@@Alias_Anybody I don't know how to describe it to you but I don't consume it anymore since ... I don't know since when but maybe it was before the plandemic. The product tastes so bad after you feel the real aftertaste ... I think it's because of the aspartame. And the "lemon" flavor tastes almost like a toilet freshener. Next time, feel this better (just as an experiment). The taste persists on top of the palate, it feels like it conveys it with this crappy feeling. It doesn't feel like they use sugar (like maybe they did years ago). Anywho, I think even these unhealthy drinks tasted better here. I think I remember one day I saw this (it was an ad on TV) saying: "Same taste, new formula". So this might be why, what they did was to worsen the taste with this new "formula". So they changed the recipe. These damn bastards. No problem, if that's how they want to attract customers, let them lose some customers and money. Maybe this way, in the future they'll revert to how it was before. I guess the only (still) drinkable beverage from them (I don't know how many they produce) is Fanta but I think that's all. I think Mirinda from Pepsi used to be better years ago too and they probably competed with Fanta but they started to take the almost (probably) the American way. Yes there is no corn syrup used and it's not that much colored but it's not the yellow orange anymore. It's more on the orange side now. It's terrible but still drinkable ... Sprite? No way, not anymore, for a few years it became horrible.
As a child i liked Sprite … the European version … but not any more. It‘s much too sweet for my taste. I think it‘s one of the sweetest softdrinks you can get over here.
The reason for the high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a pair of reasons. The first one is there is a subsidy on growing corn in the USA, which results in dramatic over production of corn. Much of that corn ends up as HFCS, which makes the syrup cheap. The second reason is it makes you thirsty, so they sell more product, as most people don't realise it's the drink that is making them thirsty. I don't see that changing any time soon.
The reason for Brown or Green glas bottles (especial for beer) is to protect the content from UV-Light - So you will never see a clear glas bottle with beer in germany
Hey viewer from Belgium (EU) here. Yes we have doctor pepper and 7UP, they are a bit rarer though. However they don't have high fructose syrup in them for sure! I am just amazed how there's such a big difference in quality :o Love the video's keep it up.
@@TrippelSrules Here the packaging for 7UP scares me ... and yes it's that "lovely" green lab color that looks like a toxic waste, the kind that Dexter used in his laboratory. It's a brightly green color mixed with yellow and it's more on the opaque hue which makes it look worse, it's not a bit transparent anymore. Sprite is terrible as taste, for a few years they put aspartame in it. They add a bit of sugar too. The aftertaste of Sprite left on the palate is terrible. Only Fanta (their probably unique existent soda) is still okay (somewhat okay) to drink. Mirinda from Pepsi took the bad way, it's not as bad as the American one but it's bad.
In Europe, when you see 'sugar' listed as an ingredient, it typically refers to beet sugar rather than cane sugar. This is because sugar beets are widely grown in Europe, whereas sugarcane requires a tropical climate and isn't cultivated here on a large scale. Both beet sugar and cane sugar are essentially the same, as they are chemically pure sucrose. The main difference lies in their source, but for most purposes, they are interchangeable.
be that as it may, but at least in my neck of the woods, the beet sugar is sweeter than the cane sugar, which prompted me to adjust the amount of it in my coffee, or some home made sweets.
@@m0t0b33You might be using brown cane sugar, which is less processed and contains molasses. This can affect the perceived sweetness and give it a slightly different flavor profile. However, when it comes to white cane sugar, there’s virtually no difference in sweetness compared to beet sugar, as both are almost pure sucrose.
@@m0t0b33once refined (white sugar), they are basically the same as both are pure sucrose in the same proportion. Unrefined (yellowish white for beets, brown for cane), they are different.
@@m0t0b33 it s the exact same saccharose though. The purity might be different if you use non white sugar. But even beet sugar has vergoise as an option to replace brown sugar.
yeah but if you taste from a same country in plastic bottle vs un glass bottle, it always taste better in glass bottle ^^ (generaly soda in bottle are in restaurant in e.u, same for water)
@@celeroon89In Finland they sold beer & cider in plastic bottles about 20 years ago. That didn't last long as ppl didn't buy thos just simply because of the flavor wasn't good. Sodas are mainly sold in cans and plastic bottles. The plastic ones are recycled. Small deposit is charged when bought and returned when brought back to shop.
The 10 g of sugar are per 100 ml, so in total 25 g of sugar per the whole bottle. Our nutrition facts are per 100 g/100 ml And sometimes per portion. But that is mostly for products, where one portion is less than 100 g, like chocolade for example.
But to avoid confusion, the nutritional information must ALWAYS be given in relation to 100 grams or milliliters in order to maintain comparability, while information per serving is only optional. It is so typically American that comparability of nutritional information is not mandatory there! This makes it possible to cheat legally without cheating.
We do have 7up here and usually people prefer the taste of 7up over Sprite. 7up has a more natural and clean taste of lemon/lime as when you drink Sprite you can feel the taste other strange ingredients that feels more chemicals or artificial. Sadly though, we find more and more surfaces and restaurant's selling Sprite and less selling 7up. Many years ago 7up was the reference and it was so nice to be able to find it everywhere and to drink it on Summer when you were thirsty.
In the Netherlands we got Dr Pepper, 7Up and among others Dr Foots. The last one you probably don't know but Dr Foots is an imitation version of Dr Pepper. Made by Royal Swinkels from Lieshout. They also make the Bavaria beer. Dr Foots has a strong aroma of marzipan, sweetened cherries and cola. Bavaria introduced Dr Foots in 1996 after terminating its licensing agreement with Dr Pepper after thirteen years.
Just so you know, not all European Cola or Sprite taste the same. They usually get the formula and apply local water which has different taste in various regions and then there is the sugar content that varies a bit as well (for non-zero versions). For example I much prefer the Swiss Cola than the French Cola. EDIT: Fun fact: Apparently Europe is divided into two companies, CCEP (Cola Cola Euro-Pacific) which was British-based and operates in west Europe and Coca-Cola HBC (Hellenic bottling company) which was Greek-based and operates in central and east Europe.
Here in Italy there are 3 production sites for Coca Cola, and if you know them you can distinguish them by the flavour due to the very different water used, especially the Piedmont one which uses one of the less mineralized water there is
and one more thing Coca cola has two editions in Europe summer version, has less sugar winter version, has a little more sugar The basic amount of sugar itself depends on the bottling plant in Europe because sugar is dosed locally according to which zone of Europe prefers it
@@CAPTAiNC I feel like some if this is misinformation or urban legends, I've heard coca cola requires the factories to send a sample of the water used in process to see if it is up to specification before they are allowed to produce it. So one would think they taste pretty much the same. That said im sure that there are some coke addicts or coke sommeliers who can tell the difference, coke tastes the same to me all around Europe, but I rarely drink it.
@@kala1780 It isn't. Here in the UK, the taste of Coca Cola can vary quite a bit. I've assumed that the reason is the water used because I'd imagine the production of the syrup is very tightly controlled. It's nice to get some confirmation from elsewhere in Europe.
Ian, I think you're reading the European nutrition labels wrong. There may be a per-serving column, but they are required to have the standardized per-100g/100ml column. That 10g of sugar is per 100ml. It would be interesting to know if there is a difference between European and Mexican sodas. Also, if you asked the shop, they might be willing to take orders for larger quantities. That kind of thing's a guaranteed sale on top of what they have on their shelves.
@@WookieWarriorz It's syrup and syrup is different to regular sugar and they seem to taste that, which makes sense. So there is nothing wrong "crying" about it..
@@WookieWarriorz Fructose is not the same as sugar chemically and sugar doesn't cause liver damage, like FCS does. FCS is also known to make drinkers thirsty, something Beet and Cane sugar do not do.
@@barlin4972It's not about the syrup, it's about the high fructose. There is also fructose in fruits, hence the name, but they also contain fiber and other things. So you would probably struggle to consume such a high amount of it, by eating fruits.
Both are from Poland. You can see on sprite "Cytrynowo-Limonkowy Smak". And on CocaCola label is in polish. "Gazowany napój o smaku cola" - "Carbonated drink with taste of cola"
Hi There ... coming from Czech republic, Sprite is mostly bought also in plastic in supermarkets, the glass ones are usually in restaurants, however the taste is the same as the glass one of course
The glass EU bottle is a hospitality bottle, main land EU (Poland like you mentioned indeed). UK bottles are more stubby. When you buy your to go coke in store, it’s a 500ml plastic bottle or a 330ml can. And yes, there is a difference between glass bottle hospitality bottles, fountain soda, cans and plastic bottles (Eu coke)
A report based on experience to supplement your very apt post: ‘hospitality bottles’ are not exclusive to gastronomic establishments, at least not in Germany and France (I can't speak for other EU countries as I don't have that much experience there). In beverage shops and well-stocked supermarkets, you can find Coca-Cola and associated beverages in glass bottles, too, usually in the sizes 330 and 500 millilitres.
Just a small correction, -330ml- 375ml plastic bottles also are sold in store in the UK, but it is getting harder and harder to find them. It looks like the 'local' (as in Sainsbury's Local, Tesco Express, etc) mostly stock up on the 500ml ones. Edit: Correction
@@DJKLProductions Sure you can get them, I mean I can also buy postmix bag if I want. But they are intended for hospitality industry and with all those products, they find their way into the direct consumer market eventually
From Czech Republic, 7up is widely available, doctor pepper is more of a rare find, the direct competitors for coke are Pepsi, Royal Crown cola or the locally made Kofola
PSA: You can use the Google translate app on your phone to see what language it is and what it says Love the comparison videos! Not gonna lie though, it makes me even happier I live on this side of the Atlantic Stay safe
Dr Pepper is avaliable here too. Nutrition table for the HU market (Produced in CZ) for 100ml: Energy: 118kJ Fat: 0g saturated fat: 0g Carbs: 6.9g Sugar out of Carbs: 6.8g Protein: 0g Salt: 0.02g And it contains Caffeine, but no exact number for it :D
They tried to change Sprite in Germany to an non-lemon-aroma artifical soda in the recent year, but the protests were to high, so they changed right away back to the old recipy and actually sold it as a "feature". But that might be only because the competitors are very strong here.
I buy discounter soda and mix them with water so I have 15-20kcal per 100ml. I noticed in the past sprite had no lemon in it but didn't buy it anymore so they changed recipe last year into something completely different?
