[NBA] Comments that don't warrant a thread (MAR)

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Capt. Factorial

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Mr. S£im Citrus said:
Well, Sierra Mist was made with sugar. Slice (and presumably Starry) were/are made with HFCS. Teem was before my time; that's some TIL s**t, to me.
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Oh, it was before my time too (or, technically, I don't remember ever seeing it). But there it was on wikipedia, making my point even stronger.
 
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kingsboi said:
AKA one of the many forms of sugar just under a different name
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There is a subtle difference in flavor between HFCS and cane sugar. In general (perhaps not exclusively) I prefer cane sugar in sodas, but it is not very commonly found in the U.S. My TIL is that Sierra Mist switched to cane sugar a few years ago. I never realized, or I would have given it a try.
 
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Capt. Factorial said:
There is a subtle difference in flavor between HFCS and cane sugar. In general (perhaps not exclusively) I prefer cane sugar in sodas, but it is not very commonly found in the U.S. My TIL is that Sierra Mist switched to cane sugar a few years ago. I never realized, or I would have given it a try.
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how long has that drink been in existence?
 
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Capt. Factorial said:
PepsiCo's repeated failures in capturing a segment of the lemon-lime market will never stop being funny to me.

Teem? Fails.
Slice? Fails.
Sierra Mist? Fails.
I know, let's try again!
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I very rarely drink soda, so who knows if I'll ever even try Starry, but I will say that the branding/color scheme is much better than Sierra Mist. Or Slice for that matter.


Capt. Factorial said:
There is a subtle difference in flavor between HFCS and cane sugar. In general (perhaps not exclusively) I prefer cane sugar in sodas, but it is not very commonly found in the U.S. My TIL is that Sierra Mist switched to cane sugar a few years ago. I never realized, or I would have given it a try.
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Back when I was teaching high school one of my students from Nigeria said that the Coke was better there. I never got a conclusive answer, but someone told me that it wasn't cost effective to make or ship HFCS so they used cane sugar for Coke in Africa. Makes sense. Again, I'm not a big soda drinker, but having tried Mexican Coke, it is a noticeable improvement IMO.
 
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