Why Coke at McDonald's Tastes Different

Weird History Food is going to take the drive-thru with Why McDonald's Coke Tastes Different. Yes, you've seen this video before, we had to do a re-edit, so here it is again for all to enjoy! If you've ever debated someone over whether or not the Coca-Cola served at McDonald's tastes different than the Coke served at other places, you're not crazy. The Coke at McDonald's actually does have a unique flavor, and some say it's better than canned Coke or Coke from other restaurants.

There's no grand secret behind McDonald's Coke. The restaurant chain has been pretty open about how their process for preparing and serving Coca-Cola differs from their competitors. The real surprise is how much science is involved, and how committed McDonald's is to serving the best Coca-Cola products possible.

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[weirdhistoryfood]

Hi all - No, you're not going crazy, we had to do a re-edit of this video, and is now back live! Enjoy

[trumpetmasta]

I drive the delivery truck for McDonald’s products, the coke and just the coke syrup for about 90% of restaurants are pumped via hose from the 75 gallon tank into the restaurants tank. The hose and tanks are sanitized between every fill. I think that has to do with the flavor also since it’s usually freshly made straight from the source.

[HackingCreation]

"have their managers taken out to a field and clubbed by the Fry Guys" made me legit belly laugh xD

[mukkaar]

I have to say one thing, glass is ultimate storage container for food products. At least compared to other conventional materials, it's least porus and imparts least taste and is overall least reactive to anything it touches.

And it's easy to recycle, I mean it takes energy, but it's easy. Only bad part is that it can break with hard impacts and it's heavy.

[muppetsretrofan]

Great video, Weird History! Hoping you'll do the infamous Mcdonald's ice cream machines next.

[Lawrence_Talbot]

Saw the original but it still blows my mind other restaurants don’t follow Coke’s procedure like McDonalds for better drinks

[CadgerChristmasLightShow]

It never occurred to me that when I worked at McDonald's as my first job, we never ever had to change out soda syrups ourselves. Then when I worked at Taco Bell a year or two later, I was changing out super heavy and almost always sticky/leaking warm soda syrup bags in the back of the store every day. No wonder the soda at Taco Bell is so hit-or-miss.

[robertward]

I went to my local McDonald's one day to get a Coke. When the girl at the counter gave me my drink cup she told me that the fountain wasn't working quite right and the Coke might taste funny. Well, I'm the adventurous sort, so I decided to try the Coke anyway. I filled the cup partway up and with the first sip I thought I had died and gone to Coke lover's heaven. It was far and away the best Coke I have ever had before or since. The malfunction in the machine was that it wasn't putting enough carbonated water into the drink, so I was probably getting Coke twice as rich in Coke syrup as it's supposed to be. I went back for three refills and loved every moment of drinking it all. It made me wonder what drinking straight Coke syrup would taste like. That would probably be too overpowering, but the ratio I got that day was to die for.

[XShaneX]

I just realized that I never heard the sentence "sorry our drink fountain is broken" ever.

[joshquade]

No-ice is the way to go. Mcdonalds employees will fill your whole cup with ice and you will get hardly any coke but with no ice you will actually get what you are paying for. also the coke comes out of the machine cold so unless you are waiting an hour or 2 to drink your coke it will not be warm.

[guyk]

I know this is a reupload, but I'm curious what had to be re-edited from the original one.
Still a good video regardless.
I noticed as a kid the Coca Cola at always tasted different and always said that.
Nice to see how they do it.

[beakt]

I had to pause to laugh at "Like a penguin with a gambling debt." Very clever.

[Sandman]

Now they need to use science to bring back the damn dollar menu.

[tyneishalewis]

I saw the orginal video, but it's nice to see a re-do. I would love to see more videos on McDonald's like their ice cream machines, and/or the Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald VHS tapes

[Jones-pjjk]

All the soda at my local McDonald's does taste different than anywhere else. It tastes like they wash the nozzles in the deep fryer and it's been like this for years and years. I call shenanigans on them ever standards enforced in a meaningful way.

[LinkManNeoGAF]

When I worked at McDonalds in the early 00's, they definitely used bagged syrup for their drink fountains. Also, very few McDonald's have playplaces any more.

[hydro.pl.]

I actually work for Coke in the retail setting and I’m sure the ingredients come very close to the Mexican version of the drink.

[jstewlly]

The Sprite at McDonald's is ridiculously good like amazing like so refreshing

[D_G]

The time and effort they put into a cup of coke is crazy. They literally made it a science.

[ggtjr]

Andrew McCarthy and Elizabeth Shue in the same commercial