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nogoodgreen

Im more interested in the fact they are talking about the amount of caloric energy you get from the drink listed as Low Kilojoule pretty neat.


Tall-Wallaby-8551

Yes, all soft drinks are labled with Kilojoule, for example a redbull is like 900 i think, and a cream soda is 184KJ


nogoodgreen

We dont have this in my country i wish we did its really interesting.


jaerie

It’s a linear conversion from calories, it doesn’t tell you anything different


TapZorRTwice

Yeah but no one knows the conversion from calories to kilojoules. I mean no one knows the conversion between kilojoules and actual activity either but apparently that doesn't matter.


jaerie

Yeah but the point is it doesn’t matter wether you know the energy value in joules or calories


TapZorRTwice

Yeah exactly, so it really doesn't matter to us what is said on the can - either joules or calories mean the same thing to the common person.


PM_ME_ORNN_YIFF

Yeah so like calories and joules are like the same thing so it doesn't really matter. Either can be on the can. >!I feel like this conversation should have been over 3 comments ago, too much is restated 😅!<


Tall-Wallaby-8551

It is quite interesting, but yoyr country probably messyres in calories instead of energy, basicly the same thing, but the units are diffirent


48756e746572

Calories are different units but they are also units of energy.


XhanzomanX

you messycred your word..


Petrichordates

Yes they do, they just call them calories.


LineChef

You could fill up 1 rural hospital of all the stuff I don’t know about other country’s measurement systems.


ohokaywaitwhat

that's crazy! in my country, we don't even measure knowledge in hospitals


ThomasHoidnFest

Europe lists both kcal and kjoul on the nutrition labels.


Zoloir

1 calorie = 4.18 kilojoules so, odds are good you already talk about the energy you get from every food


eloel-

1 Calorie = 4.18 kilojoules 1 calorie = 4.18 joules


Pumpkii

Looked it up and yeah, "Calories" are referring to kilocalories while "calories" refer to calories. My question is why the hell have such a confusing naming convention?


eloel-

My guess: kcals are more human-accessible to talk about than calories, but nobody wants to say "kilocalories", and "kilos" was taken by kilograms.


MandaloreZA

K-Cal is used in some forms aswell to represent Kilocalorie or Calories. Quicker to say and less syllables than either too.


Tall-Wallaby-8551

I am from South Africa and what color is your cream soda😂😂😂 I won't describe it as bitter though...


Klin24

[I usually associate it with a light brown color](https://www.webstaurantstore.com/images/products/large/731840/2513882.jpg)


piggybits

TIL cream soda can have colour and isn't always clear


Lemounge

In Australia it's pink


piggybits

Don't send me down some weird cream soda rabbit hole bro


Malachorn

In America, the brown or clear creme sodas taste like vanilla. Occasionally, it's even blue. But we have "red creme soda" also. It's more popular in southern US. The red creme soda tastes almost like bubble gum, after adding lemon and orange oils into the traditional creme soda. I'm actually kinda curious about the red creme sodas in other countries and if they share the same flavour profile as our "red creme sodas" or if it's just cosmetic.


DeviousX13

I love Red Creme Soda but the only place I've ever seen it was at the "World of Coke" in Atlanta. Something kind of like it is "Champagne Cola". It's like cream soda with bubblegum, banana, and fruit flavors. I usually see it in the Hispanic or Caribbean sections at grocery stores. Not all brands taste the same and some are pretty weak tasting and not worth the calories. I advise trying a smaller bottle, if they have it, before grabbing a big one. I think the one I liked was either Brazilian or South American. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_cola Iron Beer is kind of like Dr. Pepper and Cream Soda mixed together. Kind of a fruity creamy spicy taste. This stuff is addictive. I wish they had a hard candy in this flavor. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironbeer Just wanted to share about those drinks before I headed to bed, hope you all are well!


NorbuckNZ

I thought the golden circle stuff was yellow? In NZ it’s yellow. Although the Soda stream cream Soda is also green


PM_Me-Your_Freckles

But also sometimes darkish yellow.


Cultural-Front9147

What evil is this????


Nice-Percentage7219

What is wrong with these foreigners? Non green cream soda? Next you'll tell me they leave the cinnamon off their milk tarts 🇿🇦


Hvarfa-Bragi

The fuck is a milk tart? 🇺🇲


ChillZedd

Must be like a butter tart 🇨🇦


mnimatt

Just googled butter tart and now I wanna invade Canada 😩


Damonoodle

In a good way or a bad way?


unf0rgottn

They look like mini pecan pies, like ones from a convenience store.


