The Diet Cola Wars

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AbAbber2k

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Originally posted by: MattCo
Diet Barq's Root Beer is best in my opinion.

-MC

That's sacreligious. Who ever thought Barq's needed to be turned into a diet drink should be shot... same with Caffeine-free Barqs.

Course I'm extremely anti-diet. Usually when people tell me that once you're "use to" the diet taste you never go back, I give em the finger. I don't WANT to get use to it.
 

smc13

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Originally posted by: MattCo
When is the Splenda Diet Coke hitting the shelves? I am curious to see what it tastes like.

Diet Barq's Root Beer is best in my opinion.

-MC


I heard that will hit the shelves in July. It is supposed to actually taste like coke.
 

Megatomic

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Diet Vanilla Cherry Doctor Pepper rules but since it's not in the pole I voted for Diet Pepsi.
 

StageLeft

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Course I'm extremely anti-diet. Usually when people tell me that once you're "use to" the diet taste you never go back, I give em the finger. I don't WANT to get use to it.
It's kind of true. I'm used to it and I normally do fine with diet drinks. Every once in a blue moon I'll have a non-diet drink. It's a hell of a lot better, but those 150 calories are just such waste.
 

Bryophyte

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Diet Pepsi>Pepsi One>store brand diet cola>Diet Coke

I won't vote for Diet Rite because it isn't a caffeine delivery system. I rarely drink Diet Coke, had an ex who drank a 6 pack of that for breakfast every day *bleh*
 

smc13

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Originally posted by: conjur
Diet Rite

No caffeine
No sodium
No Aspartame


And they have different flavors other than cola.


Oh, Diet Big Red, too, I believe uses Splenda.


I like diet rite but it has no caffeine so it doesn't wake me up.
 

smc13

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Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: MattCo
When is the Splenda Diet Coke hitting the shelves? I am curious to see what it tastes like.

Diet Barq's Root Beer is best in my opinion.

-MC

Do you mean C2? it is half Splenda and half sugar. half the sugar, half the carbs. ;)

it's pretty good. i just had one.

but it is more carbs/sugar than Diet Coke / Diet Pepsi.


C2 is part sucralose, part aspertame, and part corn syrup. None of the sodas have sugar (at least in the US)