@@RoadsFranconia They added aspartame in this one that comes into our country, in Romania. And now the aftertaste felt in the palate is bad to very bad. It's not what it used to be a few years ago. I don't know what's going on with these products but I think after 2020 since they treated the whole world like rats, the products sold became worse and worse and more expensive. Remember to drink just from time to time and maximum 1 can, then take a break for months. It's not worth it. The customers are the base, if people like you and me and the others don't buy it, they won't make any money or they'll make so little that they'll have to close their waste factories (disguised as drinks). It's all about the money. Don't give them any satisfaction, don't buy it from them. You can make a very similar recipe at home if you want to. There must be some kind of recipe. Don't forget there are Mars, Snickers, Bounty and a whole lot of other recipes that date back to the 18th and 19th century. There are also cakes like that and you can find variations of them.
In Sweden we have both 7Up and Dr Pepper. It's rare with glass bottles, 33cl cans, 50cl plastic bottles, 1,5L and 2L plastic bottles in the supermarkets. Both cans and plastic bottles are recyclable and gives you the small fee back that is included in the price so the bottles comes back.
@iWrocker God damn, you're looking good! That new European diet is having an impressive effect, have you taken up walking as well? Best regards from Sweden.
@@hellmalm Thank You! 🎉 I’ve lost 30 pounds and counting in the last 6 weeks. My exercise and or any walking has actually been less (because it’s getting cold outside) haha! So basically just imported European groceries have helped me that much! 😎 Seeing the difference has motivated me though to workout more like I used to and of course walk more to help keep it going 🎉
@@IWrockeryeah, you did great job at getting in better shape! Hope you feel yourself better, too. I am very sorry for your people when I see your supermarket shelves. Good food should not be a luxury.
Hi There. Yes we also have 7up and DrPepper here in Germany. But both are not so mine. We have different cokes here like Cherry and Vanila , wich is my Favorite. Greetings to you and your Family
We do have 7up and dr Pepper in Norway. But Coca Cola, Fanta, Sprite etc are the more common ones to be found in every store. In addition to a bunch of smaller locally produced sodas. 7up is found more in certain restaurant's, takeaway places and kiosks for some reason. Our sprite plastic bottle is also clear/see trough btw. And I can't remember to have seen Sprite in glass bottles ever in Norway unless they are imported from other European countries.
Hi bud I'm from Ireland just watched your video love wat u guys does keep up the great work and ya we got doctor pepper over here in Europe and 7up too 👍🏼😁
HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) is the devil's invention. That shit is so incredibly much unhealthier than cane sugar. The big difference with the EU versions too is that I think there's less sugar in there to begin with - if you do want your soda, try to get the EU version :D
Imagine that they sold Fructose as something healthy (fruit, right?) When in reality it is the worst thing for fatty liver disease. The reason it's ok to eat fruit is that the fructose is bound up in cells. So juice and smoothies are really not healthy. Besides the vitamins it messes with your blood sugar like a soda
@@patverum9051 Yes, but there is absolutely no difference in taste between white cane sugar and white beet sugar. They are chemically identical. Only the less refined raw cane sugar and the unrefined whole cane sugar taste different. But they are more expensive. If it only says "brown sugar" on the packet, it is colored. You won't find natural brown beet sugar, it has a strange taste due to the molasses.
Never heard of Dr Pepper. But we have 7up, MountainDew, PepsiCola, Cocacola, Sprite, and we have our own cola based drink I love. It is called Kofola. It was invented in komunist czechoslovakia as alternative to American Cocacola. And it still works. Now it is Czech company. I love classic Kofola and I love all special flavors. Every year they have new christmas flavour. And they have fruit flavour in summer. And you don't have that feeling your tooths are melting. I have that feeling with almost all cola drinks, exept Kofola.
It depends where you are! In Germany we have very soft to very hard in every variation. I‘m born in the south, near the french border, were the water was very hard and moved later to Hamburg were water was very soft - even the softest water in Hamburg, as the water is different on which side of the river Elbe you life. It‘s never the easy answer I guess 😅😂
The UK do both and if you google the difference it tells you all you want to know about why same recipe but it’s all to do with sugar content and water. Yes 7up and Dr Pepper is sold in the Uk but unlike some European countries we use plastic bottles too.
Dr Pepper + 7UP are available in the UK (but a pale shadow of their former selves). UK Dr Pepper is made under licence by Coca Cola, while 7UP and Pepsi are made under licence by BritVic. 7UP used to come in a green plastic bottles, but a few years back they switched to clear ones to make them "more recycling friendly", but also ended up making the product look cheap. European Coca Cola, Sprite, 7UP and Dr Pepper comes in 330ml cans and a variety of plastic bottle sizes. The glass bottles tend to be reserved for sale to catering customers like cafes, bars and clubs. The majority of Coca Cola sold in the UK via supermarkets and large wholesale chains comes from Coca Cola UK, now part of "Coca Cola Euro-Pacific Partners" (CCEP), but some smaller local wholesalers the supply fish & chip shops with their potatoes frequently seem to get in pallets of Polish, Danish and German Coca Cola products.
Here in Spain the 7Up and Sprite 2L bottles are green. The Coca Cola glass bottles may vary, sometimes a very light green color while in other situations is the classical CocaCola green bottle.
There is a taste difference between plastic and glas bottles. Glas can endure more pressure, so it is more carbonated. It can be also be stored longer (around 2 years). Plastic is good for around 6 months. So even if you compare two european colas, they will taste different if you compare glas to plastic. and as others have written, for cola production they ofter use local water sources (=difference).
Here in Ireland, Sprite was sold in green bottles, while the sugar-free Sprite was sold in a blue bottle, they were changed to clear bottles maybe 7 or 8 years ago, in general the bottles from shops here are usually plastic where as bars seem to be the only places that stock soft drinks in glass bottles
We also have doctor pepper and 7up in Finland. Unfortunately, most bottles are plastic these days, but almost every larger store also has 0.33l glass bottles.
@@Thurgosh_OG ... Some stores in UK sell the 330ML glass bottles in six packs others sell 250ML bottles in 4 or 6 packs. My local store sells single glass bottles of Coca Cola 330ML from the fridge. They also sell Sprite and Fanta Orange in single glass bottles as well.
For some reason here in Finland pretty much standardized to 0.33l or 0.5l, both bottles and cans. Some brands like Red Bull has 0.25l cans, but I guess thats more to brand than anything else. I guess we prefer quantity over quality 😂.
Hi, France based here. We do have Dr pepper and 7UP. Our market being open, it should also be the case for the other EU countries (i guess..) Also we mainly found the transparent plastic bottle here in France 😕. They use the glass bottles more often in restaurants or in fancy places. Thx for the videos
Dr Pepper is somewhat popular here in the UK, and 7up is about the same popularity as Sprite I think. It's not really like Pepsi vs Coke, we just consider them the same thing and get whichever one is closest to us. Coca Cola is mostly in plastic bottles, some shops do sell the glass ones but they're about double the price for less liquid than you'd get from the normal 500ml bottles.
The glass mini cokes are sold in the UK, in a 4 pack (cardboard sleeve) it's more expensive than the plastic bottles but a glass bottle holds to the cold better and a better experience
I guess I need to watch this video. Riding home in the dark this afternoon, I stopped for two photos of the huge Coca-Cola signs at the plant in Jordbro. That's where they make all the soft drinks for the company in Sweden. They picked Haninge because of how close it is to the water protection area where we get most of our drinking water.
Its sold everywhere in clear plastic bottles. But in Europe you can get all drinks in glas bottles, and mostly they taste better, bit that is just my opinion.
We also have hard plastic bottles in Germany that will be refilled by the company after returning it instead of the soft plastic bottles where the bottles get destroyed after one use
We have 7up, but Dr. Pepper and Mountain Dew are only available in special import stores, kinda like the euro sodas you buy in the US. To be fair, the glass bottles are usually not sold as retail in Europe, those are the bottles for restaurants and bars, you dont get them in the supermarket
See, that's the problem with the ingredient labels being so strange in the US. 20 oz (5.9 dl) contain 65g of carbohydrates. That's 11g/dl. European Coke contains 10.6g/dl (not per bottle!). So they're actually quite close in sugar content. (Well, not sugar in the US, obviously, but farmer-support money corn syrup.) - I think the easiest way to compare this stuff is to take the US label and calculate it into comparable, i.e. "per 100g" for foods and "per dl" for drinks.
While you´re technically correct, nobody uses dl as an unit. as far as watery fluids are concerned: 1kg=1dm³=1l 100g=100cm³=100ml this is the amount you mentioned. it´s used to make the sugar content of soft drinks comparable. dl would throw a wrench in this comparability equation, because now you suddenly have a 1 among 100s. 100g=100cm³=1dl
@@Skyliner04s Umm... I'm not only technically correct, I'm simply correct. 100ml is 10cl is 1dl is 0.1l. It doesn't matter which one we're using. The beauty of the decimal system is that anyone who's learned it has absolutely no problem changing the decimals to arrive at the other way of stating it. Sure, it doesn't make much sense to use millimeters for talking about a 100 meter dash, but for fluids, dl is widely used when talking to each other.
From the beginning to choose between a soda in a plastic bottle or a glass bottle, I would always choose the glass one, the flavor is better, better preserved, for example here in France when you order a cocacola in a terrace bar the waiter brings you the glass bottle and opens it in front of you, because the glass bottle has a more authentic taste.
You're right, I think it's tastier too. However, the big disadvantage of glass is that it is heavy. That's why it's mostly left in places where you don't have to carry the bottle, but it's loaded into the restaurant from the truck in compartments. I remember in the 80s we still had 1L cola in glass bottles. (Hungary) That's 3 glasses of coke at a birthday party. And we had to carry 900g of bottles back to the store! The liter cola weighed almost 2 kilos unopened.
@@gaborzsoldos781 Yes indeed the disadvantage of glass is that it is heavy and fragile, but when I really want to treat myself with Coca Cola, I buy a pack of 6 small 25cl glass bottles.
@@gaborzsoldos781 on the flipside, the weight gives you a work out haha, the glass is better for the environment it's easier to melt down without much toxic fumes (as it depends how the glass has been manufactured, treated etc) unlike plastics.
Belgium ... There is DrPepper (the drinks shop here says it's French). I did get DrPepper Cherry and DrPepper Vanilla, from import stores. They are imported from the US. 7Up is everywhere, but not in the drinks shop, weirdly. The grocery store has "lemon & lime" and a "lemon & lime zero" variant. I did get 7Up Mojito and 7Up Cherry once upon a time from import stores. I think they were UK cans..
In Finland, there's Sprite, 7up and Dr.Pepper and Mountain Dew. And of course Coke and Pepsi. Not sure if some are imported, but I think most are made here as well.
