Can Any own Brands beat Coke?

lovetoshop_2

Nah nothing beats coke........sorry

manhattan

whats the best coke to drink thats is not so bad on your teeth? and no smart a$$ needs to reply none of them. lol

is it diet coke or coke zero or pepsi max etc?

pink_phantom

manhattan wrote:

whats the best coke to drink thats is not so bad on your teeth? and no smart a$$ needs to reply none of them. lol

is it diet coke or coke zero or pepsi max etc?

Sorry, but if the truth hurts, NONE OF THEM. Simply because they contain amongst other things carbonated water which is acidic and very bad for teeth, digestion problems and ulcers.

LongDongDave

John_3:16 wrote:

Problem with the 2 lt is they go flat unless you have a tip to keep the fizz in?

The only tip i've got is don't do what my OH does...squeeze the sides of the bottle then put the top on...thus reducing the carbonation pressure. Otherwise, just drink it faster before it goes flat!

John_3:16

I have a friend who says shake the bottle while the lid is on so the bottle has pressure. My thought is it that gets rid of more fizz?

pink_phantom

My OH always taps the lid hard a few times and it always de fizzes it.

RedOnRed

I can't stand all colas. They just taste of an indistinguishable disgusting foul brown sweet fizzy liquid. Which basically means they can put anything in it without telling you - just like Coke do. Which is presumably also supposed to add a bit of mystique.

Aren't they suppose to contain some form of vegetable extracts...mmmm, yummy.

The only time i'll drink cola is when it's about 35 degrees, there's nothing else to drink and someone hands me one for nothing. Which is exactly what happened to me on the way out of the British Motor Show on Friday...:rotfl:

At least lemonade tastes something like lemons and orangeade of oranges etc, etc...

LizzieandThomas

2l pepsis are all on b.o.g.o.f at morrisons x

manhattan

i found this on google,as i was sure that i read somewhere that coke used to contain cocaine!

Claim: Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine.

Status: True.

Origins: Coca-Cola

was named back in 1885 for its two "medicinal" ingredients: extract of coca leaves and kola nuts. Just how much cocaine was originally in the formulation is hard to determine, but the drink undeniably contained some cocaine in its early days. Frederick Allen describes the public attitude towards cocaine that existed as Coca-Cola's developers worked on perfecting their formula in 1891:
The first stirrings of a national debate had begun over the negative aspects of cocaine, and manufacturers were growing defensive over charges that use of their products might lead to "cocainism" or the "cocaine habit". The full-throated fury against cocaine was still a few years off, and Candler and Robinson were anxious to continue promoting the supposed benefits of the coca leaf, but there was no reason to risk putting more than a tiny bit of coca extract in their syrup. They cut the amount to a mere trace.
Allen also explains that cocaine continued to be an ingredient in the syrup in order to protect the trade name "Coca-Cola":
But neither could Candler take the simple step of eliminating the fluid extract of coca leaves from the formula. Candler believed that his product's name had to be descriptive, and that he must have at least some by-product of the coca leaf in the syrup (along with some kola) to protect his right to the name Coca-Cola. Protecting the name was critical. Candler had no patent on the syrup itself. Anyone could make an imitation. But no one could put the label "Coca-Cola" on an imitation so long as Candler owned the name. The name was the thing of real value, and the registered trademark was its only safeguard. Coca leaves had to stay in the syrup.
How much cocaine was in that "mere trace" is impossible to say, but we do know that by 1902 it was as little as 1/400 of a grain of cocaine per ounce of syrup. Coca-Cola didn't become completely cocaine-free until 1929, but there was scarcely any of the drug left in the drink by then:
By Heath's calculation, the amount of ecgonine [an alkaloid in the coca leaf that could be synthesized to create cocaine] was infinitesimal: no more than one part in 50 million. In an entire year's supply of 25-odd million gallons of Coca-Cola syrup, Heath figured, there might be six-hundredths of an ounce of cocaine.
So, yes, at one time there was cocaine in Coca-Cola. But before you're tempted to run off claiming Coca-Cola turned generations of drinkers into dope addicts, consider the following: back in 1885 it was far from uncommon to use cocaine in patent medicines (which is what Coca-Cola was originally marketed as) and other medical potions. When it first became general knowledge that cocaine could be harmful, the backroom chemists who comprised Coca-Cola at the time (long before it became the huge company we now know) did everything they could with the technology they had available at the time to remove every trace of cocaine from the beverage. What was left behind (until the technology improved enough for it all to be removed) wasn't enough to give a fly a buzz.

Viz_2

I used to drink diet Pepsi for ages. Then they brought out an 'all new taste'. I didn't like it so switched to Pepsi Max. I love it. Although I tend to throw away the remaining few inches in the 2 ltr bottle as its too flat for me.

Asda had 24 cans for £5 earlier in the week. Very similar to Costco prices.