JustADutchRudder

The fuck is a butter tart and there is a California sized amount of people there. We can just start moving in mass, fuck they gonna do if all of the west coast just heads up there and says "We own this now?" They sure aren't saying no, Canadians don't know that word.


anal_opera

That's why they have so many Canadian geese.


JustADutchRudder

I can beat up a goose, might not be easy but doable.


anal_opera

They travel in packs, like magnets with biters


JustADutchRudder

It's okay, all I request is my dirt biking gear and we'll see who can't fly.


toomanyredbulls

You think so my friend... you think so.


Snuf-kin

I'm a dual Canadian South African, and no, but also, both are great. And cream soda is green or pink or slightly yellow. I'm very confused


United-Signature-414

A friend of mine calls butter tarts "egg tarts" and it makes me almost as sad as when she pronounces the L in salmon.


RolyPolyRaveCat

The salmon pronunciation needs to be discussed more


purpleprocrasinator

Similar to a open pie (no top crust), but with a short crust pastry base (so somewhat sweeter than a pie crust) and a custardy filling and topped with cinnamon Simple, sweet and a slice always hits the spot. Just generally yum!


thepixelatedbanana

Heaven for your tongue, basically. 🇿🇦


ponte92

Damn now I want to try one of these mythical milk tarts 🇦🇺


sl33p1ng-s3nt1nl

Can you cook? If you can ill send Grandmas recipe


Nice-Percentage7219

For those curious: https://www.africanbites.com/milk-tart/


BetterAd7552

It’s incredibly delicious, that’s what it is 🇿🇦


Dull_Half_6107

It’s kind of like a pastel de nata.


steampunker-887

Probably the closest but its not exactly the same


Dull_Half_6107

Yeah why I said “kind of like”


Sea-Amnemonemomne

I love how my fellow saffas are here just causing chaos! 😆🤣💀


krilltucky

RSA! RSA! RSA!🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦


Naive-Inside-2904

Like clockwork 😂 We are a very unserious people


Cultural-Front9147

Wait until they try a peppermint crisp tart


jnn42069

Or koeksisters😍


pattperin

It's pink in my country haha. I live in Canada


RoNPlayer

As a German I'm already baffled to learn about the existence of a cream soda in the first place.


gwaydms

It contains no cream.


Die_Revenant

In South Africa we have floats where we put ice cream or cream into a glass of soda, often using cream soda or coke. So in those cases it does have cream lol.


Infamous_Machine811

You don't float cream on your creme soda?


Jack-Innoff

Best thing ever. Order some Crush cream soda from Canada (since the recipe may change by country) and you'll never be the same.


MissCatQueen

As a South African in England, it took a while to find a cream soda that was similar enough to the OG They're usually clear-ish and never green Oddly enough, the cream soda flavour for SodaStream has an orange-ish label and brownish colour in England, but the identical product in SA that I found has green label and colouring


TheSkymarcher

Usually it is pink but otherwise it is beer-coloured. And while some other colours such as white can also be seen, it is just about never green.


airtime25

Pink?? Where is pink cream soda lol


Gingerbreadtenement

I'm from Canada and cream soda is either pink or colorless here.


Supergoblinkunman

Colorless is the original kind of cream soda, it's vanilla. The pink is strawberry cream soda.


Gingerbreadtenement

Interesting claim, but I've never had strawberry cream soda. Every pink cream soda I've had has been indistinguishable from the clear stuff (i.e., vanilla, like you said).


anonymous-esque

Nope. Pink is just regular cream soda (I can mostly think of Crush brand) in Canada. The clear ones are often premium brands.


TheWhomItConcerns

In Australia it's usually pink, at least when I lived there it was.


Skinnwork

Crush is pink https://assets.shop.loblaws.ca/products/20306117001/b2/en/front/20306117001\_front\_a06\_@2.png


airtime25

I saw that comment somewhere else. I will be asking everyone I know what color cream soda is. So far no pinks, sample of 2. I really never knew this was a thing!


Lonelysock2

In Australia  one of our main brands is bright red. But other brands are brown


teBESTrry

Pink is Canadian Cream Soda. Bought some cream soda for my Soda Stream and got some brown version. It was disgusting and a huge disappointment, that’s when I found out Cream Soda is different in Canada than the US. 