DrPepper and 7UP are widely available in The Netherlands. And DrPepper is actually my favorite soda 😊 And my second choice would be 7UP/Sprite. I don’t think they are very different from each other
The main thing to look for in energy drinks is phenylalanine it should be in bold on European, maybe the American label too. It's a protein which is linked to increased risk of death in 40-50 year olds. It's very prominent in chewing gum.
good evening, grettings from Germany. Funny you mention 7up and Dr. Pepper, i just baught a bottel of each of them. you find them in some stores but are not as common as Sprite or Coka Cola. Beseids them you find, Mountain Dew and Pepsi. Also i higly recommend "Bluna and Afri Cola", those are a Fanta and Cola from a South German beverage manufacturer.
Hi from eastern europe. Dr. Pepper and 7up was available since 90s here. Also royal crown cola...you are right. Sprite used to have green bottles, now they are clean, its wierd...Dr. Pepper was my favourite during the 90s but now the flavour is different from what I remember...
In the case of Coca Cola, the recipe is almost identical across European countries, apart for the sugar. Coke sold in Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Croatia, Bulgaria has fructose-glucose (corn) syrup, while all other countries have white sugar. Sprite sold in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia has fructose-glucose (corn) syrup, while the other countries have either sugar or only artificial sweeteners. In Poland, both versions exist.
In most European countries you can also buy Coca-Cola and Sprite and Fanta in plastic bottles. In each and every European country are the products somewhat diffirent and YES! also in taste.
Hi @IWrocker , you have to try Radler: 50% eu Sprite mixed with 50% ‘white’ beer (unfiltered wheat beer) with some lime 🍋🟩 and ice. Very refreshing, specially on hot summer days.
Hi, I have a couple notes to your taste test. - It's not common to see these drinks in glass bottles here in Europe. They are used in hotel and restaurant services only. Also they become smaller over time. I recall 330 ml, then 250 ml and now 200 ml. You can't get them in grocery stores, they sell only the PET bottles. - The sugar content seems to be somewhat low to what I recall, but I checked it with caloric tables and it seems to be very close (they say 11,2 g / 100 ml). There might be some small differeces between various versions even on different european markets.
The glass bottles of Coca Cola are available in many UK stores in both 330ML and 250ML bottles sold in 6 packs, they are offered along side 500ML plastic bottles. The Glass bottles are more expensive than the plastic ones. My local shop also sells 330ML Coca Cola glass bottles singularly, cold from the fridge.
Here in The Netherlands large glass bottles of Coca Cola were available, but haven't seen them for decades. Small 250ml glass bottles are still sold in some supermarkets, but in way smaller amounts than cans and plastic bottles. In the bars, hotels and restaurants the glass ones are the standard, as they get them by the crates. And from vending machines it's always in cans.
Here in Sweden we make about 30-40mil glass bottles every year for christmas and easter. Glass bottles are way more common then you realize maybe because you are not looking for it
7-up and dr pepper exist here in Sweden. Btw! if you ever see "julmust" you should buy it, it's a Swedish christmas/easter drink that's similar to coke but has a strong taste of hops and malt and when you drink it it turns into foam in your mouth. Here's a tiny part from the wiki: Julmust (Swedish: jul "Christmas" and must English: 'must' "not-yet-fermented fruit juice") is a soft drink that is mainly consumed in Sweden around Christmas. During Easter, the name is påskmust (from påsk, "Easter"). During the rest of the year, it is sometimes sold under the name must. The content is the same regardless of the marketing name, and the drink is most closely associated with Christmas. 45 million litres of julmust are consumed during December, which is around 50% of the total soft drink volume in December and 75% of the total yearly must sales.[1] Must was created by Harry Roberts and his father Robert Roberts in 1910 as a non-alcoholic alternative to beer. There are small chances of finding Julmust outside Sweden, the best bet is speciality shops or IKEA that have been selling both mulled wine (Glögg in Swedish) and Julmust.
I'm from Sydney. We have both Dr Pepper and 7up here, but they are hard to find and not very popular at all. Ours, like the EU, use sugar and a lot less than the US. I think in the EU, like in Australia, the companies were forced by the government to reduce the amount of sugar used. Diet soft drinks here are very popular. Because of the extreme heat here, the last thing you want or need, is a sugary drinks. Love your posts mate 🇦🇺🇺🇲
In Portugal 7 up e more common than Sprite (although both are available). If you happen to be able to get it, you should try the Orange or the Pineapple "Sumol", it's a portuguese brand of soda, very popular here
Yes, you can buy most things in glass bottles. However, they are a bit more expensive than those in plastic. So usually your casual person would probably buy it in a plastic bottle (probably even the 1.5 or 2 liter one, if it's meant to be shared). The glass bottle ones you see most often in establishments (restaurants etc.) - they'll bring you an opened glass bottle and a glass to drink from. Companies/restaurants get their goods delivered in, so for them the weight and fragility of glass isn't an issue. Common people have to consider glass being heavy and fragile, so it's easier for them to get the plastic bottle and recycle it later.
7-Up is very popular in Ireland. We also have Dr Pepper but I don't think it is popular, I don't think it is always even in stock in many stores. You will always find 7-Up, Sprite, Coka-Cola, Pepsi, Club and Fanta Orange and Lemon, and the two mixed in what I believe was first launched in Ireland as Club Rock Shandy (Club Orange and Lemon combined). Cidona - an apple flavoured soda and Lilt which was later rebranded as Fanta Pineapple & Grapefruit. We also have White and Red Lemonade which are sodas which are very different to what I believe American's refer to as Lemonade.
Czech Rep: From my experience (countryside, small city) Sprite is usually available, even in those little coolers at checkout etc. 7up can be commonly found in bigger stores but more expensive (though I remember being more available in the past than today). DrPepper is available usually only in big chain stores and expensive. Most common worldwide brands are Coca cola, Pepsi, Fanta, Mirinda, Sprite, Mountain Dew. Also Sprite in plastic bottles is usually clear plastic but I think I remember it being green as well. Maybe just a Mandela effect. Also I can't think of a local Sprite knockoff brand, plenty cola/orange/grape/tonic drinks but no just a simple clear lemon soda.
A lot of people don't realize how much sugar is in Cola (also the Euro ones). An adult male should not have more than 50 grams of sugar a day in his diet and that is less than 0.5 Liter of Cola. So after you drink 2 normal glasses of Cola, anything else you consume in your food that day is already too much sugar intake for that day.
well, that would be right, assuming that the person drinks the soda in one sitting, but if you buy a bottle to go, you might distribute the amount of sugar intake, because if your pancreas works right, it'll be "digested" or burned off so to speak, differently than when it's all in one sitting. But then again, people who consume those products daily and in big amounts, aren't exactly the kind who practice moderation.
@m0t0b33 Going a bit over your daily recommended dose can be good, but only if you are excersizing a lot and your body needs the calories to burn. Also huge differences between sugar and sugar, which seems hard for many to grasp.
Yes we have 7UP and Dr. Pepper (Czech). Dr. Pepper is nice what i can tell its just lossing taste a little when you open it and drink for some time (probably its because its losse s bubbles).
at 5:05 "i don't know why they put more sugar in it if it doesn't need it" - Well, Sugar is an addictive substance. The more you consume, the more your body will crave it. So, when you grow up in a country where they put sugar in everything, they are making sure that you are a returning customer in the foreseeable future.
We have Dr. Pepper here in Poland, but it's quite a rare soda and some stores don't have it. It may also be impossible to find it in a glass bottle. It may also be interesting to note that the most popular bottle is still plastic (at least in Poland), and glass bottles are more commonly used in restaurants, where they are served with a glass, so when you leave, the bottle is taken back to the bottle carrier and reused in the factory. It is not common to buy them in a regular shop.
Google Gemini says: High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) or Isoglucose is a sweetener primarily used in the United States. It's less common in Europe. Why is that? * Regulations: Europe has stricter regulations for the use of sweeteners in food. These regulations are designed to protect consumers and ensure the quality of food. * Tradition: Traditionally, sugar from sugar beets or sugarcane is more commonly used in Europe. HFCS is a relatively new product that hasn't become as established there. * Health Concerns: HFCS has been linked to health problems like obesity and diabetes. Although the scientific debate is still ongoing, these concerns have led many consumers and manufacturers to opt for more natural sweeteners. * Taste: Some people perceive the taste of HFCS to be different from that of sugar. Important Note: While HFCS is less common in Europe, it can still be found in some products. Always check the ingredients list when purchasing food.
No, the reason for hfcs usage in the us is because of tariffs and lobbying. The corn producers are lobbying the government to put tariffs on imported sugar, if that wasn't the case then sugar would be used instead of corn syrup. The way you're framing it makes it seem like the eu is not using corn syrup due to regulations, but it's actually the opposite, it's the us government that is causing the problem of corn syrup in the us.
@@alexis1156 It wasn't just tariffs. It was the loss of the primary supplier of cane sugar which was Cuba. When Cuba went communist and the embargo went up the US started giving huge subsidies to corn farmers to produce a sweetening substitute. And that's been pretty much locked in because any politician from the big corn growing states who failed to stop it being taken away would be hung drawn and quartered. Also, y'know, we just don't grow as much corn in Europe (64 million tons for the EU vs. 350 million for the USA).
@@AshenVictor I don't know much, but I would say a lot of stuff made of corn is cheaper and worse. And there is a lot of things in Europe using it lately - I don't like it. Used instead of breadcrumb coating on meat for example. I won't even let my dog taste the meat with it, so i have to eat that sh*t from it first. I'm shoping only in small shops, where there is no alternative and i don't cook, so i don't eat - easy.
The UK we do have DrPepper and 7up. I like DrPepper, it reminds me od a traditional british soft drink "Dandylion and Burdoc" which you may want to try. A good competitor to Sprite and 7UP here would be "R Wites Lemonade"
mate high fructose corn syrup is just sugar, its really no different, just thicker to give that syrupy moutfeel that americans do love. We use high fructose corn syrups in the uk too for sauces like sweet chilli sauce or for thickening sauces and other liquids for deserts, i used to pour gallons of the stuff working in resturants, youre fine.
Ive tasted a fanta berry with korn syrup, imported from the US (with the carcinogenic dies in them) , it is like he said, very syrupy and very thick, and it failed to provide a refreshing sensation because it was kinda thicker than what im used to. That being said I wana try to american coca cola too, although I fear I shall be dispointed once again.
I tried some when my cousin in florida sent me a parcel. Full of fizzy drinks and chocolates. The chocolate was revolting and the drinks gave me a headache. Then I had the misfortune to try "root beer" good grief it's horrendous.
If you saw the price of European food products in the states you would not suggest bulk orders. For instance a single Fray Bentos canned pie costs about 20USD.
3:57 Most cola in Europe will be sold in either 0.33 litre cans or in plastic bottle (0.5 ltr, 1ltr, 1.5 ltr). When buying soft drinks from an automat glass bottles are too vulnerable. The only places where you get soft drinks in glass bottles are restaurants and cafe's . In pubs and clubs they often have a tap system (with a basis from cola syrup mixed with bubble water ...)..
