How does Coke Zero taste so good?

[Reckoner]

..and yet, have no calories?

 

[feelingshorter]

perhaps they put cocain back in it like they used to and its messing with your thoughts

 

[JoeKing]

it's the sugar

 

[hypn0tik]

It doesn't.

 

[imported_Snagle]

i have yet to try it. I though C2 was good but not worth the calories so I just drank diet again. diet coke with splenda tastes terrible IMO.

 

[Howard]

The sodium flouride is working its magic...

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: Snagle
i have yet to try it. I though C2 was good but not worth the calories so I just drank diet again. diet coke with splenda tastes terrible IMO.

I think Coke Zero tastes even better than regular Coke. If it's just loaded up on sugar, I can live with it

 

[Siddhartha]

Coke replaced the nutrient sweetener, high Fructose corn syrup, with Aspartame and Acesulfame Potassium.

Edit:
I remember reading on the label that Coke was using Sucralose, my mistake.

 

[randumb]

it's nasty imo

 

[ballmode]

hmm i might trry

 

[imported_Snagle]

Originally posted by: Siddhartha
Coke replaced the nutrient sweetener, high Fructose corn syrup, with Sucralose.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Sucralose is a non-caloric sweetener, also known by the trade name SPLENDA. In the European Union it is also known under the E number (additive code) E955. It is 500?600 times as sweet as sucrose, making it roughly twice as sweet as saccharin and four times as sweet as aspartame. It is manufactured by the selective chlorination of sucrose, by which three of sucrose's hydroxyl groups are substituted with chlorine atoms to produce 1,6-dichloro-1,6-dideoxy-ß-D-fructo-furanosyl 4-chloro-4-deoxy-a-D-galactopyranoside. Unlike aspartame, it is stable under heat and over a broad range of pH conditions, and can be used in baking, or in products that require a long shelf life.

interesting. I kind of appreciate my intro to chem class now

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: Siddhartha
Coke replaced the nutrient sweetener, high Fructose corn syrup, with Sucralose.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Sucralose is a non-caloric sweetener, also known by the trade name SPLENDA. In the European Union it is also known under the E number (additive code) E955. It is 500?600 times as sweet as sucrose, making it roughly twice as sweet as saccharin and four times as sweet as aspartame. It is manufactured by the selective chlorination of sucrose, by which three of sucrose's hydroxyl groups are substituted with chlorine atoms to produce 1,6-dichloro-1,6-dideoxy-ß-D-fructo-furanosyl 4-chloro-4-deoxy-a-D-galactopyranoside. Unlike aspartame, it is stable under heat and over a broad range of pH conditions, and can be used in baking, or in products that require a long shelf life.

Hmm... interesting. I don't see any mentioning of it on the list of ingredients on the can though.

Ingredients listed: Carbonated Water, Caramel Color, Phosphoric Acid, Aspartame, Potassium Benzoate (to protect taste), Natural Flavors, Potassium Citrate, Acesulfame Potassium, and Caffeine.

 

[secretanchitman]

hmm, it tastes okay, but i can still sense the aftertaste...ugh.

 

[TechBoyJK]

i dont know of anything better than an almost frozen, but still liquid can of cold cold coke....

 

[LookingGlass]

For a treat around here, I used to go to a soda/cigar shop, and get real coke, made with pure cane sugar, or Dr.Pepper made with real sugar. You can taste the difference.

 

[saahmed]

Splenda. Splenda tastes like real sugar because it is sucralose. I like to use it for sugar in everything because it tastes better IMO.

 

[Malfeas]

It tastes like slightly flat regular coke to me, but the simple solution to that problem is to add RUM. Then it tastes just fine.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: Siddhartha
Coke replaced the nutrient sweetener, high Fructose corn syrup, with Aspartame and Acesulfame Potassium.

Edit:
I remember reading on the label that Coke was using Sucralose, my mistake.

Great, memory loss and or cancer!? All in one tasty and easy to drink beverage!

 

[Staples]

Things that cause cancer taste good.

Just like cigs.

 

[n7]

haven't seen it here yet

 

[sniperruff]

it has cocaine in it.

 

[saahmed]

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: Siddhartha
Coke replaced the nutrient sweetener, high Fructose corn syrup, with Aspartame and Acesulfame Potassium.

Edit:
I remember reading on the label that Coke was using Sucralose, my mistake.

Great, memory loss and or cancer!? All in one tasty and easy to drink beverage!

Aspartame can only cause cancer in extremely large amounts. Impossible to eat enough of it to cause cancer unless you eat a few pounds a day. Where the hell do you get memory loss from?

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: saahmed
Splenda. Splenda tastes like real sugar because it is sucralose. I like to use it for sugar in everything because it tastes better IMO.

Splenda tastes horrible to me. It's just... Nasty.

 

[jelkukipik]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
hmm, it tastes okay, but i can still sense the aftertaste...ugh.

Drink these "diet" product every day for 2 weeks and after you wont taste the after taste.Im now use to these coke diet, zero. ( except the Crush Orange who taste horrible in his diet uniform. )

 

[clickynext]

Geez, if you're concerned about your health, why don't you just stop drinking coke and have some good ol' water or fruit juice? Those taste better IMO anyway.