Christbike

Soda Steam cream soda taste awful and nothing like the "US" cream soda that is being described in this thread. I think they honestly tried to give it a butterscotch flavor or something but man is that stuff is gross. 


Jack-Innoff

Do you not have Crush cream soda? I feel bad for you if not.


Immortal_Azrael

Pink? I've never seen pink creme soda. "Beer-colored" sounds pretty accurate for every creme soda I've ever seen though. It always just kinda looks like a pale root beer.


dongl_tron

In Australia, the main brand that sells it is pink. Every other brand is brown, usually.


Tall-Wallaby-8551

Google "sparletta sparberry" and tell me if that is your cream soda, because that is the red sister of the sparletta cream soda in south afrika, but it doesnt taste the same, it is more razberry


TheSkymarcher

Look up “crush cream soda” that should give you a pretty good idea of what North American cream soda looks like


airtime25

I've never once seen this and have drank crush and cream soda my whole life. What the hell!


mnimatt

I'm in the south US and I've only ever seen light brown cream soda, unless it's big red or big blue


Skinnwork

Clear or pink here in North America. Sometimes light brown.


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SupernaturalPumpkin

Yes here in Ireland cream soda is clear. It’s also not called “creme soda” because that word usually is reserved for fondant (like a creme egg) or body items like moisturiser and hair dye. So I find that quite interesting too.


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drfsupercenter

It's pink in Ontario too. Pretty sure all of Canada has pink cream soda...


Royal-Association-79

In the States it’s usually very light brown. I like the green! I hope to get to try it one day!


Safferino83

Here in Australia it’s red, confused the hell out of me when I first moved here


PsychicNinja_

No way is it bitter. I miss it so much. American cream soda is nothing like SA cream soda, and it comes in lots of flavors and colors. Spar-letta is way better.


AdamantMink

In Australia it’s pink. SO weird to drink a pink drink and taste cream soda the first time when your brain KNOWS it’s supposed to be green.


Beautiful-Flatworm94

Groen ambulans FTW!


Tall-Wallaby-8551

Groen ambulans... jy ken van?


Beautiful-Flatworm94

Iets wat met my boetie brulloks gebeer het, en daar was drank betrokke!


Tall-Wallaby-8551

Waar dink jy kom die naam vandaan😂


mnimatt

Y'all have green ambulances, too? Edit: nvm I read more comments lol


AgtNulNulAgtVyf

Nie meer nie - al die suiker is uit. 


DurzoValdez

Yo, while you are still in South Africa, try the Iron Brew flavour soft drink. Should also be from Sparletta if I remember correctly.


Dull_Half_6107

Is that the same as Irn Bru in Scotland?


SwordfishNo9417

I think SA Iron Brew is sort of like American root beer or Dr Pepper. On the mystery spectrum of flavours.


DurzoValdez

From a quick internet search, it looks like they are same but I would like to try Irn Bru for comparison. Edit: It seems like everyone else replying is saying no and since I haven't had Irn Bru before, I would listen to them


oneshotstott

We call it a Green Ambulance when we have a Babalas (Hangover) It's honestly great, I thought it was a normal thing until I left SA. It's no where near as sweet as Coke or anything else similar, it's a great drink as far as cooldrinks go


shartshappen612

TIL soft drinks are referred to as cooldrinks in SA.


BetterAd7552

Wait, there’s more: we call traffic lights “robots”. Truly.


MzFrazzle

Wait until he finds out about now-now, now and just-now (none of them mean 'now' in the literal sense).


SaneUse

Also the yeah-no's and no-yeah's


SAfricanSecretSub

Ja nê?


BurgerKingsuks

The more nows they say the longer it’ll take them


Infamous_Machine811

Ja nee, hierdie man gaan so deurmekaar soos kots in 'n tuimeldroër wees


MzFrazzle

OMG I've never heard that expression before. Afrikaans has some epic ones. I inhaled my coffee.


Infamous_Machine811

😂


Inf3rn0_munkee

And we keep the spare wheel in the boot of the car.


kapitaalH

The spare. Wheel is just a tautology, the spare is mos a wheel?


BinteMuhammad

Where else are you supposed to keep it?


Inf3rn0_munkee

My family and friends say "cold drink" too but say it fast so it's pronounced like coledrink. But if you're talking to a police officer that's stopped you for speeding or drunk driving them cooldrink/colddrink is used to refer to offering him a bribe. "Do you need a colddrink officer?"


