[ST] WTF is the difference between Coke Zero and Diet Coke?

[dug777]

?

 

[Rill22]

Diet Coke has 1 calorie. Coke Zero has none.

 

[FoBoT]

diet uses aspartame
zero uses splenda

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Rill22
Diet Coke has 1 calorie. Coke Zero has none.

o rly? how does that work?

does it taste any different? who actually cares about one calorie?

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
diet uses aspartame
zero uses splenda

interesting

so splenda is teh pwn?

 

[KoolAidKid]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
diet uses aspartame
zero uses splenda

Actually, Coke Zero has a combination of aspartame and acesulfame potassium, whatever that is.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Dude, we don't use [ST] on this forum !!

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Rill22
Diet Coke has 1 calorie. Coke Zero has none.

Wrong, Coke Zero does NOT use Splenda. Read on the can.

Diet Coke 'with Splenda' uses Splenda. The can says Diet Coke and has yellow in the Coke 'swoch'.

 

[alimoalem]

Originally posted by: Rill22
Diet Coke has 1 calorie. Coke Zero has none.

no, diet coke has 0. i think you're talking about Pepsi One or whatever

 

[FoBoT]

i don't have a bottle of zero here, i do have a bottle of diet

i went off a google search

oh well

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: FoBoT
diet uses aspartame
zero uses splenda

interesting

so splenda is teh pwn?

Splends is definately the pwn, dat's the shiznit yoo! :thumbsup:

 

[FrustratedUser]

I have both cans in front of me for reference.

 

[olds]

[ST]?
You trying to turn AT into the Chalupa Forums?

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Dude, we don't use [ST] on this forum !!

since i swore i'd never use it at TFNN, i had to use it here

 

[darkswordsman17]

Both have zero calories and both use aspartame. Coke Zero just has a different flavor to it. I think it tastes better than Diet Coke, but I don't really drink either one.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Both have zero calories and both use aspartame. Coke Zero just has a different flavor to it. I think it tastes better than Diet Coke, but I don't really drink either one.

i'm confused now

 

[Bryophyte]

Diet Coke tastes like crap. Coke Zero is awesome. Coke Zero tastes sweeter to me.

 

[mugs]

Both have zero calories. Diet Coke was designed to NOT taste like Coke because Coke was getting its ass kicked by Pepsi. Diet Coke was designed to taste more like Pepsi. Coke Zero is supposed to taste more like Coke I believe.

 

[Rill22]

Oh my bad. I totally thought Diet Coke had one calorie.

I think Coke Zero tastes more similar to Coke, but I like Diet Coke better because it doesn't taste as overpoweringly sweet. (Then again, it just tastes artificial.)

Edit: Then again, maybe it's different in other places, according to Wikipedia.

"In the UK, a 330 ml can of Diet Coke contains around 1.3 Calories (5 kilojoules) compared to 142 Calories (595 kJ) for a regular can of Coca Cola." (Text)

 

[AsianriceX]

Diet Coke is based off of the Coke II (New Coke) formula.
Coke Zero is based off of the Coca-Cola Classic forumla.

Edit:
Coke II is based off of Diet Coke, which is entirely different than Coca-Cola Classic

 

[mugs]

The oracle knows all:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_Coke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_Zero

Coca-Cola Zero, aka Coke Zero, named so because it contains no calories, is a product of the Coca-Cola Company. It is a synthetically sweetened variation of Coca-Cola Classic available in Australia and the United States.

Diet Coke does not utilize a modified form of the Coca-Cola recipe but is instead an entirely different formula. The controversial New Coke, introduced in 1985, used a version of the Diet Coke recipe that contained sugar and had a slightly different balance of ingredients.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: AsianriceX
Diet Coke is based off of the Coke II (New Coke) formula.
Coke Zero is based off of the Coca-Cola Classic forumla.

Sort of, except Diet Coke existed long before New Coke. New Coke was based on Diet Coke.


See, the problem is, Coke tastes like crap and always has. But even when they introduce a better tasting soda (New Coke - proven by taste tests), people didn't like it because it was different. They had made Diet Coke taste more like Pepsi, because they were rapidly losing ground to Pepsi. They made New Coke taste more like Diet Coke, because Coca Cola Classic was rapidly losing ground to DIET Coke.

 

[AsianriceX]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: AsianriceX
Diet Coke is based off of the Coke II (New Coke) formula.
Coke Zero is based off of the Coca-Cola Classic forumla.

Sort of, except Diet Coke existed long before New Coke. New Coke was based on Diet Coke.

Yeah, I just reread that off of wikipedia. Doh!

 

[Nick5324]

Originally posted by: KoolAidKid

Originally posted by: FoBoT
diet uses aspartame
zero uses splenda

Actually, Coke Zero has a combination of aspartame and acesulfame potassium, whatever that is.

:thumbsup: Someone I know asked the Coke guy at the store when he was re-stocking the shelf, this is pretty much what he said.

For reference:
Coke Zero (when COLD) > Diet Coke w/ Splenda > A punch in the grapes from Stewie > Diet Coke

As for Splenda, I generally like things that use it. However, Pepsi One was destroyed by switching to it

 

[SaturnX]

What does [ST] mean?