Diet Coke Taste Test

[Ulysses]

I bought a can/bottle of each of these from the corner store today and tried them all out:

Diet Coke
Diet Coke w/ Splenda
Coke Zero

Diet Coke, as always, had a crappy chemicalish aftertaste.

Diet Coke w/ Splenda tasted sweeter and more like sugar without that aftertaste, but still kinda sucked.

Coke Zero tasted a little more like regular coke and also tasted more like sugar than Diet Coke, but still kinda sucked.

Overall, I thought all three drinks pretty much sucked. I am going to stick w/ my plan of just not drinking soda.

[Los Feliz Slim]

I am an avid consumer of Diet Coke, and recently conducted a similar test. Coke Zero indeed tasted the least bad. However, since I drink Diet Coke because I am addicted to it, not because I enjoy it, I will be sticking with my chemically Diet Coke. You are wise to keep this monkey off your back.

[webgator]

Have you tried the Pepsi One?

I like it much better than the Diet Coke w/Splenda.

Either way, I'm usually drinking Diet Mt Dew anyways...

[Sponger15SB]

You should have done a blind taste test.

[Ulysses]

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You should have done a blind taste test.

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We did.

[brassnuts]

If you like sprite, I suggest Sprite Zero or Diet Sprite. Both are good diet sodas.

[Sponger15SB]

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If you like sprite, I suggest Sprite Zero or Diet Sprite.

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Also if you like beer, try this...

http://www.simpsonloft.net/dandp/duff/duffzero.jpg

[Malachii]

Is diet mountain dew good? Obviously a subjective question, but I drink 2-3 cokes a day and it's catching up with me if you know what I'm sayin'... Would like to start drinking diet something if it's not horrible.

[brassnuts]

Oh yeah, iced tea is g00t.

[imported_CaseClosed326]

<======================Duh

[Cubswin]

try pinching your nose while doing the blind taste test. since something like 85% of taste is actually determined by smell, you wont have a chance at telling the differnece between them.

cubs

[Sponger15SB]

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try pinching your nose while doing the blind taste test. since something like 85% of taste is actually determined by smell, you wont have a chance at telling the differnece between them.

cubs

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So then what would be the point of doing a taste test if you can't taste it?

[HopeydaFish]

I really dislike Diet Coke. As Diablo stated, it tastes chemically. I don't mind Diet Pepsi, though...I find it tastes similar to regular Pepsi...which isn't altogether good, but at least it's not chemically.

[thatpfunk]

Arnold Palmers owns regular iced tea.

[Cubswin]

good point /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

i just wanted to poimt out that when people say that something tastes bad... more then likely, it actually smells unappealing to them.

cubs

[scotty34]

Does that new Coke 2 exist in the US? It claims to have half the sugar and calories of original Coke, but it tastes identical.

[Edge34]

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Arnold Palmers owns regular iced tea.

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Isn't that stuff like Iced Tea + Lemonade or something? Tried it at the Lion's Tap (Eden Prairie, MN) and loved the stuff, but can't find it at any stores around here for some reason...

[Sponger15SB]

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Arnold Palmers owns regular iced tea.

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Isn't that stuff like Iced Tea + Lemonade or something? Tried it at the Lion's Tap (Eden Prairie, MN) and loved the stuff, but can't find it at any stores around here for some reason...

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This website (http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/) has information on whats in an Arnold Palmer

[Edge34]

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Arnold Palmers owns regular iced tea.

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Isn't that stuff like Iced Tea + Lemonade or something? Tried it at the Lion's Tap (Eden Prairie, MN) and loved the stuff, but can't find it at any stores around here for some reason...

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This website (http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/) has information on whats in an Arnold Palmer

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Wow, sponge, that's cool. Never would've thought of that. Especially funny if I'm right and you're just being a douche, right? /images/graemlins/tongue.gif Can't google that, now can I?

[Piiop]

So, did your whole taste test determined that Diet Coke sucks? Cuz I could've just told you that.

Not drinking pop/soda is good, but you can't base your decision of not drinking soda on just Diet Coke.

[Benholio]

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Arnold Palmers owns regular iced tea.

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Isn't that stuff like Iced Tea + Lemonade or something? Tried it at the Lion's Tap (Eden Prairie, MN) and loved the stuff, but can't find it at any stores around here for some reason...

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This website (http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/) has information on whats in an Arnold Palmer

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Wow, sponge, that's cool. Never would've thought of that. Especially funny if I'm right and you're just being a douche, right? /images/graemlins/tongue.gif Can't google that, now can I?

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Sure you can. (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=I%27m+right+a nd+you%27re+just+being+a+douche&btnG=Search)

[Diplomat]

How about Diet Water?

-Diplomat

[Nottom]

After trying the Coke Zero last week, I bought a Diet Coke w/Splenda yesterday while wondering around Target.

I actually thought it was pretty good for a diet drink (better than coke zero and much better than normal diet coke). I might be better off just avoiding soda all together but I think I could handle drinking the splenda coke when I had a soda craving.

