![]() There’s also the potential that sugar substitutes unfavorably influence your gut microbes. For example, in one study among more than 81,000 women, high diet soda drinkers (defined as two or more per day) experienced a 23% higher risk of stroke and a 29% higher risk of heart disease compared with low drinkers (less than one per week). Meanwhile, studies have also raised concerns that diet soda -including the alternatively-marketed zero-calorie soft drinks - may raise the risk of heart disease and stroke. Moreover, while diet soda and sugar substitutes don’t raise your blood sugar levels at the moment of consumption, there’s no clear evidence that they’ll help with long-term blood sugar control or weight management, according to the American Diabetes Association. In one study, researchers tracked more than 66,000 women for 14 years and found that high diet soda drinkers were at a significantly higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. This may explain why some research connects diet soda use with a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes. While the FDA deems sugar substitutes safe, studies have linked sucralose with a significant decrease in insulin sensitivity, which is thought to be due to changes in glucose metabolism. Related: 15 easy ways to lower the added sugar in your diet Potential risks of sugar substitutes So, while these additives are considered safe from this point of view, questions remain about whether they raise the risk of other problems and whether they’re helpful. In determining safety, the FDA reviews data on outcomes such as reproductive health, cancer risk, and potential toxic effects to your nervous system. The exception is for those with a rare genetic condition called phenylketonuria - aspartame is unsafe for people with this disorder. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers all of these sweeteners safe when consumed in acceptable amounts. Diet Coke always tastes a little more like Pepsi to me.The U.S. They're a little different, both kinda gross. So, TLDR: Diet Coke is the diet version of the infamous 1985 "new coke" (although new coke was based on Diet Coke) Coke Zero is the diet version of classic Coke.Īs far as describing how the tastes differ, □♂️. 20 years later in 2005, they decided to try the opposite of what happened in 1985 (and really another stab at what they tried in 1982 that resulted in the happy accident of Diet Coke): Just put diet stuff instead of sugar in the original Coke recipe. But they left Diet Coke alone, and it still to this day uses the "New Coke" base recipe. As everyone knows, that decision was a disaster and they switched back within a year, making their stock go up more than ever. So amazing that they famously decided to replace the main Coke with this wondrous new concoction made of the Diet Coke base recipe/not diet and call it "New Coke" or "Coke II". Internally, they decided it was amazing and the taste tests backed it up. However, it was a huge smash hit, so big that in 1985 they decided to see what the base Diet Coke recipe would taste like with sugar (well, HFCS) instead of Diet Coke's saccharine. The thing is, the base recipe turned out to be different than either one, and it wound up being a THIRD taste. The idea is that it would taste like Coke but diet like Tab. There was Diet Pepsi and Diet Rite (made by RC) but the only diet soda from Coke was Tab, which was(/is) a diet cola but tastes a little different than Coke even beyond the fact that it's diet Prior to 1982 Coke was Coke, there was no Diet Coke yet. ![]() ![]() The way I've always understood it is (my dad worked at Coke for 40 years): Flavor does differ a bit, with many saying drinks like Coke Zero Sugar have a stronger and “less diet” taste than the legacy Diet brands. Some people think there’s major differences in ingredients, but there’s typically almost no differences there. So now we have Pepsi Zero Sugar (originally Pepsi Max) and Diet Pepsi, and then Mountain Dew Zero Sugar and Diet Mountain Dew. Sprite and Fanta are often found with Zero now and their Diet brand versions have mostly been replaced. Then in the last couple years, both Pepsi and Coke decided to shift drinks to “Zero Sugar” and “Zero” branding more widely. It became a billion dollar brand by fulfilling the same calorie-free needs of customers (especially men), without the stigmas of Diet Coke. I know the answer is “marketing” but I find it really weird these companies are making second drink lines alongside long successful Diet lines.
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