JoeWras
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I would guess that the "difference" between our childhood memories of Coke and today's fountain Coke could be the substitution of high-fructose corn syrup for sugar. In an effort to reduce costs and because of the relatively wide fluctuations of sugar prices, the switch was made around 1974 IIRC.
Ding, ding, ding! That's gotta be it. I forgot about that.
And this circles back to the topic of inflation. The HFCS substitution was an example of shrinkflation during the brutal inflation periods of the 70s.