[Nottom]

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Is diet mountain dew good? Obviously a subjective question, but I drink 2-3 cokes a day and it's catching up with me if you know what I'm sayin'... Would like to start drinking diet something if it's not horrible.

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I think Diet Mt Dew is one of the worst diet drinks I tried. Diet Dr Pepper, Diet Sprit/Sprite Zero, and Coke w/Splenda (and to a lesser degree Coke Zero) are really the only diet drinks I thought were even bearable.

[Nottom]

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Does that new Coke 2 exist in the US? It claims to have half the sugar and calories of original Coke, but it tastes identical.

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I thought it tasted as bad as Diet Coke with lots more calories.

[thatpfunk]

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Isn't that stuff like Iced Tea + Lemonade or something?

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Exactly and it is excellent...

I make it anytime I find myself in a fastfood restaurant and I believe it is sold in cartons.

[TylerD]

drink Pepsi Max, it will solve all your 'soda' related problems.

[KaneKungFu123]

why not try exercising and staying in shape and eating anything you want in a balanced diet?

[Blarg]

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Have you tried the Pepsi One?

I like it much better than the Diet Coke w/Splenda.

Either way, I'm usually drinking Diet Mt Dew anyways...

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Dude, that's like asking a Muslim if he's tried the Talmud. Coke and Pepsi drinkers are natural mortal enemies, and usually find it impossible to freely switch between one and the other. The tastes are just too different. Pepsi is much sweeter.

[Blarg]

I'm finding Arizona Iced Teas a nice substitute for coke sometimes.

They don't have the carbonation or anywhere near the caffeine, but they're also very good and satisfying.

[edtost]

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Isn't that stuff like Iced Tea + Lemonade or something?

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Exactly and it is excellent...

I make it anytime I find myself in a fastfood restaurant and I believe it is sold in cartons.

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half+half from nantucket nectars is like a bajillion times better than any of the others.

[GoblinMason (Craig)]

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Coke Zero

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Wtf is that?

(seriously, I haven't heard of it.)

-Craig

[The Armchair]

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You should have done a blind taste test.

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We did.

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You should do a triangle test.

Take two of the drinks and three plastic cups. Fill #1 and #2 with Drink A and fill #3 with Drink B. Mix up the cups.

Drink each cup with water in between. See if you can tell which drink is the different one. You'll probably have only about a 33% success rate -- that is, no better than pure luck.

[waffle]

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Coke Zero

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Wtf is that?

(seriously, I haven't heard of it.)

-Craig

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Summary of Coke's diet/low-cal line:

C2 - Classic Coke taste w/ about half corn syrup, half artificial sweetners (both Splenda and Aspartame are used).
Diet Coke - New Coke taste w/ Aspartame
Diet Coke w/ Splenda - New Coke taste w/ Splenda
Coke Zero - Classic Coke taste w/ Aspartame

[Sponger15SB]

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why not try exercising and staying in shape and eating anything you want in a balanced diet?

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I always wonder this when I see people on incredibly shitty diets. They'll go to great lengths to eat horrible no/low carb food and then sit on their lazy asses all day.

[Alex/Mugaaz]

DIET COKE WITH LIME

There is no further discussion needed. This is the absolute nectar of the Gods.

[Blarg]

Is that a drink or a violation of the Genevea convention?

[imported_CaseClosed326]

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Have you tried the Pepsi One?

I like it much better than the Diet Coke w/Splenda.

Either way, I'm usually drinking Diet Mt Dew anyways...

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Dude, that's like asking a Muslim if he's tried the Talmud. Coke and Pepsi drinkers are natural mortal enemies, and usually find it impossible to freely switch between one and the other. The tastes are just too different. Pepsi is much sweeter.

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So true, when people say there is no difference I have to punch them in the gut. Or if I am at a resturaunt and I order a diet coke, and get pepsi I have to spit it in the wait person's face and berate them for a couple of minutes.

[The Stranger]

So if you go to Coco's or something (I know the food isn't the best, but its better than Denny's when its late and you're hungry), order a Diet Coke, and the waitress asks, "Is a Diet Pepsi okay?" what do you do?

Water, iced tea, juice?

[colgin]

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Diet Coke w/ Splenda tasted sweeter and more like sugar without that aftertaste, but still kinda sucked.


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I just saw this today. I detest all things Splenda so I will be passing on this.

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Overall, I thought all three drinks pretty much sucked. I am going to stick w/ my plan of just not drinking soda.

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This is, of course, a good plan. However, if I was going to drink a cola soda (I personally prefer diet ginger ale), it would be Pepsi One. The only reason I don't drink it anymore is that I am caffeine intolerant. Tastes pretty good though.

[Nottom]

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I detest all things Splenda so I will be passing on this.



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This is, of course, a good plan. However, if I was going to drink a cola soda (I personally prefer diet ginger ale), it would be Pepsi One. The only reason I don't drink it anymore is that I am caffeine intolerant. Tastes pretty good though.

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I'm about 99% sure Pepsi One is made with Splenda.

[Ulysses]

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I detest all things Splenda so I will be passing on this.



