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Why not just drink diet coke?
by tieTYT 14y ago
Why not just drink diet coke?
- vidarh 14y agoYou seriously suggested diet coke to someone wanting a non-sugary alternative to coke? Ok, so that's unnecessarily snarky, but diet coke is pretty much the farthest away from the non-diet colas you can get with the diet variations. These days at least I believe it's that way on purpose, as it's created a distinct market for itself. Coke Zero is a lot closer, but Diet Pepsi and Pepsi Max are both vastly better approximations to their non-diet versions. RC Light, though, is the only diet cola I've tasted that ever got close to fooling me into thinking I got the non-diet version. It's worth a try. But RC tastes quite different to Coke (much stronger caramel taste) so someone looking for a diet alternative to Coke might not be happy with it.
- tallanvor 14y agoYes, Coke does seem to have gone way out of their way to make Diet Coke and Coke Zero taste very distinct. I miss Diet Pepsi (can't get it in Norway) - Pepsi Max is ok, but it's not the same. Since work ditched Pepsi I've cut way back on the amount of soda I drink. I suppose that may be a good thing, but I still miss the taste.
- philwelch 14y agoFun fact: Coke tried adapting the Diet Coke recipe to use real Coke. The result? 1985's ill-fated New Coke. Diet Coke and Coke Zero are only two of their diet colas. The original was TaB, which is still sold today.
- intopieces 14y agoDiet Coke contains HFCS, and is no better for you than regular coke. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/11/diet-soda-diabetes-risk-type-2-artificially-sweetened-sugar_n_2663247.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/11/diet-soda-diabetes-...
- atdrummond 14y agoDiet Coke does not contain high fructose corn syrup. (http://www.livestrong.com/article/258491-ingredients-nutrition-facts-of-diet-coke/ http://www.livestrong.com/article/258491-ingredients-nutriti...)
- eru 14y agoSemaphor lives in Germany. They don't really do HFCS there anyway.
- illuminate 14y agoI would suggest not using HuffPo for "science" and "health" advice.
- Semaphor 14y agoBecause it tastes disgusting :D I switched from sugar in my coffee to stevia about 1 1/2 years ago, it was the first non-sugar sweetener I tried I didn't find disgusting.