Glass bottled drinks are hard to find in the UK, which wasn't the case when i was a kid in the 60s and 70s. It's always plastic or cans. I do agree with you about drinking out of a glass bottle and how much more refreshing it seems to taste!
here in germany too..i remember when i was young,you sometimes had glassbottles with 2 white rings(bottom and middle) made of scratches from all the refilling.
Same in Hungary. Whenever I went to Poland or Austria, I saw Coke in glass bottles in like every store, not just the 0,5 liter ones, they even had it in 1 liter bottles. But back in Hungary I just can't find them anywhere, except in restaurants
@@WookieWarriorz Yes but they are stupidly expensive for the same drink. They should bring back the 'deposit' for returning glass bottles and get rid of the plastic ones.
You shud try Norwegian Urge (called Surge in USA I think). Urge is quite popular. I rarely drink soda, but Urge was a staple back when I was young. Pepsi-Max is also very popular here, but I prefer the normal Pepsi.
Not good, it has a thick texture and is sickly sweet and it leaves you thirsty after drinking it. When visiting the US I always try and drink the Mexican Coca Cola as it's far more like the one I'm used to back here in the UK.
Right? But that american chuby dude has became just american dude, so thats pretty convincing in abandoning my desire for trying that radioactive shit.
For softdrink companies/brands, we have: Coca Cola Company: Coca Cola (& variants), Fanta, Sprite, mezzo mix Pepsi Co.: Pepsi, 7up (surely a shock for you Americans 😄 ), Mountain Dew Sinalco: Sinalco Orange, Sinalco Cola, Sinalco Zitres Bluna: Bluna, Afri-Cola Dr. Pepper: Dr. Pepper Spezi: Spezi Other than those, we have a variety of smaller brands that trade one of the main flavours of softdrinks. Some of those have been around for more than half a century. One stands out: Vita Cola - in the tally by state, they outrank Coca Cola as the most-bought cola drink in their region (Thuringia).
I first had diet coke from overseas (I am Australian) in Hong Kong about twenty nine or so years ago. It did not seem the same as ours, almost watery. I have never tried USA diet coke. Thank you for the video!
A suggestion for future taste tests.. Have a bottle of water on hand. After your first product, clean your palate with water to really appreciate the next product. You want to wash off the syrup flavour before tasting the other cola in this video.
In Europe but especially in Germany the coloured plastic bottles are getting less because they have to be separated with a lot of machines to get as many usable recycling materials as possible. Less coloured bottles made it easier to get clean plastic which can be used for more new products than grey blocks. So if it's not absolutely necessary to protect the liquid from UV-light, the producers are forced to use clear plastic to increase the recycling quote.
A Dutch viewer: Pepsi, Dr Pepper & 7up are available in The Netherlands 🇳🇱 The supermarket 7up package are plastic bottles in the sizes 1,5L, 1L & 500ml , in the past the bottle was green, but 2021 they change it in a clear color. The can is 33cl size😉 Sprite & Coca cola are available 🙂
They put high fructose corn syrup in it because it is addictive. I'm really hoping RFK Jr gets in there and disrupts the coopting of our regulatory agencies by Big Food.
To your last question over Here in Czech Republic we got both Dr. Pepper and 7up ... 7UP is quite common over here but I have seen Dr. Pepper only in Lidl Stores and I gotta say way too Sweet for me in comparison to other "coke" style drinks we got here be it Kofola, Pepsi or Coca Cola
They do have Dr.Pepper and just tried it for the first time this year. And i loved it. 7 Up has been in most stores for as long as i can remember. From Norway.
I didn't believe there is such a difference between American sodas and European sodas, I kinda thought you play it up a little for the sake of your videos. That was until me and my husband flew to Egypt and the mini bar in our hotel room was filled with American sodas. I sincerely apologize for thinking you weren't completely honest...man I had no idea. We had Fanta and Sprite and we couldn't finish even one small can together. It was exactly how you describe - sooo much sweeter and there was this weird thickness to it, like a sirup. It made us so thirsty too! I couldn't believe it 😅 and also the color of the American Fanta was mind-blowing.
Poland mentioned! TWO TIMES! BTW I am almost certain Polish market Dr Pepper, 7UP and Mirinda also do not have any high fructose corn syrup in it. We only know how HFCS tastes like from all the bootleg cheap sodas. None of the original brands use these in products for our market, but they are significantly more expensive than the cheapest sodas in the discount supermarkets. However I sometimes buy the weird imported sodas from China or Korea and they do contain HFCS. It is the only way to get the legit Strawberry Coca-Cola or some Mentos soda.
Idk what they did to the Romanian ones, but damn they're sickeningly sweet now.... I can't even drink a full can of soda now without a bag or pretzels or chips or... anything fatty or salty, which makes it even less worthy of drinking it. The only think by the Coca-Cola company, here in Ro, still worthy of drinking are Cappy and Schweppes.
That's strange, because I have relatives in Spain and in the past they always bought Romanian Cola when coming to visit since they said it's way better than the Spanish one. It could have changed in the meantime since we all stopped drinking Cola a long time ago. And maybe German Cola is better than the Spanish one.
These bottles were polish. We have 7up, and Mirinda (you didn't mention about it so i don't know if you have it in USA) in Poland. DR pepper isn't popular but we can buy it in some stores, they are (probbaly) from usa.
It's funny that you say European Coca-cola is no thick, when here in Spain most ppl find it too thick and prefer the zero version since it's easier to drink (i'm one of those that prefer the normal one).
The artificially sweetened versions taste sort of flat to me, a bit like rum&coke tastes sort of flat. I taste the sweeteners. Sugar does thicken the liquid, don't know about the sweeteners, but I guess the HFCS, or the amount they use, thickens it even more.
@@blechtic yeah, the zero versions taste empty to me. they don't deliver so I might as well have water at that point. When I order a cola I want that sugar :)
Probably impossible to get in the US but you should try the Swedish Loka Crush drink. It's just carbonated water and different fruit juices, no sugar or artificial sweeteners added. They are perfect for me since regular soda is way too sweet for my taste. :)
The difference in sugar content and type of sugar is intentional. In Europe sodas are meant to be refreshing and quench thirst. American sodas give you more thirst: the suger content is intentionaly higher than the solution ratio the body wants so it tries to dilute it by drinking more fluids, result is that you will drink a lot more soda than you should and the proucers sell more. Also they use corn syrop not only because it's cheaper but it is also more addictive than suger, again leading to higher sales.
It should be mentioned that many people feel like European Sprite is already sickly sweet. Don't want to know how the US ones tastes.
When I have sprite I dilute it with water 😂 seriously is very sweet
Because it is too sickly sweet
American Sprite must be sprite-flavored liquid sugar
@@Alias_Anybody I don't know how to describe it to you but I don't consume it anymore since ... I don't know since when but maybe it was before the plandemic. The product tastes so bad after you feel the real aftertaste ... I think it's because of the aspartame. And the "lemon" flavor tastes almost like a toilet freshener. Next time, feel this better (just as an experiment). The taste persists on top of the palate, it feels like it conveys it with this crappy feeling. It doesn't feel like they use sugar (like maybe they did years ago). Anywho, I think even these unhealthy drinks tasted better here. I think I remember one day I saw this (it was an ad on TV) saying: "Same taste, new formula". So this might be why, what they did was to worsen the taste with this new "formula". So they changed the recipe. These damn bastards. No problem, if that's how they want to attract customers, let them lose some customers and money. Maybe this way, in the future they'll revert to how it was before. I guess the only (still) drinkable beverage from them (I don't know how many they produce) is Fanta but I think that's all. I think Mirinda from Pepsi used to be better years ago too and they probably competed with Fanta but they started to take the almost (probably) the American way. Yes there is no corn syrup used and it's not that much colored but it's not the yellow orange anymore. It's more on the orange side now. It's terrible but still drinkable ... Sprite? No way, not anymore, for a few years it became horrible.
As a child i liked Sprite … the European version … but not any more. It‘s much too sweet for my taste. I think it‘s one of the sweetest softdrinks you can get over here.
The reason for the high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a pair of reasons. The first one is there is a subsidy on growing corn in the USA, which results in dramatic over production of corn. Much of that corn ends up as HFCS, which makes the syrup cheap. The second reason is it makes you thirsty, so they sell more product, as most people don't realise it's the drink that is making them thirsty. I don't see that changing any time soon.
Would explain the constant drinking by American youtubers.
😂😂
Corn suryp destroy liver like drinking too much alcohol. Its really devils invention like leaded gasoline.
To sum it up: It's profit and more profit again, as always in the US ...
that is so cynical and malicious. Every day I learn to hate the american culture even more
That's so scammy and nasty, people should fight to make a change. I feel bad Americans have to drink syrup soda but then many seem to enjoy it.
The reason for Brown or Green glas bottles (especial for beer) is to protect the content from UV-Light - So you will never see a clear glas bottle with beer in germany
Corona has a clear bottle
@@Poldy0011 corona is from Mexico not
Europe
@@Poldy0011Corona doe not taste that good either IMO.
@@Poldy0011 and corona is not german its import
It's the same in the Czech Republic.
Hey viewer from Belgium (EU) here.
Yes we have doctor pepper and 7UP, they are a bit rarer though.
However they don't have high fructose syrup in them for sure!
I am just amazed how there's such a big difference in quality :o
Love the video's keep it up.
@@TrippelSrules Here the packaging for 7UP scares me ... and yes it's that "lovely" green lab color that looks like a toxic waste, the kind that Dexter used in his laboratory. It's a brightly green color mixed with yellow and it's more on the opaque hue which makes it look worse, it's not a bit transparent anymore. Sprite is terrible as taste, for a few years they put aspartame in it. They add a bit of sugar too. The aftertaste of Sprite left on the palate is terrible. Only Fanta (their probably unique existent soda) is still okay (somewhat okay) to drink. Mirinda from Pepsi took the bad way, it's not as bad as the American one but it's bad.
In Europe, when you see 'sugar' listed as an ingredient, it typically refers to beet sugar rather than cane sugar. This is because sugar beets are widely grown in Europe, whereas sugarcane requires a tropical climate and isn't cultivated here on a large scale. Both beet sugar and cane sugar are essentially the same, as they are chemically pure sucrose. The main difference lies in their source, but for most purposes, they are interchangeable.
be that as it may, but at least in my neck of the woods, the beet sugar is sweeter than the cane sugar, which prompted me to adjust the amount of it in my coffee, or some home made sweets.
@@m0t0b33You might be using brown cane sugar, which is less processed and contains molasses. This can affect the perceived sweetness and give it a slightly different flavor profile. However, when it comes to white cane sugar, there’s virtually no difference in sweetness compared to beet sugar, as both are almost pure sucrose.