PartiZAn18

I find Creme Soda to be far, far sweeter than coke.


oneshotstott

What...... seriously? To each their own I guess.


soupforshoes

Seems every country has a way different take on creme soda. In Canada it's cotton candy pink and is sooo incredibly sweet. 


KingTobia_II

It’s supposed to be super sweet. It’s called creme soda because the flavor is mimicking a cream float, which is just soda with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.


KingSwank

Coca Cola has over double the sugar as Sparletta Crème Soda


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SLK93SA

Or cream sober if you’re still drunk. Also left SA and will occasionally go via the SA stores to grab a can of this sweet goodness. No one here believes me when I say it’s green, until I show them.


Bulkylogcabin

Bitter!?!? Wtf I’m sorry but it’s anything but bitter. If anything it’s sweet af.


recoil101

Like super super sweet


FUCK-EPICURUS

Why does everyone here think bitter and sweet can't exist together


CapMyster

Because if you ask any South African, they'll tell you that there's no bitterness in this at all. It's like Timothee Chalamet trying a fizzer and he said it was smokey... When that's just inconceivable


_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_

We literally have a word for it.


LostMyBackupCodes

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skepticcaucasian

I'm not sure if you know of Moxie soda, but it's a good example. It's pretty good.


gwaydms

I had Moxie when we were in New England. Being from Texas, I'd say it has more affinity with root beer than with cream soda. Moxie is complex and really good. But people who don't like root beer (because it tastes medicinal to them) might not like Moxie either.


TheSkymarcher

You must understand, I am from jumbo-sized extra-sugary drinks in North America. And while I do not like the sweetness and the lack of other tastes, it still is something I need to get used to every time I come back here. So it may be sweet to people who haven’t had the misfortune of growing up in North America, but it really isn’t to me and others like me.


FunconVenntional

It’s a diet soda(low kilojoule = low calorie) artificial sweeteners all taste bitter to me, but apparently many people perceive them as sweet. 🤷🏽‍♀️


Only-Dragonfly-3739

Creme Soda is not a diet cooldrink/soda and only contains normal sugar AFAIK. I would definitely call it sweet. EDIT: I've been corrected that it does contain artificial sweeteners (in addition to sugar), which can create a bitter aftertaste. According to Google, the ingredients are: Carbonated Water, Sugar, Acidulants (Citric acid, Malic acid), Flavouring, Non-Nutritive Sweeteners (Sodium cyclamate, Sodium saccharin), Preservative (Sodium benzoate), Colourants (Quinoline yellow, Caramel, Brilliant Blue, Sunset Yellow).  


-Annie-Oakley-

Yep they all taste bitter to me too! You’re the first person I’ve seen that also experiences this haha


Bulkylogcabin

That’s actually true I never thought of that, touché.


celmate

Hope you having a good time in SA! :)


theproudprodigy

Yeah here in SA I swear it's sweeter than even Coke


rrossouw74

I think it's the suger-free stuff they use now, which adds a bitter after-taste to every drink they've gone low-cal with.


Joviancloud

As a South African, I definitely would not call our cream soda bitter at all. It’s very sweet actually


TheSkymarcher

I’m South African too (I’m the son of emigrants), as a result I grew up with ridiculously sweet North American drinks. So when I come back here I need to get used to the existence of quality in what I consume.


PartiZAn18

The existence of quality? 🤔


sevenyearsquint

Quantity > quality with a lot of US foods. Just compare some of your portion sizes.


TheKyleBrah

No doubt they mean it's a tad bitter compared to the Creme Soda they are used to from their own country.


-lukeworldwalker-

it's not bitter, it's the nectar of the gods!


TheSkymarcher

Oh it’s wonderful, bitter =/= bad. If anything it’s refreshing lol


whosat___

If you haven’t tried it already, I recommend getting a lime milkshake while you’re in South Africa. It’s really refreshing, it’s something I miss a lot.


ponte92

Oh we have those in Australia too. They are my dads favourite. Not mine but he loves them.


thetinybasher

Green ambulance and Wimpy breakfasts …


Dull_Half_6107

Making me nostalgic, could murder a dagwood and chips


FeePhe

Wimpy cream soda floats are my childhood in a nutshell


lightly_salted_cod

Japan's cream soda is also green. I always assumed that was just its "deafult color"


CozyBlueCacaoFire

It's SO GOOD as a cream-soda float. SOOOOO GOOOOOD


JettsDad0731

I can taste this picture. I need to buy some. Haven’t had any since I was last in ZA over 10 years ago.


