Coca-Cola México | The Coca-Cola Company (2024)

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Who owns Mexico's Coca-Cola? ›

FEMSA owns 47.9% of the world's largest bottler of Coca-Cola by volume, Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A. de C.V. (NYSE: KOF), which operates in ten countries covering the metropolitan area of Mexico City, southeast Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Philippines.

Arca Continental produces, distributes and sells beverages under The Coca-Cola Company brand, as well as snacks under the brands of Bokados in Mexico, Inalecsa in Ecuador and Wise and Deep River in the U.S.

Overview: Coca‑Cola FEMSA produces, markets, sells and distributes mainly The Coca‑Cola Company's beverage portfolio.

American co*ke is made with high-fructose corn syrup and Mexican co*ke is crafted with cane sugar. Cane sugar is less processed than high-fructose corn syrup, so it offers a more natural — some would say purer or more clean-tasting — version of the drink.

Taste. Mexican co*ke is often sold in the United States to cater to both the "nostalgic factors" it evokes and the perception that it tastes different from the U.S. product, which uses corn sweetener instead of cane sugar. Results from taste tests have been mixed.

Hipsters and the trendy restaurants they patronize have known about Mexican co*ke for some time now, and bodegas in Los Angeles have stocked it to appeal to their Mexican-American customers. But in recent years, Mexican co*ke has been appearing in the wide aisles of Costco, signaling a broader interest.

The pure cane sugar Coca-Cola is made in Mexico expressly for export to the United States. The version with high fructose corn syrup has the same calorie count and, as I said, contains markings that indicate it is sold in Mexico, too.

The Coca‑Cola Company is a public company that trades its shares on the New York stock exchange - so we are 'owned' by our thousands of shareholders and investors around the world. Did you know? The first Coca‑Cola shares were issued in 1919 and the initial stock symbol used for The Coca‑Cola Company was CCO.

Many Coca-Cola fans believe that Mexican co*ke tastes more “natural” than its American cousin. This difference in taste is due to the fact that American-made co*ke switched over to using high fructose corn syrup as a sweetening agent in 1980. Mexican co*ke continued using cane sugar to sweeten its version.

MacDonald's is Coca-Cola's biggest customer, and the two companies maintain a symbiotic relationship from 1955. As MacDonald's expaneded globally, it often used Coca-Cola's offices as a base of operations to get up and running. Over the years, the companies created a system for delivery.

Does Mexican co*ke taste like old co*ke? ›

Mexican Coca-Cola is still made with cane sugar (although these days, it seems, they use a blend of cane sugar and HFCS). The company swears that you can't taste the difference, but many consumers swear that they can, and that imported Mexican Coca-Cola tastes better, more like pre-1984 US Coca-Cola.

Another reason people reach for Mexican co*ke is the appealing glass bottle, which is nostalgic and aesthetic. Drinking ice-cold soda out of the classic bottle creates an undeniable experience that elevates the taste and feel of the drink.

Mexico, with its more temperate climate and lesser munitions production had no need to change to the production of corn, and many swear that the flavour of cane sugar cola is a cleaner, more pure expression of the world's most popular fizzy drink.

Coca-Cola that is hecho en México (made in Mexico) contains cane sugar rather than high-fructose corn syrup, the current whipping boy of the food world.

In 2021, Coca Cola was the leading beverage brand in Mexico with over 1.2 billion Consumer Reach Points (CRP), followed by Pepsi, with 261 million CRP. Mexico has roughly 870 thousand points of sale of Coca-Cola FEMSA.