@@m0t0b33once refined (white sugar), they are basically the same as both are pure sucrose in the same proportion. Unrefined (yellowish white for beets, brown for cane), they are different.
@@m0t0b33 it s the exact same saccharose though.
The purity might be different if you use non white sugar.
But even beet sugar has vergoise as an option to replace brown sugar.
Its defintly the countrys water also
@3:37 Yes, but it is not standard. We have plastic bottles, too.
yeah but if you taste from a same country in plastic bottle vs un glass bottle, it always taste better in glass bottle ^^ (generaly soda in bottle are in restaurant in e.u, same for water)
@@darksharkix7959 Yeah same with beer, glass bottle imo tastes way better than cans
@@celeroon89In Finland they sold beer & cider in plastic bottles about 20 years ago. That didn't last long as ppl didn't buy thos just simply because of the flavor wasn't good. Sodas are mainly sold in cans and plastic bottles. The plastic ones are recycled. Small deposit is charged when bought and returned when brought back to shop.
The 10 g of sugar are per 100 ml, so in total 25 g of sugar per the whole bottle. Our nutrition facts are per 100 g/100 ml And sometimes per portion. But that is mostly for products, where one portion is less than 100 g, like chocolade for example.
The Euro coke would have about 62 or 63 grams of sugar in 20 ounces of coke, compared to 65 grams in the American one.
@@Anonymous-sb9rrEurope doesn't use ounces as they are part of the outdated imperial measurement system.
It's usually milligrams (mg).
100 ml in case of drinks, just a little friendly edit for you. 🙂
@@gerardflynn7382I guess he wrote this for Americans to recognize it faster.
But to avoid confusion, the nutritional information must ALWAYS be given in relation to 100 grams or milliliters in order to maintain comparability, while information per serving is only optional.
It is so typically American that comparability of nutritional information is not mandatory there! This makes it possible to cheat legally without cheating.
I watched some of your videos. You seem like a very nice guy. It is cool you have such an open mind.👍
We do in fact have 7 up and Dr. Pepper in europe. I dont think they are that popular, but they are readily available in Finland atleast.
available also in France
Same in Hungary.
Romania also!
Netherlands too, and I believe 7up is far more popular than dr. pepper here too.
7up is way more popular than Sprite. At least in Portugal. And is a big thing, not as big as Coke.
Yes Sir, we do have Dr. Pepper and 7up as well. I'm living in Germany and I really enjoy watching your comparisons. 😎🤠
I don't know why but these videos have no business being this interesting
Fascinating how much poison Americans are forced to consume just so the very few can have slightly higher profit margins...
We do have 7up here and usually people prefer the taste of 7up over Sprite.
7up has a more natural and clean taste of lemon/lime as when you drink Sprite you can feel the taste other strange ingredients that feels more chemicals or artificial.
Sadly though, we find more and more surfaces and restaurant's selling Sprite and less selling 7up.
Many years ago 7up was the reference and it was so nice to be able to find it everywhere and to drink it on Summer when you were thirsty.
In the Netherlands we got Dr Pepper, 7Up and among others Dr Foots. The last one you probably don't know but Dr Foots is an imitation version of Dr Pepper. Made by Royal Swinkels from Lieshout. They also make the Bavaria beer. Dr Foots has a strong aroma of marzipan, sweetened cherries and cola. Bavaria introduced Dr Foots in 1996 after terminating its licensing agreement with Dr Pepper after thirteen years.
Just so you know, not all European Cola or Sprite taste the same. They usually get the formula and apply local water which has different taste in various regions and then there is the sugar content that varies a bit as well (for non-zero versions). For example I much prefer the Swiss Cola than the French Cola.
EDIT: Fun fact: Apparently Europe is divided into two companies, CCEP (Cola Cola Euro-Pacific) which was British-based and operates in west Europe and Coca-Cola HBC (Hellenic bottling company) which was Greek-based and operates in central and east Europe.
Here in Italy there are 3 production sites for Coca Cola, and if you know them you can distinguish them by the flavour due to the very different water used, especially the Piedmont one which uses one of the less mineralized water there is
and one more thing
Coca cola has two editions in Europe
summer version, has less sugar
winter version, has a little more sugar
The basic amount of sugar itself depends on the bottling plant in Europe because sugar is dosed locally according to which zone of Europe prefers it
@@tihomirrasperic This is the first time I am hearing about this, lol
@@CAPTAiNC I feel like some if this is misinformation or urban legends, I've heard coca cola requires the factories to send a sample of the water used in process to see if it is up to specification before they are allowed to produce it. So one would think they taste pretty much the same. That said im sure that there are some coke addicts or coke sommeliers who can tell the difference, coke tastes the same to me all around Europe, but I rarely drink it.
@@kala1780 It isn't. Here in the UK, the taste of Coca Cola can vary quite a bit. I've assumed that the reason is the water used because I'd imagine the production of the syrup is very tightly controlled. It's nice to get some confirmation from elsewhere in Europe.
You're right, from what I've noticed the labels are in Polish. In Poland, in some stores you can find 7 UP and dr pepper.
Ian, I think you're reading the European nutrition labels wrong. There may be a per-serving column, but they are required to have the standardized per-100g/100ml column. That 10g of sugar is per 100ml.
It would be interesting to know if there is a difference between European and Mexican sodas.
Also, if you asked the shop, they might be willing to take orders for larger quantities. That kind of thing's a guaranteed sale on top of what they have on their shelves.
exactly mate, sugar is about the same, crying about high fructose corn syrup is so silly, its literally just sugar.
@@WookieWarriorz It's syrup and syrup is different to regular sugar and they seem to taste that, which makes sense. So there is nothing wrong "crying" about it..
@@WookieWarriorz Sugar isn't just sugar. Fructose is different from glucose is different from galactose, etc.
@@WookieWarriorz Fructose is not the same as sugar chemically and sugar doesn't cause liver damage, like FCS does. FCS is also known to make drinkers thirsty, something Beet and Cane sugar do not do.
@@barlin4972It's not about the syrup, it's about the high fructose. There is also fructose in fruits, hence the name, but they also contain fiber and other things. So you would probably struggle to consume such a high amount of it, by eating fruits.
Nice! Yes. We do have 7up in Europe... in Poland where I live we have them too. You can also try Mirinda... which kind of like "Fanta from PepsiCo".
3:45 yes it is from Poland
Both are from Poland.
You can see on sprite "Cytrynowo-Limonkowy Smak".
And on CocaCola label is in polish. "Gazowany napój o smaku cola" - "Carbonated drink with taste of cola"
Mhm. Both sodas in the glass are from our country ;).
@@CórkaMokoszy It's not European import, but Poland invasion - be careful Ian ;)
@@mmllmmll22 I just saw all the "W"s on the label and knew it was Polish, that's what makes the language so recognisable to me (from the UK)
@@cheman579 Our "W"s are your ''V"s! =D In terms of pronounciation.
Hi There ... coming from Czech republic, Sprite is mostly bought also in plastic in supermarkets, the glass ones are usually in restaurants, however the taste is the same as the glass one of course
The glass EU bottle is a hospitality bottle, main land EU (Poland like you mentioned indeed).
UK bottles are more stubby.
When you buy your to go coke in store, it’s a 500ml plastic bottle or a 330ml can.
And yes, there is a difference between glass bottle hospitality bottles, fountain soda, cans and plastic bottles (Eu coke)
A report based on experience to supplement your very apt post: ‘hospitality bottles’ are not exclusive to gastronomic establishments, at least not in Germany and France (I can't speak for other EU countries as I don't have that much experience there). In beverage shops and well-stocked supermarkets, you can find Coca-Cola and associated beverages in glass bottles, too, usually in the sizes 330 and 500 millilitres.
Just a small correction, -330ml- 375ml plastic bottles also are sold in store in the UK, but it is getting harder and harder to find them. It looks like the 'local' (as in Sainsbury's Local, Tesco Express, etc) mostly stock up on the 500ml ones.
Edit: Correction
I buy coke in glass bottles in the UK a lot, its not some rare thing lol
@@DJKLProductions Same in Italy, in some supermarket they're selling also glass bottles, it's up to you to get the one you prefer.
@@DJKLProductions Sure you can get them, I mean I can also buy postmix bag if I want. But they are intended for hospitality industry and with all those products, they find their way into the direct consumer market eventually
From Czech Republic, 7up is widely available, doctor pepper is more of a rare find, the direct competitors for coke are Pepsi, Royal Crown cola or the locally made Kofola
PSA: You can use the Google translate app on your phone to see what language it is and what it says
Love the comparison videos! Not gonna lie though, it makes me even happier I live on this side of the Atlantic
Stay safe
you mean Google Lens?
also yeah, they have used it in a previous video
Dr Pepper is avaliable here too.
Nutrition table for the HU market (Produced in CZ) for 100ml:
Energy: 118kJ
Fat: 0g
saturated fat: 0g
Carbs: 6.9g
Sugar out of Carbs: 6.8g
Protein: 0g
Salt: 0.02g
And it contains Caffeine, but no exact number for it :D
They tried to change Sprite in Germany to an non-lemon-aroma artifical soda in the recent year, but the protests were to high, so they changed right away back to the old recipy and actually sold it as a "feature". But that might be only because the competitors are very strong here.
They did, right?
I always told my ex that they changed it back because i liked it again, seems like i was right on that one, too 😤😂.
I buy discounter soda and mix them with water so I have 15-20kcal per 100ml.
I noticed in the past sprite had no lemon in it but didn't buy it anymore so they changed recipe last year into something completely different?
@@RoadsFranconia They added aspartame in this one that comes into our country, in Romania. And now the aftertaste felt in the palate is bad to very bad. It's not what it used to be a few years ago. I don't know what's going on with these products but I think after 2020 since they treated the whole world like rats, the products sold became worse and worse and more expensive. Remember to drink just from time to time and maximum 1 can, then take a break for months. It's not worth it. The customers are the base, if people like you and me and the others don't buy it, they won't make any money or they'll make so little that they'll have to close their waste factories (disguised as drinks). It's all about the money. Don't give them any satisfaction, don't buy it from them. You can make a very similar recipe at home if you want to. There must be some kind of recipe. Don't forget there are Mars, Snickers, Bounty and a whole lot of other recipes that date back to the 18th and 19th century. There are also cakes like that and you can find variations of them.
In Sweden we have both 7Up and Dr Pepper. It's rare with glass bottles, 33cl cans, 50cl plastic bottles, 1,5L and 2L plastic bottles in the supermarkets. Both cans and plastic bottles are recyclable and gives you the small fee back that is included in the price so the bottles comes back.
