For those who love real-sugar Coke, it’s time to snap up the delicious yellow-capped stuff again! Kosher-for-Passover Coca-Cola is again in stores as Passover draws near. For the first time in many years though, I’m not placing my annual, year-long order at Jewel — although your local Jewel-Osco store will likely be more than happy to help you stock up.
This is a photo of my stock-up from last year — and my regular readers know just how much I’ve looked forward to this time of year, each year, year after year. However, after switching to a Keto diet back in August 2017, consuming less than 20 net carbs a day meant that I had to give up my beloved sugar Cokes.
Honestly, I think that was harder than giving up bread..! Being a Coke drinker has been so much a part of who I am for so long that it was indeed tough to let it go. However, as I can’t stand the flavor of any artificial sweeteners, I really did stop drinking Coke cold turkey. (In fact, I still have some of these Kosher Coke bottles in my garage from last year.)
I wish there was a calorie-free, naturally-sweetened Coke out there. Coke Life is about the closest thing — it’s sweetened both with Stevia (good and calorie-free) and cane sugar. At 24 net carbs, I have occasionally enjoyed these on days when I’ve had completely zero carbs as a very rare sweet treat, though I waited more than five months into Keto to try one.
It’s funny — I tried Coke Life when it hit the market, but I didn’t like the flavor and thought it wasn’t sweet enough. After going straight Keto, then trying a Coke Life, I found that the less-sweet flavor was actually pretty good.
Last year, Coca-Cola debuted a full-Stevia-sweetened zero calorie Coke in Greece. I hope that this version makes it to the USA at some point.
J.R. says
We were at the Buffalo Grove Jewel last weekend, and they also had Kosher for Passover Pepsi.
wolverine70 says
I hate to see someone deny themselves, especially when you were already very fit, but you seem happy on the keto plan. Very kind of you to provide this reminder even though you wouldn’t be stocking up this year.
Joe says
Hi Jill,
I’m also on keto–but when you are fat-adapted, you can give yourself a treat weekend every so often. (Some folks call them cheat weekends, but I prefer to think of it as a reward)
In any case, I’m back on the wagon on Monday, and in a couple of days I’m back to keto-normal!
I was 230 lbs, now at 190lbs, and plan to have some cokes when I hit 175 lbs and 150 lbs!
Take care
Joe