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In Uruguay we have CocaCola with Stevia. Are we the only ones ? I think they are testing it. As a Diet Pepsi fan, I really liked it.

• vanadium 11y ago
  Coca-Cola Life is being sold in the U.S. here and there. Seems like a widespread test more than a full-scale roll-out at the moment. But yeah, it's here.
  • threeseed 11y ago
    It's also being rolled out across Australia.
    • deevus 11y ago
      Yeah I tried CocaCola Life and it's nice, but it's still a lot of sugar since it's not a complete replacement.
    • twic 11y ago
      It's fairly ubiquitous in the UK. Personally, i think it's vile.
  • wodenokoto 11y ago
    Is that the green labelled one? We have it in Japan and I can't for the life of me figure out what its deal is. It taste quite bad.
• mixmastamyk 11y ago
  Sounded promising, but looks like it is still 50% sugar... way to clutch defeat from the jaws of victory.
• Trufa 11y ago
  Yeah, but it's with sugar too right?
• bpicolo 11y ago
  Oh man, I can't stand stevia. Leaves a long-lasting, sticky miserable aftertaste.
  • dlss 11y ago
    Stevia is actually ~four sweetening compounds, not one [1]... the after taste you're discussing comes from stevia extract with the four compounds in their natural ratios. I believe Coke is starting to use stevia because biosynthesis is bringing the cost down, and allowing you select which of the four compounds you'd like[2]... although I haven't managed to taste yet it myself, I believe this solves the after taste problem. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steviol_glycoside https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steviol_glycoside [2] https://www.google.com/patents/EP2645847A1?cl=en https://www.google.com/patents/EP2645847A1?cl=en -- can't find the news link where I read about the application of it though :(