@iWrocker God damn, you're looking good! That new European diet is having an impressive effect, have you taken up walking as well? Best regards from Sweden.
@@hellmalm Thank You! 🎉 I’ve lost 30 pounds and counting in the last 6 weeks. My exercise and or any walking has actually been less (because it’s getting cold outside) haha! So basically just imported European groceries have helped me that much! 😎
Seeing the difference has motivated me though to workout more like I used to and of course walk more to help keep it going 🎉
@@IWrocker When it's getting colder you have to do jogging instead of walking to keep warm. Speaking from experience. Greetings from Norway. 🙂
@@IWrockeryeah, you did great job at getting in better shape! Hope you feel yourself better, too. I am very sorry for your people when I see your supermarket shelves. Good food should not be a luxury.
@@IWrocker Thank you, for good content!
Was my 1st thought when starting the video! He literally seems to "glow" in a very positive glamour meaning.
Hi There. Yes we also have 7up and DrPepper here in Germany. But both are not so mine. We have different cokes here like Cherry and Vanila , wich is my Favorite. Greetings to you and your Family
Vanilla is absolutely disgusting, but I love cherry and lemon or original one, but without coffeine and sugar
Did you try Dr. Pepper Cherry? I think it tastes better than Coca Cola Cherry.
Both are not so.mine😂😂😂 geiles englisch 😂
We also have cinnamon Coke, raspberry coke, pina colada Coke, coconut Coke & Banana Coke.
We do have 7up and dr Pepper in Norway. But Coca Cola, Fanta, Sprite etc are the more common ones to be found in every store. In addition to a bunch of smaller locally produced sodas. 7up is found more in certain restaurant's, takeaway places and kiosks for some reason. Our sprite plastic bottle is also clear/see trough btw. And I can't remember to have seen Sprite in glass bottles ever in Norway unless they are imported from other European countries.
European or Coca-Cola in Finland at least has about 11g of sugar per 100ml. That glass bottle is 250ml, so it would have 27.5g of sugar.
Hi bud I'm from Ireland just watched your video love wat u guys does keep up the great work and ya we got doctor pepper over here in Europe and 7up too 👍🏼😁
HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) is the devil's invention. That shit is so incredibly much unhealthier than cane sugar. The big difference with the EU versions too is that I think there's less sugar in there to begin with - if you do want your soda, try to get the EU version :D
Northern European manufacturers would be using beet-sugar.
Big Pharma doesn't get richer with healhty people.........
@@patverum9051 Central and Eastern too.
Imagine that they sold Fructose as something healthy (fruit, right?) When in reality it is the worst thing for fatty liver disease. The reason it's ok to eat fruit is that the fructose is bound up in cells. So juice and smoothies are really not healthy. Besides the vitamins it messes with your blood sugar like a soda
@@patverum9051
Yes, but there is absolutely no difference in taste between white cane sugar and white beet sugar. They are chemically identical.
Only the less refined raw cane sugar and the unrefined whole cane sugar taste different.
But they are more expensive.
If it only says "brown sugar" on the packet, it is colored.
You won't find natural brown beet sugar, it has a strange taste due to the molasses.
Never heard of Dr Pepper. But we have 7up, MountainDew, PepsiCola, Cocacola, Sprite, and we have our own cola based drink I love. It is called Kofola. It was invented in komunist czechoslovakia as alternative to American Cocacola. And it still works. Now it is Czech company. I love classic Kofola and I love all special flavors. Every year they have new christmas flavour. And they have fruit flavour in summer. And you don't have that feeling your tooths are melting. I have that feeling with almost all cola drinks, exept Kofola.
Keep in mind that the ingredients between the different EU countries are also slightly different, like a German cola and Hungarian cola, like that.
Yes, and water quality. Germany has very hard water while sweden has soft water.
It depends where you are! In Germany we have very soft to very hard in every variation. I‘m born in the south, near the french border, were the water was very hard and moved later to Hamburg were water was very soft - even the softest water in Hamburg, as the water is different on which side of the river Elbe you life. It‘s never the easy answer I guess 😅😂
The UK do both and if you google the difference it tells you all you want to know about why same recipe but it’s all to do with sugar content and water. Yes 7up and Dr Pepper is sold in the Uk but unlike some European countries we use plastic bottles too.
For Belgium. The glass bottles are green, if they come in plastic bottles they are also transparent bottles. We have both 7up and Dr Pepper here.
Same goes for Austria
Same all over EU and apperently also Austria.
Dr Pepper + 7UP are available in the UK (but a pale shadow of their former selves).
UK Dr Pepper is made under licence by Coca Cola, while 7UP and Pepsi are made under licence by BritVic.
7UP used to come in a green plastic bottles, but a few years back they switched to clear ones to make them "more recycling friendly", but also ended up making the product look cheap.
European Coca Cola, Sprite, 7UP and Dr Pepper comes in 330ml cans and a variety of plastic bottle sizes.
The glass bottles tend to be reserved for sale to catering customers like cafes, bars and clubs.
The majority of Coca Cola sold in the UK via supermarkets and large wholesale chains comes from Coca Cola UK, now part of "Coca Cola Euro-Pacific Partners" (CCEP), but some smaller local wholesalers the supply fish & chip shops with their potatoes frequently seem to get in pallets of Polish, Danish and German Coca Cola products.
In Europe, plastic bottles are also transparant. In the past they were green at some point. Only glass bottles are still green.
Here in Spain the 7Up and Sprite 2L bottles are green. The Coca Cola glass bottles may vary, sometimes a very light green color while in other situations is the classical CocaCola green bottle.
There is a taste difference between plastic and glas bottles. Glas can endure more pressure, so it is more carbonated. It can be also be stored longer (around 2 years). Plastic is good for around 6 months.
So even if you compare two european colas, they will taste different if you compare glas to plastic. and as others have written, for cola production they ofter use local water sources (=difference).
Here in Ireland, Sprite was sold in green bottles, while the sugar-free Sprite was sold in a blue bottle, they were changed to clear bottles maybe 7 or 8 years ago, in general the bottles from shops here are usually plastic where as bars seem to be the only places that stock soft drinks in glass bottles
Coke being the exception, you can buy those in glass bottles (4 pack) in the supermarket. A little more expensive but totally worth it.
@ I haven’t seen those 4 packs in any supermarkets near me, I must keep an eye out for them
Dunnes 😉
@ I’m due to get a few things later, I’ll check in my local one 👍
I'm loving these series ❤
I do too. but skipped the water test 🙈
@paulneuwirth5259 I getcha, but I still watched that one, lol.
Coca-Cola Dr Pepper is available in the UK. Also in Poland you can buy Dr Pepper in the French supermarket Carrefour .
In Portugal there is 7Up.
Dr. Pepper you can buy at Pepco, but it's imported.
We also have doctor pepper and 7up in Finland.
Unfortunately, most bottles are plastic these days, but almost every larger store also has 0.33l glass bottles.
I think we mostly get the little 250ml glass bottles in the UK now and generally in 4 or 6 packs in the shops.
@@Thurgosh_OG ... Some stores in UK sell the 330ML glass bottles in six packs others sell 250ML bottles in 4 or 6 packs. My local store sells single glass bottles of Coca Cola 330ML from the fridge. They also sell Sprite and Fanta Orange in single glass bottles as well.
For some reason here in Finland pretty much standardized to 0.33l or 0.5l, both bottles and cans. Some brands like Red Bull has 0.25l cans, but I guess thats more to brand than anything else.
I guess we prefer quantity over quality 😂.
I think these extra ingredients are added to make them more addictive so it boosts sales. Love from Scotland.
Hi, France based here.
We do have Dr pepper and 7UP. Our market being open, it should also be the case for the other EU countries (i guess..)
Also we mainly found the transparent plastic bottle here in France 😕. They use the glass bottles more often in restaurants or in fancy places.
Thx for the videos
They are available in Sweden too, although they aren't the largest brands among sodas.
Dr Pepper is somewhat popular here in the UK, and 7up is about the same popularity as Sprite I think. It's not really like Pepsi vs Coke, we just consider them the same thing and get whichever one is closest to us. Coca Cola is mostly in plastic bottles, some shops do sell the glass ones but they're about double the price for less liquid than you'd get from the normal 500ml bottles.
Available in the Netherlands aswell. Dr Pepper is my personal favorite.
The glass mini cokes are sold in the UK, in a 4 pack (cardboard sleeve) it's more expensive than the plastic bottles but a glass bottle holds to the cold better and a better experience
I guess I need to watch this video. Riding home in the dark this afternoon, I stopped for two photos of the huge Coca-Cola signs at the plant in Jordbro. That's where they make all the soft drinks for the company in Sweden. They picked Haninge because of how close it is to the water protection area where we get most of our drinking water.
Sprite is sold in German supermarkets in clear plastic bottles, too.
Its sold everywhere in clear plastic bottles. But in Europe you can get all drinks in glas bottles, and mostly they taste better, bit that is just my opinion.
I think in Europe we have all 3 types of packaging - glass bottles, cans and plastic. Just glass is only 200 or 330ml
You can also buy it in small green glass bottles here in Germany, but they are shaped a bit different from the one shown in the video.
@@danethorsonIn Germany we also have 1l glass bottles. But they are clear whereas, the smaller ones are green.
We also have hard plastic bottles in Germany that will be refilled by the company after returning it instead of the soft plastic bottles where the bottles get destroyed after one use
We have 7up, but Dr. Pepper and Mountain Dew are only available in special import stores, kinda like the euro sodas you buy in the US.
To be fair, the glass bottles are usually not sold as retail in Europe, those are the bottles for restaurants and bars, you dont get them in the supermarket
See, that's the problem with the ingredient labels being so strange in the US. 20 oz (5.9 dl) contain 65g of carbohydrates. That's 11g/dl. European Coke contains 10.6g/dl (not per bottle!). So they're actually quite close in sugar content. (Well, not sugar in the US, obviously, but farmer-support money corn syrup.) - I think the easiest way to compare this stuff is to take the US label and calculate it into comparable, i.e. "per 100g" for foods and "per dl" for drinks.
While you´re technically correct, nobody uses dl as an unit.
as far as watery fluids are concerned:
1kg=1dm³=1l
100g=100cm³=100ml this is the amount you mentioned. it´s used to make the sugar content of soft drinks comparable.
dl would throw a wrench in this comparability equation, because now you suddenly have a 1 among 100s.
100g=100cm³=1dl
@@Skyliner04s Umm... I'm not only technically correct, I'm simply correct. 100ml is 10cl is 1dl is 0.1l. It doesn't matter which one we're using. The beauty of the decimal system is that anyone who's learned it has absolutely no problem changing the decimals to arrive at the other way of stating it. Sure, it doesn't make much sense to use millimeters for talking about a 100 meter dash, but for fluids, dl is widely used when talking to each other.
