Talk:Inca Kola

message: The page says:
:It is the only one local beverage in the world that outsells Coca Cola in its origin country.
but the Coca Cola page says:
: Coca-Cola is the market leader for soft drinks in all countries of the world, except Scotland, where the locally produced Irn Bru is more popular, and Quebec, Canada, where Pepsi is the market leader. 
Whichever is mistaken should be corrected.
-- Dominus 18:49, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: On checking, Irn-Bru seems to have fallen a bit, and is now roughly neck-and-neck with Coke. -- John Fader (talk | contribs) 00:31, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sales figures 

message: The image on the article is quite good, however this is a GFDL alternative in case we do not have the rights to use that one.  --Salimfadhley 23:04, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  A GFDL picture of Inca Kola 

message: Inca Kola actually is not any kind of Cola drink. It has no Cola or Cola-related ingredients. It is only related to colas by virtue of being carbonated.
:"Cola" in Lat Am Spanish has wider meaning than in English. It even includes lemonade.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.136.55 (talk) 22:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Nature of Inca Kola 

message: Just wanted to add here what some of you have said on the history of the article: Inka Kola has been selling in the U.S. for various years now, even before 2000 here in California. So that date (2005) is erroneous. I tried to look it up at the coca cola site but I wasn't able to find what I looked for concerning the date. --Dynamax 07:50, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: My local Cost Plus World Market carried Inca Kola in the DC-metro stores as far back as 2001. --BizMgr (talk) 07:40, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I think they may mean globally, not in certain areasPotatoTheThird (talk) 19:33, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sold in the U.S for years.. 

message: Is it just me, or does this article seem just a tad... smug? -Litefantastic 21:46, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Just a thought

message: First, Bembos, a national fast-food chain that eventually bested McDonald's and practically drove out Burger King from Peru, switched from Coca Cola to Inca Kola after failing to reach an agreement. The restaurant offered better service and a flavor more in tune with national tastes. It forced Bembos to switch brands almost overnight. Later, when the two companies joined, Bembos began to sell both Coca-Cola and Inca Kola side-by-side.
It is not clear what the words in bold refer to (because of bad sentence structure/wording). As such the whole paragraph has no meaning and should be deleted or corrected by the original author.
138.243.228.52 05:42, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I came here to ask the same thing. What on earth does this mean? It seems that part of the paragraph got deleted at some point. The Wednesday Island (talk) 21:08, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad English 

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message: The article isn't clear about what Inca Kola is supposed to taste like.  It suggests that the flavor is supposed to be that of Lemon Verbena, but is ultimately nonspecific.  If that is in fact the flavor, perhaps that should be clarified?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.234.195.62 (talk) 06:25, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I noticed this as well. To me, it has a taste and scent similar to pink bubble gum. ~  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.83.54.2 (talk) 22:10, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  The first paragraph has said "... with a sweet fruity flavor sometimes compared to bubblegum" for many months now. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 02:01, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  And it's in the first sentence too! I can't believe I missed that, yet, I did...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.83.54.2 (talk) 16:58, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Pink bubblegum is not an especially fruity flavor, but Inca Kola does indeed taste and smell like pink bubblegum.  --Una Smith (talk) 16:48, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

text: Inca Kola tastes like Irn Bru which also -- surprise, surprise -- tastes like pink bubblegum. -- 174.0.105.151 (talk) 18:47, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flavor 

message: The "marketing victory" section of this article indicates that Peru is one of three countries in which Coca-cola alters the content of its formula, as a direct result of national preference for sweetness (e.g., Inca Kola.). However, this is unreferenced in this article, and that section is tagged with an "original research" flag. Can someone provide evidence of this?  If so, it should also be added to the  Coca-Cola formula page.
Migp (talk) 20:22, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The assertion is nonsense. I can assure you the formula is the same. I am  currently in Peru. The so-called article was just another propaganda piece. That sort of thing is rampant here in Peru due to widespread nationalism.201.230.68.7 (talk) 01:57, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Coca-cola formula changed for Peru (one of three countries)" 