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This is, of course, a good plan. However, if I was going to drink a cola soda (I personally prefer diet ginger ale), it would be Pepsi One. The only reason I don't drink it anymore is that I am caffeine intolerant. Tastes pretty good though.

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I'm about 99% sure Pepsi One is made with Splenda.

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Well, it was the 1%. I just looked up the ingredients. Looks like the sweeteners are aspartame and acesulfame potassium (Ace-K), not Splenda (sucralose).

[Ulysses]

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why not try exercising and staying in shape and eating anything you want in a balanced diet?

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When you get a little older, you'll find that even with exercise, it becomes tougher to stay in really good shape without paying more attention to your diet than you had to when you were younger. Enjoy it for now though, kid.

[Subfallen]

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Is that a drink or a violation of the Genevea convention?

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lol

[Rick Nebiolo]

Can't help you with the test - I hardly ever drink soda, water straight from the tap is good enough for me /images/graemlins/smile.gif.

What do you think of Splenda?

I drink a couple of cups of herbal tea late at night (morning coffee is light with no sweetener) and started using Splenda instead of sugar or honey when I went on Atkins . I think it is by far the closest thing to sugar in taste and even though I'm off Atkins (although I still eat a lot less white starch then I used to) I stuck with using Splenda.

~ Rick

[ethan]

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Does that new Coke 2 exist in the US? It claims to have half the sugar and calories of original Coke, but it tastes identical.

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I thought it tasted as bad as Diet Coke with lots more calories.

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It tastes suspiciously like a 1:1 mix of Diet Coke and regular Coke. Which of course makes it awful, because it's more than 0% Diet Coke.

[AEKDBet]

Arizona Diet Green Tea > All diet soda's

[on_thg]

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Well, it was the 1%. I just looked up the ingredients. Looks like the sweeteners are aspartame and acesulfame potassium (Ace-K), not Splenda (sucralose).

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I'm pretty sure that Pepsi One was recently reformulated to use a combination of Splenda(sucralose) and Ace-K instead of aspartame.

The Diet Coke with Splenda is okay, but not great. I was all set to buy a bottle of Coke Zero to give that a try, but the label says it has aspartame. Any diet drink with aspartame will never taste anything like regular, so [censored] it.

[fnord_too]

I'd say just avoiding the things is probably best, but IMO the best diet drinks out there are:
Diet Cherry Coke (hands down best)
Diet Coke with Lemon (good)
Diet Vanilla Coke (nice change of pace, used to be my favorite before they came out with diet cherry)

I haven't tried coke zero yet.

[bogey]

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Is diet mountain dew good? Obviously a subjective question, but I drink 2-3 cokes a day and it's catching up with me if you know what I'm sayin'... Would like to start drinking diet something if it's not horrible.

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I think Diet Mt Dew is one of the worst diet drinks I tried. Diet Dr Pepper, Diet Sprit/Sprite Zero, and Coke w/Splenda (and to a lesser degree Coke Zero) are really the only diet drinks I thought were even bearable.

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I drink diet Mt. Dew almost religiously. I think its the best diet soda out there.

[Shajen]

Diablo,

About a year ago, I decided to stop drinking regular drinks, coke, pepsi, Dr Pepper, etc.

I didn't drink any caffeinated beverage at all for about two weeks.

Then I found Diet IBC rootbeer and Diet Dr Pepper.

It's been ON since then.

Diet IBC is teh awesome. Diet DP is really good, and my regular drink of choice.

If you haven't, I recommend trying these out.

[Nottom]

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I detest all things Splenda so I will be passing on this.



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This is, of course, a good plan. However, if I was going to drink a cola soda (I personally prefer diet ginger ale), it would be Pepsi One. The only reason I don't drink it anymore is that I am caffeine intolerant. Tastes pretty good though.

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I'm about 99% sure Pepsi One is made with Splenda.

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Well, it was the 1%. I just looked up the ingredients. Looks like the sweeteners are aspartame and acesulfame potassium (Ace-K), not Splenda (sucralose).

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For once I have to say you are wrong O' Masked One. Pepsi One was relaunched with Splenda earlier the year.

Sodas with Splenda (http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/22/news/fortune500/coke_pepsi/index.htm)

[Ulysses]

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I detest all things Splenda so I will be passing on this.



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This is, of course, a good plan. However, if I was going to drink a cola soda (I personally prefer diet ginger ale), it would be Pepsi One. The only reason I don't drink it anymore is that I am caffeine intolerant. Tastes pretty good though.

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I'm about 99% sure Pepsi One is made with Splenda.

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Well, it was the 1%. I just looked up the ingredients. Looks like the sweeteners are aspartame and acesulfame potassium (Ace-K), not Splenda (sucralose).

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For once I have to say you are wrong O' Masked One. Pepsi One was relaunched with Splenda earlier the year.

Sodas with Splenda (http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/22/news/fortune500/coke_pepsi/index.htm)

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Who cares, Pepsi sucks! /images/graemlins/grin.gif

(FWIW, I just wrote what I saw here: PepsiOne (http://www.pepsi.com/help/faqs/faq.php?category=pepsi_brands&page=pepsi_one) )