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Coke vs. Pepsi
According to the Independent, researchers have proven that the difference between Coke and Pepsi really is all in your head. Apparently the popularity of Coke's brand image causes people to think Coca-Cola itself tastes better, even though it really doesn't taste very different from Pepsi. As the article says: "When asked to taste blind, they showed no preference. However, when the participants were shown company logos before they drank, the Coke label, the more famous of the two, had a dramatic impact: three-quarters of the tasters declared they preferred Coke." I've long suspected this. Personally I can't taste any difference between Coke and Pepsi, but I have a friend who swears passionately that there's a huge difference. Now I can show him this research to prove that he's simply been brainwashed by advertising. Oh, and the Pepsi Taste Test also turns out to be nothing but hot air: "The findings suggest there is no scientific basis for claims made during the Pepsi ad campaign in which testers purportedly chose Pepsi over Coke when they were not told what they were drinking."
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Categories: Advertising, Food Posted by Alex on Tue Oct 19, 2004 |
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thanks Razela..you've been a big help..i'll tell you my results when i'm fully done!
Posted by Brenda on Wed Apr 13, 2005 at 04:22 PM
Pepsi is better than Coke because...
1)It has way less sugar, the sugar in coke mattes your teeth and gives you this disgusting feeling
2) Coke goes flat faster than Pepsi.
3) Pepsi has more carbonation.
Posted by Austin Sims in MC, IN on Sat Apr 30, 2005 at 10:59 AM
1)It has way less sugar, the sugar in coke mattes your teeth and gives you this disgusting feeling
2) Coke goes flat faster than Pepsi.
3) Pepsi has more carbonation.
omg coke rules pepsi copied as is such a stupid company
Posted by rachel in utah on Mon May 09, 2005 at 11:25 AM
I have a little bit of input on this particular subject. I have been an employee of the Coca Cola Company for 7 years now, and would like to weigh in with my two cents. First of all, anyone who is claiming to know recipe differences between coke and pepsi really needs to note the sources of this information. Both of those formulas are closely guarded secrets(there are only a handful of people in the world who know exactly how much of what goes into coke) The product arrives in a premade syrup form at nearly every production facility in the U.S. outside of Atlana. Secondly, Pepsi nearly fell off the face of the planet, and was getting absolutely killed by Coke in sales until Pepsi picked up the mountain dew product. Had they not, we would be talking about them now with the distant fondness that my grandparents talked about Moxy cola with. Yes, I believe there is a discernable difference in flavor between the two. Here is the real bottom line in the flavor difference between Pepsi and Coke(and the reason I work for the company). Coke simply cuts through the flavor of a hard liquor much better than Pepsi does. People may not be able to tell the diffence between Coke and Pepsi, but they can definately tell the difference between a rum and Coke, and a rum and Pepsi. That may be a little more than two cents, but you guys can keep the change.
Posted by Matt in Minnesota on Wed Jun 15, 2005 at 11:48 PM
I can pick out coke and pepsi in a blind taste test among 4 colas. The other two are RC cola and Faygo cola. The latter two are very similar for me wich I only got right about half the time. However out of the 15-20 times I have done this i have only confused coke for pepsi twice and never the other way around. Still i beleive that the general public is just ignorant and subject to advertising. By the way am a Pepsi drinker. (this was out of the can or bottle. it is much harder to do by fountain.)
Posted by Mike on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 09:57 PM
I actually took the original Pepsi Challenge in the late 1970's, and I noticed they switched the glass bottles so it would look like a Coke drinker actually preferred Pepsi. The problem with this is that anyone who is familiar with both tastes will recognize which is which and realize there was a switch.
Anyway, what about the people who loved Coke but hated New Coke? If the difference was in people's heads they wouldn't have even known the formula had changed.
I prefer Dr. Pepper myself, to avoid being a part of this tumultuous turmoil.
Posted by eriC draveS in Over here somewhere on Fri Aug 26, 2005 at 01:07 AM
Anyway, what about the people who loved Coke but hated New Coke? If the difference was in people's heads they wouldn't have even known the formula had changed.