message: I have thrown out about half the article - all the stuff about Pepsi' taste test alienating Peruvians, and Coke's failed efforts to squash the noble local firm, and percentage data about which companies own what percent of the market - none of it was sourced, despite requests dating back years. 
Note: This article has infiltrated the web (even Boing Boing quoted it), swamping most mentions of Inka Cola. So beware of identically-phrased items, with wording like this: "In the 1980s, Pepsi's infamous "Pepsi Challenge" (El Reto Pepsi) campaign helped to virtually destroy the Pepsi brand in Peru, due in large part to the fact that consumers do not enjoy being told they're wrong." That came from here, written back in 2007. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 00:18, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pepsi/Coke stuff 

message: The internal link to wiki article "Corporación José R. Lindley S.A." was removed from the Inca Kola page.  I have added it back.  Corporación José R. Lindley S.A. is an important "See also" because it is the company that originally created Inca Kola (equally or more important than the internal links to competitor brands, which are also good links for "See also").  Thank you.  --Jeffrey Scott Maxwell (talk) 17:30, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corporación José R. Lindley S.A. 

message: I changed the following sentence:
"Inca Kola is exported to parts of South America, North America and Europe, and while it has not enjoyed major success outside of Peru, it can be found in Latin American specialty shops worldwide."
from "exported to" to "available in", because "exported to" is too ambiguous, and in part wrong, and would take a whole article to explain all the questions the term raises.  One point for example, Inca Kola is not exported from Peru to North America, because the Inca Kola sold in North America is owned and made there by The Coca-Cola Company.  The Inca Kola made in Peru, as it states in the article, is owned by a different company arrangement in Peru.  Thanks.  --Jeffrey Scott Maxwell (talk) 18:38, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change: "exported to" to "available in" 

message: WoW! I can't believe that Wiki doesn't have the single most important fact of them all: the ingredients!!! Particularly it would be very interesting to know what changes Coca Cola made to the original Inca ingredients. I mean I doubt the Incas came back from battle at the Titicaca, sat back in their lazyboy in their cave and uncorked a glass bottle and enjoyed liquid toxins such as:
    * Carbonated water
    * high fructose corn syrup and/or sucrose
    * citric acid
    * sodium benzoate (to protect taste)
    * caffeine
    * artificial and natural flavors
http://peruvian-cuisine.blogspot.com/2008/12/inca-kola-drink-of-peru.html
Surely there must have been a major change from lean and trim Incas/Andeans to obese/diabetes-ridden Peruvians after Coca-Cola messed with this drink! So it's important to know what the original formula was, when it originated and when it was changed to the above toxic brew. Igel B TyMaHe (talk) 01:35, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for the ingredients list. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 02:16, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

text: The original Inca ingredients? It was invented in the 20th century! 181.91.61.217 (talk) 01:19, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inca Kola Ingredients????? 

message: Can we confirm that this is a variety of champagne kola? I've tried this and Bravo brand side by side, the flavour is barely distinguishable though neither article mentions the other. Are there any sources to confirm or deny that Inca is a variety of champagne cola? Atreem (talk) 09:21, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: What do you mean by "variety"? Bravo Kolashampan and Inca Cola don't seem to be made by the same company, and their histories don't seem to overlap, so far as I can tell - that is, one wasn't created as a local variant of the other. Maybe they are both based on similar tastes, just as Coke and Pepsi are based on similar tastes, but I'm not sure how significant that is. Lots of global foods and drinks are similar to each other. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 14:26, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Exactly as you said about Coca-Cola and Pepsi, they have their own origins and differences but are both unquestionably "cola varieties". Would it be unreasonable to suggest that Inca and Kolashampan are both individual brands' versions of champagne kola? I suppose I'm just trying to fit it into a category here, they seem similar enough to me but I am ignorant of the topic. Of course if there are no sources to suggest the same, I'll leave out of it. Atreem (talk) 10:30, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, now that you mention it, Inca Kola is mentioned along with a bunch of other brands in the Champagne kola article, which does seem worthy of mention here. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 15:03, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Champagne Kola 

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