Finding Kosher Coke
Did you know that you can find Kosher Coca-Cola? It’s identifiable by its distinctive yellow cap. It was the result of work done by Rabbi Tobias Geffen who was asked to help make Coke kosher back in the 1930s.
To produce Coca-Cola the chemical glycerol is used to help the flavour remain evenly spread throughout the soda. Glycerol is made with rendered animal fat and there’s no way to tell what kind of animal the fat was taken from, thus it is impossible to “kosherify” Coke with glycerol. Special cotton-seed oil was used to create an approved glycerol.
Also unique to these yellow-capped Cokes is the use of sucrose instead of corn syrup as corn is banned during this Passover holiday.
