• Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 hours ago

    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.

    • ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 hours ago

      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.

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      14 hours ago

      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.

    • potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      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.