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The yellow caps indicate that the soda is kosher, or fit, to drink on the Jewish holiday of Passover. It's made with sucrose instead of corn syrup. Here's why Coca-Cola bottles have yellow caps ...
Coca-Cola also ensures that the yellow-capped Coke is supervised during production to meet the kashrut standards (i.e., the laws of keeping kosher) for Passover. Leah Gottheim, VP of Kosher.com, a ...
Escalera revealed that during Passover, if you spot a bottle of Coca-Cola with a yellow top that means it's sweetened with real cane sugar. "They do this during a very short time a year around ...
Since he lived in Atlanta near The Coca-Cola Company's headquarters, Geffen received many inquiries from rabbis across the United States inquiring whether Coca-Cola was kosher and whether it was kosher for Passover. [6] He asked the company for a list of the beverage's ingredients. [7]
Coca-Cola inventor John Pemberton is known to have shared his original formula with at least four people before his death in 1888. [1] In 1891, Asa Candler purchased the rights to the formula from Pemberton's estate, founded the Coca-Cola Company, and instituted the shroud of secrecy that has since enveloped the formula. He also made changes to ...
Consequently, the company made minor changes in the sourcing of some ingredients so it could continue to be consumed by America's Jewish population, including during Passover. [44] A yellow cap on a Coca-Cola drink indicates that it is kosher for Passover. [45]
In the 1930s, Coca-Cola was approached by a rabbi who sought a kosher soda alternative for his congregants during Passover, and the rest is history.
A similar version of Coca-Cola is bottled in Israel during the Jewish holiday of Pesach (Passover in English). The corn syrup in the standard recipe is replaced by cane sugar in compliance with Jewish dietary law , which states that no grains or grain products may be consumed during the holiday.