Why does caffeine free diet Coke

[SaltyNuts]

Not taste as good as regular diet coke? I can totally tell them apart. Does caffeine have a taste?

Thanks.

 

[shortylickens]

I dunno.

Clear Pepsi tastes worse than Pepsi, but everyone says its just coloring and the flavor is supposed to be the same.

Life is crazy.

 

[lxskllr]

caffeine is bitter. I'm sure it affects the flavor profile. I'd rather drink water than diet anything.

 

[zCypher]

"Diet" anything is madness! But yea, caffeine affects the flavor. Be suspicious of anything that changes the ingredients and claims to taste the same.

 

[n7]

I dunno.

Clear Pepsi tastes worse than Pepsi, but everyone says its just coloring and the flavor is supposed to be the same.

Life is crazy.

Yeah i found that odd. Was very disappointed with Crystal Pepsi (i had never tried it originally).

 

[John Connor]

Without real sugar and caffeine, why drink the shit? At that point just drink sparkling flavored water.

 

[Mixolydian]

Why are you drinking diet in the first place?

 

[Ichinisan]

Maybe it's intentional. Maybe they'd rather make the more addictive sodas have a more appealing so you drink those and get addicted.

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

Without real sugar and caffeine, why drink the shit? At that point just drink sparkling flavored water.

Isn't caffeine free diet coke just flavored sparkling water at that point?

 

[lxskllr]

Isn't caffeine free diet coke just flavored sparkling water at that point?

Good flavored sparkling water doesn't have sweetener, natural or otherwise. Sweetened 'sparkling beverage' tastes sweeter than regular soda many times, and usually at least 4* as shitty.

 

[Carson Dyle]

The opposite is true, IMO. Yes, caffeine has a taste - it's very bitter.

When I actually drank a soda or two per day (because the fridge at work was stocked) I greatly preferred caffeine free Diet Coke and Pepsi. They both tasted better than caffeinated versions of either. The best is still Mexican Coke, sweetened with sugar, and I indulge in one of those every couple of months.

 

[brianmanahan]

Clear Pepsi tastes worse than Pepsi, but everyone says its just coloring and the flavor is supposed to be the same.

i like clear pepsi better, i hope they never get rid of it

but pepsi 1893 is better than both of them

 

[MrSquished]

soda is only good with liquor in it

 

[lxskllr]

soda is only good with liquor in it

Soda is terrible with liquor in it. It ruins both products.

 

[MrSquished]

Soda is terrible with liquor in it. It ruins both products.

Definitely not. Jack and coke, gin and tonic, rum and coke. Various drinks with a splash of soda in them. Delicious.

Soda is useless without alcohol.

 

[brianmanahan]

Soda is useless without alcohol.

i can't drink alcohol but i can assure you that pop is not useless

 

[lxskllr]

Definitely not. Jack and coke, gin and tonic, rum and coke. Various drinks with a splash of soda in them. Delicious.

Soda is useless without alcohol.

Coke makes Jack barely palatable. It's like putting saccharin and grape flavor into medicine so kids will take it. It's an improvement(maybe), but no one thinks it tastes good. I'll take a straight rum any day over ruining it with coke. I'll concede the tonic water if we're calling that a soda, but I don't know anyone who drinks that straight

 

[Crono]

My reaction to caffeine-free colas

 

[brianmanahan]

My reaction to caffeine-free colas

it is the wonder drug

 

[John Connor]

Good flavored sparkling water doesn't have sweetener, natural or otherwise. Sweetened 'sparkling beverage' tastes sweeter than regular soda many times, and usually at least 4* as shitty.

Negative. You can buy sparkling water who's indigents are just water and natural flavor. Nothing else. It's what I drink.

 

[zinfamous]

I dunno.

Clear Pepsi tastes worse than Pepsi, but everyone says its just coloring and the flavor is supposed to be the same.

Life is crazy.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-how-does-sight-smell-affect-taste/

 

[JimKiler]

my niece will not drink my caffeine free Mountain Dew because she claims it tastes different. If there is a taste to caffeine it is so minor i do not notice it. And I do not take caffeine but do like a good Mountain Dew.

 

[nakedfrog]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-how-does-sight-smell-affect-taste/

You bastard, you beat me by mere minutes!
I've read a number of articles along this line, it's fascinating. One of them involved them serving people food that had been dyed weird colors, then eating it in a room with lights that were filtered to make it look normal, and then they turned the lights off... and some of the people got sick. Plate size/shape/color can play a factor in our perception of flavor/how full we get.