the drink turns the sucrose into glucose+fructose anyway.
Interesting it goes 50-50, while the glucose fructose at factory is 55-42. You’d have to be a super taster I think
Basically they didn’t care about the sweetener switch. They were just happy to get the old recipe back. Can confirm l am an old guy that hated new Coke when it came out.
