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[Guevara]

As Coke tries to convince customers to drink more soda, the company is completely changing the looks of some of its most famous beverages.

Coca-Cola announced on Monday that cans and bottles of Coca-Cola, Coke Zero, Diet Coke, and Coke Life are getting a makeover. Starting in Mexico and rolling out in additional markets throughout 2016 and 2017, packaging will now feature a large red disk on the label of each brand.

http://www.businessinsider.com/diet-coke-can-becomes-unrecognizable-2016-4

Just put a red circle on it, if old.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Can't wait for people to get confused by this like their white can Christmas design.

 

[ColdPizza]

That's fine...

There's really only so much you can do if you want to maintain the classic Coke logo/lettering.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I'm surprised the stevia fad has continued on this long. I thought for sure Coca-Cola Life would have been dead by now but apparently they are keeping it in their main line indefinitely

 

[studyguy]

What the fuck is Coke Life?
Sounds like a throwaway track from Gibbs' Pinata album.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

ugly. Coke Zero all black cans right now are sweet.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Can't wait for people to get confused by this like their white can Christmas design.

Was the diet version red? lol

 

[diaspora]

Looks like a rising sun on the bottles.

 

[- J - D -]

Hey wait a second there. Green can should be "Lime", not "Life". You messed up, Coke.

 

[skynidas]

the bottles look like the Japanese flag

 

[xintin]

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[NOLA_Gaffer]

Are they finally changing the name to "Light" in the US?

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

Looks like a rising sun on the bottles.

It's actually a visualization of your rising glucose levels.

 

[DOWN]

Looks good. Life needed the red badly

 

[Reversed]

What the fuck is Coke Life?
Sounds like a throwaway track from Gibbs' Pinata album.

Sounds and tastes awful.

 

[QuantumZebra]

What the fuck is Coke Life?
Sounds like a throwaway track from Gibbs' Pinata album.

stevia iirc

 

[RionaaM]

The new designs don't look bad, but they are very confusing. They all look pretty similar, which of course is the idea, but that could get people to buy the wrong product.

EDIT: thinking about it, the cans are actually kinda ugly. The bottles are OK.

 

[TheSlySoul]

What the fuck is Coke Life?
Sounds like a throwaway track from Gibbs' Pinata album.

I believe it is the one made with Cane Sugar instead of Corn Syrup.
Edit: I am thinking of UK version. Stevia.

 

[CaviarMeths]

What's the difference between Diet Coke and Coke Zero? Aren't they both just Coke with an artificial sweetener instead of sugar?

 

[perfectchaos007]

The redesign on the non original cokes look like a rising sun. Is that what they were going for?

 

[shamanick]

What is Coke Life? I haven't seen that in Canada. I assume Coke Light is new Diet Coke?
edit: nm old

 

[studyguy]

stevia iirc

Looking it up it's Stevia and Sugar.
How does Stevia taste anyway?

 

[bluehat9]

Never even heard of Coke Life.

Designs are meh.

 

[Guess Who]

What's the difference between Diet Coke and Coke Zero? Aren't they both just Coke with an artificial sweetener instead of sugar?

Combination of slightly different formulation (Coke Zero is Coke-ier tasting, Diet Coke has its own taste) and marketing strategy (men are turned off by "diet" branding).

 

[Eila]

In for Coca Cola Bangladesh and Coca Cola Nippon.

 

[frankie_baby]

Looking it up it's Stevia and Sugar.
How does Stevia taste anyway?

Coke life is vile

 

[Cagey]

What's the difference between Diet Coke and Coke Zero? Aren't they both just Coke with an artificial sweetener instead of sugar?

Diet Coke tastes like Diet Coke.

Coke Zero tastes like a diet version of Coke.

If that makes sense.

 

[BibiMaghoo]

I believe it is the one made with Cane Sugar instead of Corn Syrup.

That's normal coke where I live, I think it's mostly the US that uses corn syrup. Coke life is natural sweetener, reduced calories, and it is revolting.

 

[BronsonLee]

Reminds me of the gravitational pull of Pepsi!

 

[RionaaM]

What is Coke Life? I haven't seen that in Canada. I assume Coke Light is new Diet Coke?
edit: nm old

Lucky you, you get all the cool flavors while us in Argentina get this Life, Light, Zero diet shit. I wish we got Vanilla here.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

They have to know they're just going to get complaints again because they look too similar. Someone already posted the white regular Coke can issue.

 

[Slackerchan]

Coke Life tastes alright for the first few seconds but is quickly followed by a vile aftertaste that takes a bit to go away. They should have cancelled the line long ago.

 

[NESpowerhouse]

Can't wait for people to get confused by this like their white can Christmas design.

Yo, I kept like a pack of those cans in hopes that they will be collectible someday.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Yo, I kept like a pack of those cans in hopes that they will be collectible someday.

So did I.

 

[GuessMyUserName]

I like it? Looks simple to understand to me...

 

[Akuun]

What the heck is Stevia?

 

[perfectchaos007]

Reminds me of the gravitational pull of Pepsi!

Was all of that created just for one new logo?

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

I wish they'd bring back Coke Blak. I only got to try it once before it disappeared from store shelves.

 

[richiek]

The Coke Zero can should have been all black.

 

[Ensirius]

Can't wait for people to get confused by this like their white can Christmas design.

Holy shit that looks completely awesome.

 

[Sesuadra]

Coke Life tastes alright for the first few seconds but is quickly followed by a vile aftertaste that takes a bit to go away. They should have cancelled the line long ago.

The aftertaste is so so bad.

I like the new design!

 

[BlueTsunami]

All black Zero cans actually looked cool. Fuck this unification shite!

 

[DECK'ARD]

Mixing the colours is horrible. They spent so much advertising the current ones in the UK, I can't see them changing.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Coke Life is low sugar but not sugar-free i think

 

[Caleb187]

What about my boy cherry coke? You know my boy cherry coke. It better still be purple.

 

[CaviarMeths]

Combination of slightly different formulation (Coke Zero is Coke-ier tasting, Diet Coke has its own taste) and marketing strategy (men are turned off by "diet" branding).

I suspected this was part of the reason. Might also explain why it's being rebranded as Coke Light. Men don't seem to be turned off by "light" branding, as beers like Bud Light, Miller Lite, and Coors Light are the most popular ones in America.

 

[BronsonLee]

Was all of that created just for one new logo?

Billion dollar companies!

Spoiler

It's also probably fake

 

[undu]

Reminds me of this cover:

 

[Maengun1]

That red is already messing with me. I'm so used to the all-black and all-silver cans as a diet soda drinker.

The bottle label design looks much better.

 

[NYR]

Coke = Red

Pepsi = Blue

I can see what they are doing, Coke Zero being a black can wasn't tying into their brand image, so unifying makes sense, but this design is pretty average.