Coca-Cola

In my last article, I talked about how A&W root beer had more caramel coloring than flavoring. I decided to check out some more sodas. I decided to try Coke. Just to be clear, what I mean by trying Coke is looking at the ingredients, not drinking it.

The ingredients are as follows

1. Carbonated Water
2. High Fructose Corn Syrup
3. Caramel Color
4. Phosphoric Acid
5. Natural Flavors
6. Caffeine

Isn't this crazy??? For those of you who missed my last article, I decided to check the ingredients on various sodas, and I'm finding that so far they all have more Caramel Coloring than flavoring (not high fructose corn syrup), and they're really bad for you. I think there is something about how soda looks that I think effects how you taste it, but still, if I could choose between flavoring and coloring, I'd choose flavoring.

More coming soon.

M