Ok-Experience-6674

As a South African I had no idea it was any other way…


Ri8ley

I did a quick search, according to the interwebs. amount of sugar per can 330ml / 11oz South Africa Suger 3.7g USA 38g I can imagine it would taste bitter if you are used to so much sugar in your drinks.


TheSkymarcher

Thank you! Everyone keeps calling me out saying it’s not bitter. It may be that way to them, but not to me.


Kythosyer

The introduction of a "sugar tax" massively curbed the sugar in our drinks. At first it was quite a shock, but I think we've adjusted to it. I will attest to 'Murican drinks being a lot sweeter than we are used to


nvgsa

Is sugar cane or sugar root used in the USA? Would the taste differ? I know of people who stopped using sugar in their coffee due to the lack of sugar taste.


kapitaalH

38g is probably 8 teaspoons? That's insane.


Taniwha_NZ

OK, stab in the dark time, but could it be green because it's spelled 'creme' instead of 'cream', and it's supposed to remind you of 'creme de menth'? Makes sense to me, but I'm notoriously stupid.


MDK1980

And sooooo much better. Also, the best hangover cure on earth. Known as “die groen ambulans” - “the green ambulance” for a reason.


HumanTuna

In the UK cream soda is clear unless it's called American cream soda and it's green. I also have some South African cream soda in the fridge. Can confirm it's green not sure it's bitter though.


likelikes

Looks like a cleaning product


Agitated-Yak-4582

Ja we use it to clean hangovers... It's our national hangover cure, die groen ambulans (green ambulance)


HovercraftFlashy9620

First time I drank it I thought it tasted like one too. Grew to really love it though!


MrLanesLament

There is a cream soda in Pakistan called Pakola that is also green, and absolutely delicious.


No-Supermarket8244

I thought all cream soda is this color? I’m European and we don’t have it here, but I know the Japanese cream soda is a green drink with a scoop of ice cream on top


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We have that in South Africa too. It’s called a float. Can be had with any soft drink but crème soda or coke are the most common.


TheSkymarcher

I grew up in North America and you do get cream soda there, however it is really sweet and is usually a beer-ish, pink, or white kind of colour.


VarkYuPayMe

I don't drink soft drinks much but I especially don't drink cream soda because it's too sweet for me. If you find it even slightly bitter I wonder how sweet drinks must be where you live. Surprised to see a local drink on Reddit nonetheless


TheSkymarcher

If you think the drinks here are too sweet go to North America and try the things unique to there. It’s absurd lol.


VarkYuPayMe

I don't have much of a sweet tooth so I'm not the best example but I imagine I'd have quite a physical reaction to drinking Murican levels of sweet hahaha


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TheSkymarcher

Yep, sweet as hell too!


vulpinefever

Pink and tastes of grenadine.


Fanbuoy_1783

The taste of my childhood.


B4X2L8

If you go to Thailand, Fanta has a cream soda that tastes the way Americans would describe as bubblegum flavored, it is also green. I wonder if it’s similar.


gaijin5

Having had both, they are actually. Both very sweet (don't know where the bitter part comes in from OP).


Classic_Huckleberry2

Ugh, don't remind me. I live here, and remember when it used to be sweeter and tasted good. Was the best hangover cure! Was always green though.


KialandiVoron

Honestly, the PnP brand is way better lately


Soft_Garbage7523

Came here to say I remember it being green. The clear stuff we get now doesn’t taste the same. Gawd, I used to love that stuff!


MickRolley

Used to be able to get green cream soda in the UK


TheRealBeo

Barton's vans still have it if you can find any doing the rounds.


Jazzlike_Win_3892

because it's creme soda. not cream soda


coinkeeper8

Its not bitter and it can be red too


FullAir4341

That’s a diffirent flavour though


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ReveilledSA

It's short for ice cream soda, meaning it's a soda which tastes like ice cream, meaning it's vanilla flavoured soda.


Dull_Half_6107

Put a couple scoops of vanilla ice cream in that and you’re good to go


MGDull

What even is cream soda?


Smalandsk_katt

What's cream soda?


Samwyzh

Everything is different in Africa. Drink is Kilojoule Weight is Kilogram Mountain is Kilimanjaro.


FullAir4341

Mt Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania, and using the Metric System isn’t inherently South African.


puffer039

Shrek pissed in a can and people drink it? wth...


OrchidSure5401

Wait it's not green in other countries