What Does the Yellow Cap on Coca-Cola Bottles Mean?

How Coke’s Passover recipe sparked an antisemitic conspiracy theory

The conspiracy theory started, ironically, when an Orthodox rabbi stood in front of a display of Coca-Cola bottles and held up one with a yellow cap to explain Jewish life to roughly 1 million followers on TikTok and Instagram. The demonstration was intended to illustrate a quirk of the Passover season: a version of Coke that’s made without high fructose corn syrup. Instead, the soda is sweetened with cane sugar — a switch made to comply with re…

What Does the Yellow Cap on Coca-Cola Bottles Mean?

Hint: It has to do with a certain springtime holiday.Adobe StockWhen it comes to soft drinks, different brands and flavors are easy to identify and tell apart. Each brand is associated with certain colors, design elements, fonts, mascots, and even bottle shapes that make them stand out in the marketplace.Chances are you're thinking of a bottle with a distinct red cap right now. However, did you know that there are Coca-Cola bottles that have cap…

Here's why Coca-Cola bottles have yellow caps right now

Coca-Cola bottles with yellow caps.Talia Lakritz/Business InsiderOn Passover, observant Jews refrain from eating leavened foods or foods with leavening ingredients.Yellow caps on Coke bottles indicate the soda is kosher, or fit, for drinking on Passover.It's made with Coke's original recipe of sucrose instead of corn syrup.If you've perused the beverage aisle of your local supermarket lately, you may have noticed that some soda bottles are sport…

Four questions about the quirky Canadian affection for Passover Coke

This piece was first published on April 8, 2022. Jeff Dobro pushed his empty grocery cart toward the very back of a Toronto-area Metro supermarket in March, looking for a two-litre object that only appears once a year. The businessman had actually been calling around to stores in his area for weeks beforehand, hoping to secure sufficient supply of his favourite soft drink. “I get anxiety four to six weeks before Passover, just waiting for this p…

How did an Atlanta rabbi make Coke kosher for Passover?

Passover is one of the most important holidays in the Jewish calendar. Every year, Jews around the world gather to read the Haggadah, which recounts the story of the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt.  To honor their rush to flee Egypt, not giving their bread enough time to rise before they ran,  Jewish law prohibits the consumption of chametz — leavened food made from grains like wheat, rye, oats, barley, and spelt. Ashkenazi tradition a…

Kosher butchers, bakers, grocers can help you meet Passover needs

Area kosher butchers, bakers and grocers have been busy stocking their shelves with kosher for Passover items. Customers have been finding a variety of products at Unger’s Kosher Market in Cleveland Heights and The Grove Kosher Market in South Euclid,…