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Coca-Cola Life formulations typically also contained sugar, but used less sugar than traditional Coca-Cola. In the US, for example, a single 8 US fluid ounces (240 ml) serving contained around 60 calories and 17 grams of carbohydrates from sugar (which constituted about 1/3 less sugar than traditional Coca-Cola per serving).
During the 1980s, most U.S. Coca-Cola bottlers switched their primary sweetening ingredient from cane sugar (sucrose) to the cheaper high-fructose corn syrup. As of 2009, the only U.S. bottler still using sucrose year-round was the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Cleveland, which serves northern Ohio and a portion of Pennsylvania. [22]
Monterrey-based FEMSA is currently the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Mexico and most of Latin America. [10] In the U.S. food industry, high-fructose corn syrup is a cheaper alternative sweetener to sucrose (standard sugar) because of production quotas of domestic sugar, import tariffs on foreign sugar, and subsidies of U.S. corn, among other ...
3. Coca-Cola. Arguably the most iconic soda, Coca-Cola contains 39 grams of sugar and about 34 milligrams of caffeine per 12 ounces (46 milligrams for Diet Coke). The drink's classic flavor comes ...
Sugar prices spiked in the 1970s because of Soviet demand/hoarding and possible futures contracts market manipulation. The Soviet Union was the largest producer of sugar at the time. In 1974 Coca-Cola switched over to high-fructose corn syrup because of the elevated prices. [49] [50] Sugar prices 1962–2022
The result was a tonic made of coca-leaf extract, sugar syrup, flavoring oils, and kola nut extract, which was added for caffeine and helped inspire the new name "Coca-Cola." ... Clark became a ...
Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, commonly known as Coke Zero, is a diet soda produced by the Coca-Cola Company. [1] The drink was introduced in 2005 as Coca-Cola Zero as a new ...
Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi have capitalized on the markets of people who require low sugar regimens, such as diabetics and people concerned with calorie intake. In the UK, a 330 ml can of Diet Coke contains around 1.3 kilocalories (5 kJ) compared to 142 kilocalories (595 kJ) for a regular can of Coca-Cola.