We’ve already lamented that the term “locavore” broke about five minutes too late to be included in The Food Snob’s Dictionary. Now we’ve recognized another Snob trendlet that should have warranted a mention: the vogue for Mexican Coke.

Ordinarily, Coca Cola is too mundane a subject to enter Food Snob consciousness. But in the wake of Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma and its sexy villain, the cheap sweetener known as HFCS (high-fructose corn syrup), Food Snobs have taken to seeking out Mexican Coke in unfamiliar neighborhoods and locales. This is because Mexican Coke is made with old-school cane sugar rather than HFCS, and is therefore more palatable and “authentic” than the American version. It’s like when a Rock Snob says he prefers vinyl to MP3s because the old LPs have a “warmer” sound. Blogger and author Adam Roberts, a.k.a. the Amateur Gourmet, offers a Snob-typical discourse on Mexican Coke here.

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