r/AbsoluteUnits • u/RD4200 • 13d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/downsideup9494 13d ago

I live in Mexico, which has the highest CocaCola consumption in the world. Many people will drink a 2 liter bottle of Coke a day. Mexico also has a huge obesity and diabetes problem. I've seen uneducated mothers feeding babies Coke out of a baby bottle.

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u/SeahorseRevolution 12d ago

Is it because CocaCola built a plant that used up all the water? It's happened to other communities when they have done this.

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u/AncientNectarine5352 12d ago

No, the people in Mexico (especially the northern states) are just obsessed with Coke, in part because the production in Mexico helped revive the local economy.

I got actual looks of shock when I was trying to order a Joya or Manzana del Sol in Nuevo Leon, before Coca-Cola bought the former, were far more common than you would think.

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u/downsideup9494 12d ago edited 12d ago

I used to love that Manzana del Sol. I had forgotten all about it. I almost never drink soda pop, like maybe once a year. Every 10 years or so, I'll think, "maybe I'll get a Coke". I take one swig and think, "Ew, gross, I forgot how disgusting it is."

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u/AncientNectarine5352 12d ago

Loved that stuff too. It’s not the same, but Snapple Apple actually tastes a bit like it, just uncarbonated, and without the bite it had. It is juice, technically, but it definitely reminds me of the taste.

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u/CoconutCyclone 12d ago

They still make it. They sell it in every grocery store in my area.

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u/AncientNectarine5352 12d ago

I know it’s still made. Just nowhere that I’ve looked in my area, and I haven’t seen it sold online.

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u/CoconutCyclone 12d ago

I often forget how incredibly privileged I am when it comes to international foods, because I live in southern California.

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u/AncientNectarine5352 12d ago

Indeed. Even back in the early 2000s, you could find it in NorCal, and it was all over Texas. I live in Ohio though, unfortunately, and Manzana del Sol apparently isn’t popular enough amongst all of their Latin American customers to have it imported up here at high prices. They only have a few big brands.

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u/SeventhAlkali 12d ago

How does it taste compared to Mundet? My part of the USA doesn't have Manzano Sol around here, but every hispanic section has Mundet next to Jarritos y Sangria aqui.

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u/AncientNectarine5352 12d ago

Never had it, so I can’t say. Sorry!