Anyone else bought any ill tasting coca-cola at Sainsbury's DKH?

[Macet]

This sounds insane, but has anyone else bought cans of coke (in a multipack/case) from DKH Sainsbury's and it just doesn't taste as it normally would? There is something seriously wrong with it. The taste is off and not normal tasting.

This has happened 3x over the past 5-6 months from three separate cases of 24.

It has to be a storage problem?

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Seems a bit unlikely that it's storage. Supermarkets don't leave the stuff lying around that long, especially the popular goods.

Have you had COVID...?

[kp4]

Check the expiry date as they don't last long and the taste changes if too old.

[Bic Basher]

I've had odd tasting food/drink from Sainsbury's before and had to try other food to double check I didn't have Covid symptoms.

[vladi]

Was it fizzy or flat when you opened it?

[Twoddle]

Not cola and not Sainsbury's but the plastic bottled Ribena I bought with my Tesco's value meal the other day definitely tasted funny, nothing like the Ribena I remember at all.

Could just be that I'm not used to drinking soft drinks, preferring water usually. Or it could be that the recipe's been "new and improved" so many times since I last bought it.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Ribena's recipe has changed in the last few years - I think there is much less sugar than there used to be.

[malumbu]

Why not speak directly to Sainsbury's either in store or on line. I'm sure that they will get back to you, and if not you could consider suing them as the product is either faulty or not as described https://www.food.gov.uk/contact/consumers/report-problem. That may be taking things a bit too far.

As for Ribena don't get me started..... I was one of the kids of the generation that were led to believe that Ribena was a healthy drink and would take it to school to have at dinner time. Whilst it slowly rotted my teeth, coupled with no flouride in our water, NHS dentistry focusing on intervention rather than prevention and too many sweets has led to a mouth of mercury coupled with the odd piece of gold and ceramics.

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[Bic Basher]

Ribena's recipe has changed in the last few years - I think there is much less sugar than there used to be.

 

Was it in a carton or bottle or the liquid you dilute into water?