2 min read- Every year, Coca-Cola rolls out a limited-time formula in select markets.
- Two-liter bottles with yellow caps are kosher for Passover.
- The kosher recipe uses cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup, which replicates the taste of Mexican Coke.
When you grab a bottle of Coca-Cola during a grocery run, you’re likely not paying any attention to the lid. Because why would you? It turns out that there’s a very specific reason why the color of your Coca-Cola bottle top matters, especially this time of year.
Soda-loving history buffs likely know that back in the 1980s, Coca-Cola swapped out real cane sugar for corn syrup in the United States, and it’s been that way ever since. Well, at least for the most part.
On Instagram, Kevin Escalera of @snackeatingsnackss shared an amazing tip on how you can get Coca-Cola made using real cane sugar, without having to hunt for a bottle imported from Mexico. This special formula is available every year—but only for a limited time.
Escalera revealed that during Passover, if you spot a bottle of Coca-Cola with a yellow cap, that means it’s sweetened with real cane sugar.
“They do this during a very short time of the year, around Passover, because interestingly, Kosher Jewish people can’t have corn during the Passover time,” he explained. “So Coke makes a special real sugar edition just like the Mexican Coke version that you know and love that you pay extra for.”
The Coca-Cola bottles with the yellow cap have even earned a mention on Reddit, where one inquiry about them has received dozens of responses.
“It’s true. Corn syrup isn’t kosher,” shared one person, who noted that the Passover-friendly formula “is in very limited supply and usually targeted to big box stores in areas with larger Jewish populations.”
During the eight days of Passover, those who observe the holiday adhere to a specific diet. And because of the limited supply of kosher Coke, one Instagram user suggested that people take it easy when stocking up on the yellow-topped bottles if they aren’t celebrating Passover.
“But also, can you not?” they wrote. “It’s super limited—let us Jews have like one good thing for Passover!”