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I really thought Coke Zero used sucralose!?
In the US the current ingredients list for Coke Zero is:
whereas for Diet Coke it's:
Yes I do love some unidentified NATURAL FLAVORS
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.
about damn time
"natural and artificial flavors" is a very common ingredient in the US
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.
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.
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.
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.
The only drinks using sucralose is energy drinks basically. Sodas almost exclusively use aspertane.
My understanding is that it's cheaper and because of diet coke people expect the after taste of aspertane in a diet or low calorie soda.