Passover Coke Already Available in Some Stores

Passover may be more than two weeks away, but for those of you who love your soda with pure sugar (or just love your sugar), you can get Passover Coke now. The special Coke, which isn't made with the forboden corn syrup, is only available in two liter bottles for a limited time and is distinguished by its yellow caps with the symbols "OU-P" on them. Calls to stores around the city found that some aren't carrying the product yet (deliveries could be there as soon as Friday/Saturday), but some stores already have the product is on their shelves — the Upper West Side and Harlem Fairways. A call to Coca Cola revealed that Passover Coke is already available in many markets, like Albany. Other establishments that Coke's corporate communications department recommended in our area include Key Foods, Associated and A&P. If your local grocery store isn't carrying it, you can even ask them to order it. Of course, the rest of the year, you can buy Passover Coke as "Mexican Coke."

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By tien mao in Food on March 25, 2009 6:26 PM

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chubbyemu

I've got a Mexican Coke guy, as it were, on the Upper West Side. So sweet, so smooth, so good.

jackdonaghy

Hmmmm...Rabbi approved corn syrup...

Guest

HFCS is mentioned in the Torah? Wow! That's what I call foresight.

Alex

Yeah can someone explain the religious reason for not consuming HFCS?

tien

Alex, HFCS is considered chametz: bread, grains and leavened products that are not consumed on Passover.

More from wiki: Chametz is a product that is (a) made from one of five types of grains; (b) has undergone fermentation as the result of contact with liquid.

NannyState

Are calcium triphosphate and butylated hydroxyanisole 'chametz'?

yetanotherdamneduselessaccount

Don't support middle-eastern terrorism. . .

only buy conflict-free regular Coke!

geetus

This is from awhile back but Mexican Coke was (is?) available at Costco:

http://www.seriouseats.com/2007/05/costco-is-selling-mexican-coke.html

MT

As a total Cok (a Cola) head I love this stuff and actually look forward to it every year. It's not as sweet as the corn syrup Coke. They should totally make it available year round. I'd definitely buy it every time.

matty

Wow this is so cool and Jewish I might even decide to get an all expenses paid trip to go to Israel and be brainwashed for 2 weeks.

Being Jewish is totally awesome!