As pure cane sugar cost more here in the United States, the soft drinks makers have mostly been using high-fructose corn syrup since the 1980s to sweeten their soft drinks except during Passover when you can get Coca Cola and Pepsi in 2 liter bottles that is sweetened with real cane sugar in major cities. Why don't they just make 2 liter bottles that are totally unsweetened and instruct the consumer on how to properly add the sugar (or artifical sweetener) at home by pouring it in a large cup? I know that adding sugar to carbonated drinks make the drink fizz.
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I don't know why someone would care? Taste? Religion? Tell me.
Certainly soda-pop companies can buy either sweetener far more cheaply than you can, without the hassle of mixing. I have to believe that if there was a significant taste difference, the market would push them toward one or the other.
Why is cane-sugur pop sold during Passover?
Note, I seldom/never drink sweetened pop.
Because high-fructose corn syrup is not kosher for passover.
Trying to mix sugar into a carbonated beverage would be a challenge, to say the least. Kinda messy when all those nucleation sites hit the soda, kinda flat when it's all mixed up.
I don't drink the stuff myself, but I imagine sugar can be dissolved in a bit of the drink so that it is a liquid syrup that's added to the bottle, avoiding nucleation.
looks like it Can be kosher:
http://judaism.about.com/library/3_askrabbi_c/bl_pesachcornsyrup.htm
When I worked in the food industry, we even greased the machines with kosher grease. I guess many things can be kosher that normally aren't.
I would think that the soda companies would notice such a big opening in their market.