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They're not the same drink: "Diet Coke is not based on the Coca-Cola formula, but instead on Tab. The controversial New Coke, introduced in 1985, used a versio
by pram 4y ago
They're not the same drink:
"Diet Coke is not based on the Coca-Cola formula, but instead on Tab. The controversial New Coke, introduced in 1985, used a version of the Diet Coke recipe that contained high-fructose corn syrup and had a slightly different balance of ingredients."
Why would New Coke have been developed from Diet Coke if it tasted the same as Coca-Cola? Anyway you're wrong, but I admire the confidence.
- crazygringo 4y agoThat reference is from Wikipedia but without a citation. It's as good as garbage. But the main point here is that Diet Coke is not a "completely different drink" from Coke. You can go refer to your taste buds on that one. Especially since you seem to find Tab so wretched.
- pram 4y agoIt’s amazing then that Diet Coke and Coke Zero exist simultaneously despite apparently being the exact same flavor!
- crazygringo 4y agoIsn't marketing amazing? Diet Coke was perceived as a women's beverage, so then they came out with Coke Zero in a "masculine" black can specifically in order to appeal to men without any "feminine" connotations. And it worked!