Day #13: Soda? Pop?
Feb. 14th, 2010 10:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
somethingnewA colleague mentioned recently that she was trying Hansen's soda (or pop as we call it around here) and that she really liked it. Which turned into a conversation about pop and flavors and so forth. And how pop using cane sugar taste better than those with high fructose corn syrup. My addiction, weakness, favorite, whatever you want to call it, is vanilla flavoring in my pop. Or, more specifically, Vanilla Coke Zero. (Note: I grew up in a household with a diabetic family member. We only kept diet pop on hand and as a result, non-diet pop tastes like cough syrup to me. I think it's the HFCS.)
So, when she gave me a can of the Hansen's Natural Cane Soda in the Vanilla Cola flavor, her comment was "it isn't diet". I had to laugh, because "diet" defeats the whole purpose when you're going for something sweetened with real sugar over HFCS.
It had a very different flavor than I'm used to, I hadn't realized that even "diet" pop had a syrupy taste until I tried this. It didn't seem as "thick" as what I'm used to.
Regardless of the differences, I rather liked it. It's more expensive than I usually buy, so it isn't something I'll be getting regularly. But it is something I'll be trying again.
So, when she gave me a can of the Hansen's Natural Cane Soda in the Vanilla Cola flavor, her comment was "it isn't diet". I had to laugh, because "diet" defeats the whole purpose when you're going for something sweetened with real sugar over HFCS.
It had a very different flavor than I'm used to, I hadn't realized that even "diet" pop had a syrupy taste until I tried this. It didn't seem as "thick" as what I'm used to.
Regardless of the differences, I rather liked it. It's more expensive than I usually buy, so it isn't something I'll be getting regularly. But it is something I'll be trying again.
