AROUND THE WORLD
Dan Moritz

The familiar plastic 20oz
U.S. Coke
Bottle.
Located in Manitoba, the worlds largest known Coke Can.
The also familiar U.S.
12oz can.
Coke’s 2
Liter
Bottle.

Still commonly served in Glass bottles,
Mexican-made Coke
(served throughout
Central America) is preferred by many because, unlike it’s counterparts worldwide, it is sweetened with real
Cane Sugar, not corn syrup; though it is not usually served as cold as in the U.S.

In South
In South America, much like Central
America, it is common to find Coca-Cola bottled in traditional glass bottles. Pictured
America, they do not have
“Diet Coke”, instead they call it “Coca-Cola
Light”.
are some new aluminum bottles recently released in Brazil.
A Chilean Coke bottle shaped like a soccer ball for World
Cup Promotion.

A french
Half-Liter aluminum
Coke can.
An arrangement of
British Coke Cans.
Similar to the
U.S.’ 20oz bottle, Europe typically sells smaller Half-
Liter plastic bottles.
An older glass Coke
Bottle from
Spain.

The Coca-Cola logo translated into
Russian, though it is usually marketed with it’s traitional label.
A Russian stubby Coke can, 330mL.
These Russian matrioshka dolls are an example of how much Coke has become a park of Russian culture.

A coke can as sold in Iran. These 330mL cans usually feature both the native language and the English logos.
A glass 1L bottle with a plastic top.
Arabic Hebrew
An
Israeli
Coke
Can

An egyptian
Coke Can, again 330mL, a common size overseas.
Throughout most Africa, clear glass bottles are the norm for
Coke, usually without label.
Coke is served at this
“Jesus is the Answer”
‘Cooling Spot’.

South Asia’s Coke Sizes:
Glass Bottles:
200 mL, 300 mL, 500 mL,
1000 mL
Plastic Bottles:
500 ml, 1.5 L, 2 L, 2.25 L,
Can: 330mL
A contoured 1.5 and 2L bottle.
The recurring glass bottles and 330mL cans.

Coca-Cola is almost as common in East Asia as in
North America.
A giant coke bottle, towering above a four story building in china.
A 1995 Chinese
Coke ad which says
“forever happy and free spirited”.
A high-tech aluminum
400mL Coke bottle from
Japan.
A Coca-Cola
6-pack from
China

Though coming in many different shaped and sizes, Southeast
Asian coke comes almost exclusively in glass bottles; with a few plastic bottles being introduced only in recent years.

CocaCola’s shape and size, and even recipe may change around the world, but it’s cultural infulence really does not. It is a staple product across the world.