Almost all soda is produced by a corporation run by psychopaths. Your best bet is to stop drinking soda.
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While it is a fair point that thereβs no ethical consumerism under capitalism and soda is bad for you, I still want a drink and bourbon goes quite well with coke. I just hope to not support a company actively supporting genocide. Iβd hope thatβs a low bar for companies but youβre right it may not be.
I guess to be fair, there are some local places around me that make sodas, which probably are reasonable ethical businesses. Depending on how many bourbon colas you're drinking, it might be worth paying extra for an locally made soda if possible. If you don't have someone that makes soda locally (which is probably likely), maybe consider buying from "gourmet soda" brands like Hank's.
Cheerwine Zero exists. It is a black cherry flavored soda. Idk if it is available outside of the SE USA, where I live. Wikipedia says "It has been produced since 1917, claiming to be 'the oldest continuing soft drink company still operated by the same family.'" So, maybe less evil? I do know it tastes quite good.
Find some local alternatives. There's so many craft sodas out there these days.
My favorites around here are Northern Sodas, Lift Bridge, and 1919 Root Beer. Holy shit, pony kegs of 1919 are the best thing ever.
Edit: I forgot about Sprecher Soda somehow. Their Green River is. The. Best. Soft. Drink.
don't go for similar - nothing will taste close to your favorite.
find something new that you love.
asparthame is the zero-cal sweetener that tastes the best to us, so try Clear American flavored waters at Walmart
Does your local grocery store have store brand softdrinks? They can taste similar. Our local store has good quality store brand products that are sometimes better than their name brand counterparts. Obviously if you only have Walmart, then thatβs not a model corporation and youβre out of luck.
Yes! Is there one you could recommend?
Lime and Soda, raspberry lemonade
Fritz Kola super zero
would doctor pepper work. not sure about near you but they are constantly on loss leader here. it was sorta funny. they were cheap then they got second place in colas and the sales went away. I bet their sales dropped because after a few months they came roaring back. It has a nice taste like a cherry cola but lighter.
I totally didn't think of them! Unfortunately I just checked and they're also made by coke...
I was going to say they are their own company seperate from coke and pepsi but just looked at apparently although coke was blocked from buying them in the us the name of their products overseas was bought up by coke and pepsi. so apparently the us is the only place its an independent company.
I wonder how similar opencola is
Try a Old Fashioned.
Very good as well but I love the fizz
I guess I could carbonate one lol
Haha. I haven't tried it myself, but I've heard carbonated oaked spirits are not that good.
Honestly, the best you can do is try a bunch of stuff and research the company if you like it. It also really depends on how you define an ethical company. Even if you remove capitalism from it, if you look into deeply enough you're going to find that every company has done something unethical or works with an unethical party within their supply chain.
Are you looking for cola specifically or something like cola adjacent? And do you like it sweet or are you not super particular?
The flavor of Coke Zero with preferably no sugar but doesnβt have to be that way
What you could do is get some store brand soda water / club soda / seltzer or a non-sodastream water carbonator. Then get like a cola syrup online. I know some ones that do use sugar are 1883 and Torani, they both have a cola flavour. I also havent seen a lot but I saw one brand called Zerup that has a zero sugar cola syrup. You could try that.
That's a great idea! I do have a carbonator!
Water.
Go run 5 γ at a decent speed and water will be the best drink ever. No need for poison-water.
Literally not answering the question while also coming across like an ass
The sacrifices we make for not supporting corporations.
Anyway, water is non-coke and it's an alternative to coke zero. Therefore logically my answer is valid and true, but I can read between the lines and accept your rebuke.
Iced Tea