Dr Pepper is very common here in the UK, behind Coca Cola & Pepsi. Sprite is maybe 4th most common. 7 up also easily found.
From the beginning to choose between a soda in a plastic bottle or a glass bottle, I would always choose the glass one, the flavor is better, better preserved, for example here in France when you order a cocacola in a terrace bar the waiter brings you the glass bottle and opens it in front of you, because the glass bottle has a more authentic taste.
You're right, I think it's tastier too. However, the big disadvantage of glass is that it is heavy. That's why it's mostly left in places where you don't have to carry the bottle, but it's loaded into the restaurant from the truck in compartments. I remember in the 80s we still had 1L cola in glass bottles. (Hungary) That's 3 glasses of coke at a birthday party. And we had to carry 900g of bottles back to the store! The liter cola weighed almost 2 kilos unopened.
@@gaborzsoldos781 Yes indeed the disadvantage of glass is that it is heavy and fragile, but when I really want to treat myself with Coca Cola, I buy a pack of 6 small 25cl glass bottles.
@@gaborzsoldos781 on the flipside, the weight gives you a work out haha, the glass is better for the environment it's easier to melt down without much toxic fumes (as it depends how the glass has been manufactured, treated etc) unlike plastics.
Belgium ...
There is DrPepper (the drinks shop here says it's French).
I did get DrPepper Cherry and DrPepper Vanilla, from import stores. They are imported from the US.
7Up is everywhere, but not in the drinks shop, weirdly. The grocery store has "lemon & lime" and a "lemon & lime zero" variant.
I did get 7Up Mojito and 7Up Cherry once upon a time from import stores. I think they were UK cans..
In Finland, there's Sprite, 7up and Dr.Pepper and Mountain Dew. And of course Coke and Pepsi. Not sure if some are imported, but I think most are made here as well.
DrPepper and 7UP are widely available in The Netherlands. And DrPepper is actually my favorite soda 😊 And my second choice would be 7UP/Sprite. I don’t think they are very different from each other
The main thing to look for in energy drinks is phenylalanine it should be in bold on European, maybe the American label too. It's a protein which is linked to increased risk of death in 40-50 year olds. It's very prominent in chewing gum.
good evening, grettings from Germany. Funny you mention 7up and Dr. Pepper, i just baught a bottel of each of them. you find them in some stores but are not as common as Sprite or Coka Cola. Beseids them you find, Mountain Dew and Pepsi. Also i higly recommend "Bluna and Afri Cola", those are a Fanta and Cola from a South German beverage manufacturer.
Hi from eastern europe. Dr. Pepper and 7up was available since 90s here. Also royal crown cola...you are right. Sprite used to have green bottles, now they are clean, its wierd...Dr. Pepper was my favourite during the 90s but now the flavour is different from what I remember...
In the case of Coca Cola, the recipe is almost identical across European countries, apart for the sugar. Coke sold in Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Croatia, Bulgaria has fructose-glucose (corn) syrup, while all other countries have white sugar.
Sprite sold in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia has fructose-glucose (corn) syrup, while the other countries have either sugar or only artificial sweeteners. In Poland, both versions exist.
In most European countries you can also buy Coca-Cola and Sprite and Fanta in plastic bottles. In each and every European country are the products somewhat diffirent and YES! also in taste.
Hi @IWrocker , you have to try Radler: 50% eu Sprite mixed with 50% ‘white’ beer (unfiltered wheat beer) with some lime 🍋🟩 and ice. Very refreshing, specially on hot summer days.
"Driving" beer😂
Natur Radler is even better... My favourite is Gösser from Austria...🤓
I've tried the lemon and grapefruit ones here in Ireland probably prefer the grapefruit one myself
Hi, I have a couple notes to your taste test.
- It's not common to see these drinks in glass bottles here in Europe. They are used in hotel and restaurant services only. Also they become smaller over time. I recall 330 ml, then 250 ml and now 200 ml. You can't get them in grocery stores, they sell only the PET bottles.
- The sugar content seems to be somewhat low to what I recall, but I checked it with caloric tables and it seems to be very close (they say 11,2 g / 100 ml). There might be some small differeces between various versions even on different european markets.
You'll find the glass bottles in Northern Europe in most stores though but people usually buy the plastic ones as they're cost less.
The glass bottles of Coca Cola are available in many UK stores in both 330ML and 250ML bottles sold in 6 packs, they are offered along side 500ML plastic bottles. The Glass bottles are more expensive than the plastic ones. My local shop also sells 330ML Coca Cola glass bottles singularly, cold from the fridge.
Here in The Netherlands large glass bottles of Coca Cola were available, but haven't seen them for decades. Small 250ml glass bottles are still sold in some supermarkets, but in way smaller amounts than cans and plastic bottles. In the bars, hotels and restaurants the glass ones are the standard, as they get them by the crates. And from vending machines it's always in cans.
Here in Sweden we make about 30-40mil glass bottles every year for christmas and easter. Glass bottles are way more common then you realize maybe because you are not looking for it
7-up and dr pepper exist here in Sweden.
Btw! if you ever see "julmust" you should buy it, it's a Swedish christmas/easter drink that's similar to coke but has a strong taste of hops and malt and when you drink it it turns into foam in your mouth.
Here's a tiny part from the wiki:
Julmust (Swedish: jul "Christmas" and must English: 'must' "not-yet-fermented fruit juice") is a soft drink that is mainly consumed in Sweden around Christmas. During Easter, the name is påskmust (from påsk, "Easter"). During the rest of the year, it is sometimes sold under the name must. The content is the same regardless of the marketing name, and the drink is most closely associated with Christmas. 45 million litres of julmust are consumed during December, which is around 50% of the total soft drink volume in December and 75% of the total yearly must sales.[1] Must was created by Harry Roberts and his father Robert Roberts in 1910 as a non-alcoholic alternative to beer.
There are small chances of finding Julmust outside Sweden, the best bet is speciality shops or IKEA that have been selling both mulled wine (Glögg in Swedish) and Julmust.
I'm from Sydney. We have both Dr Pepper and 7up here, but they are hard to find and not very popular at all. Ours, like the EU, use sugar and a lot less than the US. I think in the EU, like in Australia, the companies were forced by the government to reduce the amount of sugar used. Diet soft drinks here are very popular. Because of the extreme heat here, the last thing you want or need, is a sugary drinks.
Love your posts mate 🇦🇺🇺🇲
Yes, it has alot to do with how addictive sugars are.
In Portugal 7 up e more common than Sprite (although both are available).
If you happen to be able to get it, you should try the Orange or the Pineapple "Sumol", it's a portuguese brand of soda, very popular here
Yes, you can buy most things in glass bottles. However, they are a bit more expensive than those in plastic. So usually your casual person would probably buy it in a plastic bottle (probably even the 1.5 or 2 liter one, if it's meant to be shared). The glass bottle ones you see most often in establishments (restaurants etc.) - they'll bring you an opened glass bottle and a glass to drink from.
Companies/restaurants get their goods delivered in, so for them the weight and fragility of glass isn't an issue.
Common people have to consider glass being heavy and fragile, so it's easier for them to get the plastic bottle and recycle it later.
7-Up is very popular in Ireland. We also have Dr Pepper but I don't think it is popular, I don't think it is always even in stock in many stores. You will always find 7-Up, Sprite, Coka-Cola, Pepsi, Club and Fanta Orange and Lemon, and the two mixed in what I believe was first launched in Ireland as Club Rock Shandy (Club Orange and Lemon combined). Cidona - an apple flavoured soda and Lilt which was later rebranded as Fanta Pineapple & Grapefruit. We also have White and Red Lemonade which are sodas which are very different to what I believe American's refer to as Lemonade.
Cidona 🤤🤤🤤
Finches orange and rock shandy are pretty good aswell
Czech Rep: From my experience (countryside, small city) Sprite is usually available, even in those little coolers at checkout etc. 7up can be commonly found in bigger stores but more expensive (though I remember being more available in the past than today). DrPepper is available usually only in big chain stores and expensive. Most common worldwide brands are Coca cola, Pepsi, Fanta, Mirinda, Sprite, Mountain Dew. Also Sprite in plastic bottles is usually clear plastic but I think I remember it being green as well. Maybe just a Mandela effect.
Also I can't think of a local Sprite knockoff brand, plenty cola/orange/grape/tonic drinks but no just a simple clear lemon soda.
A lot of people don't realize how much sugar is in Cola (also the Euro ones). An adult male should not have more than 50 grams of sugar a day in his diet and that is less than 0.5 Liter of Cola. So after you drink 2 normal glasses of Cola, anything else you consume in your food that day is already too much sugar intake for that day.
Depends on body size and amount of daily excercise.
well, that would be right, assuming that the person drinks the soda in one sitting, but if you buy a bottle to go, you might distribute the amount of sugar intake, because if your pancreas works right, it'll be "digested" or burned off so to speak, differently than when it's all in one sitting. But then again, people who consume those products daily and in big amounts, aren't exactly the kind who practice moderation.
@m0t0b33
Going a bit over your daily recommended dose can be good, but only if you are excersizing a lot and your body needs the calories to burn.
Also huge differences between sugar and sugar, which seems hard for many to grasp.
Yes we have 7UP and Dr. Pepper (Czech). Dr. Pepper is nice what i can tell its just lossing taste a little when you open it and drink for some time (probably its because its losse s bubbles).
at 5:05 "i don't know why they put more sugar in it if it doesn't need it" - Well, Sugar is an addictive substance. The more you consume, the more your body will crave it. So, when you grow up in a country where they put sugar in everything, they are making sure that you are a returning customer in the foreseeable future.
And pharma...
Win win 😉
We have Dr. Pepper here in Poland, but it's quite a rare soda and some stores don't have it. It may also be impossible to find it in a glass bottle.
It may also be interesting to note that the most popular bottle is still plastic (at least in Poland), and glass bottles are more commonly used in restaurants, where they are served with a glass, so when you leave, the bottle is taken back to the bottle carrier and reused in the factory. It is not common to buy them in a regular shop.
Google Gemini says:
High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) or Isoglucose is a sweetener primarily used in the United States. It's less common in Europe.
Why is that?
* Regulations: Europe has stricter regulations for the use of sweeteners in food. These regulations are designed to protect consumers and ensure the quality of food.
* Tradition: Traditionally, sugar from sugar beets or sugarcane is more commonly used in Europe. HFCS is a relatively new product that hasn't become as established there.
* Health Concerns: HFCS has been linked to health problems like obesity and diabetes. Although the scientific debate is still ongoing, these concerns have led many consumers and manufacturers to opt for more natural sweeteners.
