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5. A QR code just encodes a URL.

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 12:56 AM

20 hrs ago

Most phones will show it to you and ask if you want to go there after scanning it. The codes themselves aren't somehow personalized, and consequently neither is the URL. What the web browser you use on your *phone* chooses to provide is separate from the QR code. It is really the same as if they printed the URL on the label and forced you to type it into your browser, without the hassle of having to type it in.

That said, it is likely that the QR code varies between different drinks, so the URL can show you the ingredients specific to that particular drink, so you don't have to search the website for that, either.

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Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper will begin using QR codes for ingredient information [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

I see a QR code and I see a way for a company to get your information erronis Yesterday #1

A QR code just encodes a URL. eggplant 20 hrs ago #5

They get your phone data when you use the QR link GreatGazoo 12 hrs ago #6

I'm tempted to file an ADA complaint about that IbogaProject 22 hrs ago #2

I remember before they started putting the actual totals of carbohydrates in the whole package IbogaProject 22 hrs ago #3

They know most people won't bother scanning a code to look up ingredients. LudwigPastorius 21 hrs ago #4

The single worst food you can put in your body and they made it worse GreatGazoo 12 hrs ago #7