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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (10 children)

I really thought Coke Zero used sucralose!?

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 months ago (4 children)

In the US the current ingredients list for Coke Zero is:

CARBONATED WATER, CARAMEL COLOR, PHOSPHORIC ACID, ASPARTAME, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (TO PROTECT TASTE), NATURAL FLAVORS, POTASSIUM CITRATE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, CAFFEINE, STEVIA EXTRACT.

whereas for Diet Coke it's:

CARBONATED WATER, CARAMEL COLOR, ASPARTAME, PHOSPHORIC ACID, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (TO PROTECT TASTE), NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, CAFFEINE.

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[–] grranibal@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Yes I do love some unidentified NATURAL FLAVORS

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[–] JATtho@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

This part was recently reverse-engineered, and there are "pirate-coke" recipes are now available. The level of reverse-engineering is so good, you can barely see the difference in a NMI.

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[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 1 point 5 months ago

about damn time

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is the case. I think diet coke is aspartame sweetened.

Source: diet coke tastes like shit, coke zero is actually kind of okay.

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[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

The difference in taste is from what their formulas are based on. Diet Coke basically came from Tab, where Coke Zero was a modern attempt at making Coca-Cola with zero calories.

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I thought the same, but the internet says that not only does it contain aspartame, but it always has. I feel like I've discovered a new Mandela Effect.

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[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

I’ve been paying more attention to my health lately and honestly going from occasional sugar free soft drinks to even more occasional full sugar drinks has been a great “perk”. The sugary version tastes better, and 300-400 extra calories per month isn’t a big deal when I’m paying attention to my actual day to day consumption.

Besides, yeah yeah natural fallacy etc, but those non-sweetener ingredients probably aren’t stellar for your health either, and less overall volume of this stuff is probably better.