Jill Cataldo

I'm Canadian and I never understood why it tasted different over here. When I go home I drink it all the time! LOL
Now I know. Thank you.

Jill, Just thought I would let you know... Jones Cola also is HFCS free. They have cola, root beer, cream soda, green apple and some fruit one. a 4-pack of glass bottles at Jewel runs a bit over $4 BUT until May 31 they are on sale for $2.99. I have big time stocked up for my husband.

Hi - I was in the Lake Zurich Costco and they had a case of Coke from Mexico in the small glass bottles like we use to have in years past. It was $18.49 for the case. I don't know if that is really a good deal but for those addicted it works.

I found Pepsi "throwback" at Wal-mart the other day and tried it. It was much better than the HFCS version. I have also seen Throwback printed on ads so I'm guessing Pepsi is going to be putting this out everywhere. It makes you wonder if Coke will do the same thing.

Just an FYI for Pepsi drinkers. I was looking for the kosher Coke yesterday at Dominicks and both the Coke & Pepsi drivers were in the aisle. The Pepsi driver overheard me asking the Coke driver for the kosher Coke and he said Pepsi also makes a kosher version. It has a white cap. Has anyone seen it?

I don't know if this has ever been posted on Jill's site, but if you register the Coke Rewards Points at Coke you can get $1.00 off coupons on 1-12 pack for every 35 points you bank. I save them all up then just buy and print the coupons when there is a really great deal. Coke coupons are hard to come buy and I am a Coke addict.

Any rum deals out there to go with all this coke? :~)

I wish I could've gotten my hands on some of this. I would love for my sons to have tried the "old" coke. I could not find it anywhere. Do you know of anywhere that might still have it?

Funny, hubby & I just had a conversation a few weeks ago about this--I said that I wondered how Coke/pop of any kind tasted in Europe because they don't have products with HFCS over there. He said "what do you mean?"--he didn't know it was banned over there. Then when I read Jill's article, I showed him the picture & read him the important parts of it & said I'd have to see if I can find some-I'd be really curious as to how it tasted. Found some today & even halfway warm, I completely understand this addiction!! I drink regular Coke on occasion so I noticed the difference IMMEDIATELY & had to make hubby & MIL try it--MIL even noticed & she rarely drinks pop of any kind! It is so much better tasting than the HCFS stuff! I wish it was more readily available! (And a BIG thanks to the original poster who said they found it at the Milwaukee/Paulina Jewel!! So excited that they still had some when I got there! Thanks a bunch!)

I had no idea HCFS free coke still existed!!!! I always tell my kids how much better coke was when I was a kid...they think I'm crazy, now the hunt is on!

Jill, I had to laugh when I read about your "addiction" to Kosher Coke. I have one major vice/addiction as well. It's a soda called Sun-Drop and it hails from WI, my home state. I've tried many, many times to have my local stores stock it (from IL to MA to CA) but the main company always says, "no". It's the only pop I drink and I have one a day (like a cup of coffee). I live here in Hampshire, IL now, so it's only a 90 trip to my home town in WI to visit family and fill up my trunk every few months. However, I've spent a decade on the East coast, having it shipped either by family or by the distributer, and another 3 years in CA, again having it shipped to me. Big bucks. NEVER A COUPON FOR IT in all these years, but like you....it's the ONE thing that's worth it. You're not alone! Enjoy...... Lynette (meandthepea)

If you're looking for this, you have to visit the right Jewel. Our here in the Fox River Valley, I haven't seen it. At the Jewel in Buffalo Grove that we hit for all the Passover stuff, they had stacks of it.

When I talked to the Jewel Kosher product manager, he mentioned stores in Highland Park and Evanston as being major Kosher locations. Buffalo Grove was the closest store with a significant K4P section to me.

As others have said, when we need a real sugar sweetened fix, Woodmans has the Mexican stuff in bottles. I know I've seen bottles of Mexican Pepsi too, just can't recall if it was at Woodmans or elsewhere.

And for those that really want K4P, the Mexican stuff is NOT. I was wondering why diet Coke also had to be K4P since it obviously doesn't have HFCS in it. What I found is that the carbonation that makes it fizz is also derived from corn.

And I suppose that if you save some 2L Coke coupons, you can use them on the K4P stuff and save some money.

Do they sell the Kosher coke in cans as well? Or is the 2-liter bottle our only option?

I thought my wife, Lisa spent too much time on this web site until I realized that you, Jill, were a big Kiss fan. After finding that out, I loved you just as much as she does! But now, to find out that you are an "original" Coke lover, that is just icing on the cake! I have spent so much money on the 355ml glass bottles from Mexican restaurants or grocery stores because I, too prefer the original flavor. When people ask me why I buy Coke in the glass bottles, they don't understand why. Even when I explain the difference between the taste of sugar vs. HFCS, they look at my like I have two heads! I had no idea that Coke made a kosher version of this. Thank you, again Jill for always being able to share great info! I hope my Jewel can special order it for me. Just a tip for any "southwest" side people, Tony's Market at 87th and Harlem in Bridgeview was selling the 355ml bottles of Mexican Coke for $1.00 a bottle the last time I was there (about a month or so ago). They had a huge rack of them in the back of the store.

I'm not much of a non diet soda drinker, but the REAL coke is much better than the swill they sell now......if you are ever overseas anywhere.....Mexico, Canada, all of Europe, Coke is made with sugar.

But anyway, although I no longer live near the Evanston Jewel on Howard Street, that area near West Rogers Park in Chicago has a very large Jewish population and they usually stock a lot of Kosher products, on a regular basis.....I remember a few years back when they did the store over and put in a Kosher Deli and I think 3-4 (maybe more) aisles of Kosher products. So this may be one of the area Jewels that have a large amount of Kosher for Passover Coke.

Just FYI in case anyone was interested.

I'm so surprised. I'm no expert but never thought about Kosher CC. I'm going to see if there is any left at my store. I'd love to have less HFCS in our house. I'm just wondering how many of the items you tell us about (thank you) are HFCS free. Do you buy up most of the same things you tell us about? Can you put a HFCS free stamp on the things that you/we should prefer for a healthier us? I guess that is asking a lot, but you've got my interest.
Thanks again for all your great info.
Mary Lou

We were in Mexico over spring break and had pop stocked in our rooms. The kids immediately commented on how good it tasted and sure enough, it was real sugar as opposed to corn syrup. They love Jones Soda for that same reason. We don't drink a ton of pop, but I'd much rather have sugar than cs.

Now if they only had it in glass bottles too - like the "olden" days!