I prefer Dr. Pepper myself, to avoid being a part of this tumultuous turmoil.
i know that pepsi is my favorit,anyways my class did this experaments and less than half of the class didnt know the difference between Coke and Pepsi, of coures I got it right.My class mates said that Pepsi is sweeter and Coke is more frizzier.
oh and some people say that the drink a certain brand because they like the polar bear or the singer or actor that spunser it. you know Britney Spears with Pepsi
, but hay write me up if you find out some thing. SEEYA
ITS ALL ABOUT EAST L.A. YEEEAAAH
Posted by cristina .c in bravo high school california LA on Fri Aug 26, 2005 at 11:01 AM
ITS ALL ABOUT EAST L.A. YEEEAAAH
coke has more phosphoric acid than pepsi, and it will eat away rust. if it eats away rust, just imagine what itll do to your stomach. thats why i will now drink no coke.
Posted by Amanda on Tue Sep 06, 2005 at 05:29 PM
You are aware that your stomach naturally contains hydrochloric acid, aren't you? It's in much higher concentrations and amounts than what you find in Coke.
Posted by Charybdis in Hell on Wed Sep 07, 2005 at 07:23 AM
coke is truly better than pepsi because it is sweeter and pepsi goes flat way too quickly.
Posted by bt on Sat Sep 10, 2005 at 02:16 PM
Hell, I'D drink coke if I was dying of thirst!
Posted by Alex on Wed Sep 14, 2005 at 07:06 PM
IF you can not tell the differnce between Coke and pepsi than YOU SUCK!!!!
COKE is way FREAKING BETTER DUMB ASS
Posted by JJ in Washington on Wed Sep 28, 2005 at 09:21 AM
COKE is way FREAKING BETTER DUMB ASS
I like them both. JUST GIVE ME COLA!!!! Colaaaaaaaa! Actually, I will take an RC whenever possible, 'cuz it's cool to root for the underdog. Yo.
Posted by Jer on Thu Sep 29, 2005 at 04:45 PM
COKE is way better than PEPSI...pepsi is way flatter and more watery...COKE RULES
Posted by KK on Wed Oct 12, 2005 at 11:15 AM
I have to agree with some of the commenters here. I -can- taste the difference between Pepsi and Coca Cola. For me, I prefer Pepsi. Coca Cola has always tasted disgusting.
In one such situation, I was at a cookout when a friend handed me soda. It was disgusting! She told me it was Coca Cola after.
Posted by Sebastian Nickler on Wed Oct 19, 2005 at 09:31 PM
In one such situation, I was at a cookout when a friend handed me soda. It was disgusting! She told me it was Coca Cola after.
I love Pepsi more that any other soda and im like obsesed with it because its just the greatest thing Coke is Discusting because of that Rotten tast it gives after Drinking it BLAH i love pepsi that i drink one Every Day and My friends and i will go around the school asking people what they pefere but i almost all the time Get the word Pepsi sometimes Coke but the people that say that i guess like it better i love Pepsi and all pepsi Products and i always will PEPSI FOREVER!!!!!!
Posted by Don Stapelfeld in Lebanon NH on Thu Oct 20, 2005 at 07:01 AM
Anyone with a taste bud that functions should be able to tell the difference between the two drinks. Not only that but, as other people have mentioned, formulas do taste different in different countries. Coke from most of the USA does taste different than Coke almost anywhere else in the world. Even the diet versions taste vastly different. As far as being brain washed by advertising, how about not believing everything you ever see in print? Any good researcher can make the results do whatever they want them to do!
Posted by Colin in Windsor, Ontario on Fri Oct 28, 2005 at 04:52 PM
i just hate the way pepsi makes fun of coke in there commercials. Those commercials are so stupid, they would never happen in real life. Coke doesn't need to dis pepsi in there comercial because i think coke makes more money jus in macdonalds then all of pepsi sales. coke should dis pepsi in there comercials because pepsi does it to them but coke doesn't need to they make good comercial that get there point across.When pepsi disses coke i think it shows that there desperate. Coke should dis pepsi so they can get a taste of there own medicine.