* Taste: Some people perceive the taste of HFCS to be different from that of sugar.
Important Note:
While HFCS is less common in Europe, it can still be found in some products. Always check the ingredients list when purchasing food.
No, the reason for hfcs usage in the us is because of tariffs and lobbying.
The corn producers are lobbying the government to put tariffs on imported sugar, if that wasn't the case then sugar would be used instead of corn syrup.
The way you're framing it makes it seem like the eu is not using corn syrup due to regulations, but it's actually the opposite, it's the us government that is causing the problem of corn syrup in the us.
@@alexis1156 It wasn't just tariffs. It was the loss of the primary supplier of cane sugar which was Cuba. When Cuba went communist and the embargo went up the US started giving huge subsidies to corn farmers to produce a sweetening substitute.
And that's been pretty much locked in because any politician from the big corn growing states who failed to stop it being taken away would be hung drawn and quartered.
Also, y'know, we just don't grow as much corn in Europe (64 million tons for the EU vs. 350 million for the USA).
@@AshenVictor I don't know much, but I would say a lot of stuff made of corn is cheaper and worse. And there is a lot of things in Europe using it lately - I don't like it. Used instead of breadcrumb coating on meat for example. I won't even let my dog taste the meat with it, so i have to eat that sh*t from it first. I'm shoping only in small shops, where there is no alternative and i don't cook, so i don't eat - easy.
And it might hide behind another name. In German ingredient lists "Glukose-Fruktosesirup" is usually HFCS and used often e.g. in sauces.
The UK we do have DrPepper and 7up. I like DrPepper, it reminds me od a traditional british soft drink "Dandylion and Burdoc" which you may want to try. A good competitor to Sprite and 7UP here would be "R Wites Lemonade"
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@@Jeni10 Thank You! 😎🎉
mate high fructose corn syrup is just sugar, its really no different, just thicker to give that syrupy moutfeel that americans do love. We use high fructose corn syrups in the uk too for sauces like sweet chilli sauce or for thickening sauces and other liquids for deserts, i used to pour gallons of the stuff working in resturants, youre fine.
How awesome these European soda's take over the US😊❤
In Germany we also have Sinalco and Bluna as Citron lemonade besides the knock offs from Aldi, Lidl, Netto, Norma and other discounters...🤓
I have a coke in front of me while watching this, the European kind I guess. Now I kinda want to taste American coke to taste the difference. .
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Ive tasted a fanta berry with korn syrup, imported from the US (with the carcinogenic dies in them) , it is like he said, very syrupy and very thick, and it failed to provide a refreshing sensation because it was kinda thicker than what im used to.
That being said I wana try to american coca cola too, although I fear I shall be dispointed once again.
I think Coca Cola will be sure the water is safe and not infected. If the water is infected, Coca cola will be sued.
I tried some when my cousin in florida sent me a parcel.
Full of fizzy drinks and chocolates.
The chocolate was revolting and the drinks gave me a headache.
Then I had the misfortune to try "root beer" good grief it's horrendous.
If you saw the price of European food products in the states you would not suggest bulk orders. For instance a single Fray Bentos canned pie costs about 20USD.
3:57 Most cola in Europe will be sold in either 0.33 litre cans or in plastic bottle (0.5 ltr, 1ltr, 1.5 ltr). When buying soft drinks from an automat glass bottles are too vulnerable. The only places where you get soft drinks in glass bottles are restaurants and cafe's . In pubs and clubs they often have a tap system (with a basis from cola syrup mixed with bubble water ...)..
Glass bottled drinks are hard to find in the UK, which wasn't the case when i was a kid in the 60s and 70s. It's always plastic or cans. I do agree with you about drinking out of a glass bottle and how much more refreshing it seems to taste!
here in germany too..i remember when i was young,you sometimes had glassbottles with 2 white rings(bottom and middle) made of scratches from all the refilling.
It was the same thing in Norway too, it is only Coka Cola you get in glas bottles
Same in Hungary. Whenever I went to Poland or Austria, I saw Coke in glass bottles in like every store, not just the 0,5 liter ones, they even had it in 1 liter bottles. But back in Hungary I just can't find them anywhere, except in restaurants
mate you can get glass coke in every sainsburys, tesco, m&s etc
@@WookieWarriorz Yes but they are stupidly expensive for the same drink. They should bring back the 'deposit' for returning glass bottles and get rid of the plastic ones.
You shud try Norwegian Urge (called Surge in USA I think).
Urge is quite popular. I rarely drink soda, but Urge was a staple back when I was young.
Pepsi-Max is also very popular here, but I prefer the normal Pepsi.
As a European now im fking curious how American coke tastes
Not good, it has a thick texture and is sickly sweet and it leaves you thirsty after drinking it. When visiting the US I always try and drink the Mexican Coca Cola as it's far more like the one I'm used to back here in the UK.
I think it tastes more similar to the Calippo ice cream, if u know. That kind of sweet slimy cola flavour.
Right?
But that american chuby dude has became just american dude, so thats pretty convincing in abandoning my desire for trying that radioactive shit.
They will probably tell you that it tastes like freedom. ;D
i tried one since you can order it through some sites that import snacks candies and sodas. its awful. its worse than the market brand coke
For softdrink companies/brands, we have:
Coca Cola Company: Coca Cola (& variants), Fanta, Sprite, mezzo mix
Pepsi Co.: Pepsi, 7up (surely a shock for you Americans 😄 ), Mountain Dew
Sinalco: Sinalco Orange, Sinalco Cola, Sinalco Zitres
Bluna: Bluna, Afri-Cola
Dr. Pepper: Dr. Pepper
Spezi: Spezi
Other than those, we have a variety of smaller brands that trade one of the main flavours of softdrinks. Some of those have been around for more than half a century. One stands out: Vita Cola - in the tally by state, they outrank Coca Cola as the most-bought cola drink in their region (Thuringia).
0,5l in germany has 53g of sugar. its 10,6g per 100ml (3 oz)
I first had diet coke from overseas (I am Australian) in Hong Kong about twenty nine or so years ago. It did not seem the same as ours, almost watery. I have never tried USA diet coke. Thank you for the video!
A suggestion for future taste tests.. Have a bottle of water on hand. After your first product, clean your palate with water to really appreciate the next product. You want to wash off the syrup flavour before tasting the other cola in this video.
In Europe but especially in Germany the coloured plastic bottles are getting less because they have to be separated with a lot of machines to get as many usable recycling materials as possible. Less coloured bottles made it easier to get clean plastic which can be used for more new products than grey blocks. So if it's not absolutely necessary to protect the liquid from UV-light, the producers are forced to use clear plastic to increase the recycling quote.
Small glass bottle like the one you have has the best taste.
A Dutch viewer: Pepsi, Dr Pepper & 7up are available in The Netherlands 🇳🇱 The supermarket 7up package are plastic bottles in the sizes 1,5L, 1L & 500ml , in the past the bottle was green, but 2021 they change it in a clear color. The can is 33cl size😉 Sprite & Coca cola are available 🙂
They put high fructose corn syrup in it because it is addictive. I'm really hoping RFK Jr gets in there and disrupts the coopting of our regulatory agencies by Big Food.
To your last question over Here in Czech Republic we got both Dr. Pepper and 7up ... 7UP is quite common over here but I have seen Dr. Pepper only in Lidl Stores and I gotta say way too Sweet for me in comparison to other "coke" style drinks we got here be it Kofola, Pepsi or Coca Cola
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They do have Dr.Pepper and just tried it for the first time this year. And i loved it. 7 Up has been in most stores for as long as i can remember. From Norway.
I didn't believe there is such a difference between American sodas and European sodas, I kinda thought you play it up a little for the sake of your videos. That was until me and my husband flew to Egypt and the mini bar in our hotel room was filled with American sodas. I sincerely apologize for thinking you weren't completely honest...man I had no idea. We had Fanta and Sprite and we couldn't finish even one small can together. It was exactly how you describe - sooo much sweeter and there was this weird thickness to it, like a sirup. It made us so thirsty too! I couldn't believe it 😅 and also the color of the American Fanta was mind-blowing.
Poland mentioned! TWO TIMES!
BTW I am almost certain Polish market Dr Pepper, 7UP and Mirinda also do not have any high fructose corn syrup in it. We only know how HFCS tastes like from all the bootleg cheap sodas. None of the original brands use these in products for our market, but they are significantly more expensive than the cheapest sodas in the discount supermarkets. However I sometimes buy the weird imported sodas from China or Korea and they do contain HFCS. It is the only way to get the legit Strawberry Coca-Cola or some Mentos soda.
Even in Europe Coca cola can taste different. A small glass bottle taste better then a 2L plastic one. The German Cola taste better then Roumanian:))
Idk what they did to the Romanian ones, but damn they're sickeningly sweet now.... I can't even drink a full can of soda now without a bag or pretzels or chips or... anything fatty or salty, which makes it even less worthy of drinking it. The only think by the Coca-Cola company, here in Ro, still worthy of drinking are Cappy and Schweppes.
That's strange, because I have relatives in Spain and in the past they always bought Romanian Cola when coming to visit since they said it's way better than the Spanish one. It could have changed in the meantime since we all stopped drinking Cola a long time ago. And maybe German Cola is better than the Spanish one.
These bottles were polish. We have 7up, and Mirinda (you didn't mention about it so i don't know if you have it in USA) in Poland. DR pepper isn't popular but we can buy it in some stores, they are (probbaly) from usa.
In slovenija dr.pepper is from Poland
It's funny that you say European Coca-cola is no thick, when here in Spain most ppl find it too thick and prefer the zero version since it's easier to drink (i'm one of those that prefer the normal one).
The artificially sweetened versions taste sort of flat to me, a bit like rum&coke tastes sort of flat. I taste the sweeteners.
Sugar does thicken the liquid, don't know about the sweeteners, but I guess the HFCS, or the amount they use, thickens it even more.
I like zero as well.
@@blechtic yeah, the zero versions taste empty to me. they don't deliver so I might as well have water at that point. When I order a cola I want that sugar :)
Probably impossible to get in the US but you should try the Swedish Loka Crush drink. It's just carbonated water and different fruit juices, no sugar or artificial sweeteners added. They are perfect for me since regular soda is way too sweet for my taste. :)
4:21 i can but i hinestly wish i can taste the american to see how bad it is lol
The difference in sugar content and type of sugar is intentional.
In Europe sodas are meant to be refreshing and quench thirst.
American sodas give you more thirst: the suger content is intentionaly higher than the solution ratio the body wants so it tries to dilute it by drinking more fluids, result is that you will drink a lot more soda than you should and the proucers sell more.
Also they use corn syrop not only because it's cheaper but it is also more addictive than suger, again leading to higher sales.