Posted by joe on Sun Nov 06, 2005 at 01:56 PM
Pepsi sucks 'cause everything Coke comes out with, Pepsi has to do the EXACT same thing I mean EXACTLY the SAME. And them fuckin Pepsi commercials always are like the Coke worker guy stealing Pepsi. Coke should sue fuckin Pepsi. Yes coke does go flat quicker but Pepsi has a weird taste.
Posted by pepsi sucks on Wed Nov 09, 2005 at 06:02 PM
I'm a Pepsi girl myself, mainly for the fact that Pepsi is sweeter with less carbonation... Coke has a bad aftertaste and the bubbles annoy me.
However I honestly think it's just in the head. I may like it only because it says Pepsi... since I have prefered it for so long.
Posted by Nicole on Sun Nov 13, 2005 at 11:17 PM
However I honestly think it's just in the head. I may like it only because it says Pepsi... since I have prefered it for so long.
we are starting our project and ours is who could taste soda better boys or girls?between coke & pepsi,we are doing about 5 boys & girls, but the problem is that pepsi tastes just like coke.
brenda angulo
Posted by brenda in phoenix on Thu Dec 01, 2005 at 08:17 AM
brenda angulo
I perfer pepsi but i dont even drink soda any more. My mom cant live without her daily pepsi thought, but now it is Vinilla Pepsi. I am a water girl myself.
Posted by Lindsey in Washington on Sun Dec 04, 2005 at 01:33 PM
Pepsi is good and so is coke but RC RULZ!! lol 
Posted by Libs in dfs on Wed Dec 14, 2005 at 10:33 AM
Every person who prefers coke over pepsi is an idiot and full of shit. Pepsi is way better
Posted by Jordan "The Great" in magnolia, Delaware on Fri Dec 16, 2005 at 08:19 AM
I personally think that coke and pepsi taste the same, I used to have a favorite but I dont now, cuz come to think of it it tastes the same. Im doing my science project on whether or not you CAN tell the difference between coke and pepsi. Some people say coke has more fizz or some people say that pepsi tastes way more better and coke is flat. I think its all a matter of whats going on in your head. I think there is no difference.
~Sammie, I love Khlab~
Posted by Samantha Hatt in Wyoming on Mon Dec 19, 2005 at 11:31 AM
~Sammie, I love Khlab~
I have drank both coke and pepsi and have other friends the real difference is that for those people who get migrains or sever headachs seem to get them more often if they drink pepsi but less often with coke. Now before you try to say it is the package you should know i am blind and dont "see" any difference they are both round cans one no more distinct than the other
Posted by virginia smith in NJ on Fri Dec 23, 2005 at 07:51 AM
The acid in your stomache is a lot stonger than coke or pepsi i have heard oh coke will eat through raw hamberger and rust but i am still alive after 35yrs and i almost unfortunitly because it is more expensive go through a case a week
Posted by virginia smith in NJ on Fri Dec 23, 2005 at 08:14 AM
I totally agree with this article. Those of you who think that it's incorrect should really try a blind taste test. I'm convinced that most cannot tell the difference between the two sodas.. heck even the generic sodas taste the same. There are such things as 'SUPERTASTERS'... most of us are not.. there are those who can.. Out of my class of 40 only 2 could tell the difference in a blind taste test.
Posted by Jessika in Wisconsin on Sun Dec 25, 2005 at 12:11 AM
Coke rules!!!!Even tho i still drink pepsi from time to time I would say that coke is way better.Pepsi is a copy cat copying every little thig that coke does and then goes and makes fun of them.Hello pepsi if you make fun or dis the company that you copy all of your ideas from it is like you are dising your self.And I was talkin to one of my friends and he said that he drank pepsi once and he thew up.
Posted by Coke girl 4 ever on Tue Dec 27, 2005 at 11:15 AM
man there is a huge difference. pepsi sucks and coke rules! and i've asked for coke in restaurants and they sometimes give me pepsi and i notice right away. and when i ask them what it is they will say pepsi. 
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