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[TheSlySoul]

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.

The red dot in general is annoying me, they should have just kept it color coded.
Perhaps a red banner instead of a dot.

 

[metsallica]

So normal is normal, Diet is aspartame, Life is stevia, and Zero is aspartame FOR DUDES? I've been out of the soda game for so long...

 

[BlueTsunami]

So normal is normal, Diet is aspartame, Life is stevia, and Zero is aspartame FOR DUDES? I've been out of the soda game for so long...

Diet definitely tastes different than Zero

#teamzero

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

So normal is normal, Diet is aspartame, Life is stevia, and Zero is aspartame FOR DUDES? I've been out of the soda game for so long...

Zero is supposed to taste more like regular Coke.

 

[NYR]

So normal is normal, Diet is aspartame, Life is stevia, and Zero is aspartame FOR DUDES? I've been out of the soda game for so long...

Coke Zero - no calories, no sugar

Diet Coke - aspartame instead of sugar

Life - stevia instead of aspartame

 

[Cymbal Head]

Zero exists because a) Diet became associated with women and b) it really is closer to regular Coke, but Coke has a bad history associated with changing formulas.

 

[metsallica]

Diet definitely tastes different than Zero

#teamzero

Zero is supposed to taste more like regular Coke.

Coke Zero - no calories, no sugar

Diet Coke - aspartame instead of sugar

Life - stevia instead of aspartame

So Zero is a different flavor profile but still aspartame. I guess?

 

[Persona7]

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

Coke zero tastes significantly better than diet coke.

 

[BlueTsunami]

So Zero is a different flavor profile but still aspartame. I guess?

Pretty much. The difference being

Diet = Sweeter
Zero = Has more of a bite

Zero Vanilla is a nice middle ground

 

[rrs]

Coke Life is a mixture of stevia and sugar, so the product seems to be made for an odd niche (aka sneak in organic food stores)

 

[TwoDurans]

I miss Coke Lite from my time in Europe. So much better than Diet Coke.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Really good redesign.

 

[SeroTyler]

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.

Sounds just like Coke Zero tbh.

 

[Guess Who]

Sounds just like Coke Zero tbh.

Pretty much all the diet drinks have this problem. You get used to it and stop tasting it after a while, in my experience.

 

[SodiumBenzoate]

Fun piece of useless trivia: Diet Coke's taste actually based on the "New Coke" recipe from the 1980s.

Coke Zero is the "true" diet version of Coca-Cola Classic.

 

[Guess Who]

Fun piece of useless trivia: Diet Coke's taste actually based on the "New Coke" recipe from the 1980s.

Coke Zero is the "true" diet version of Coca-Cola Classic.

Other way around: New Coke was based on Diet Coke.

 

[scorcher59]

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

A stevia and sugar atrocity being sold around here in South America, tried it one time and that was it.

 

[blame space]

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

I like these a lot better

 

[Rollo Lawson]

Stevia tastes like plant dust. Really it has a very dirt like taste.

 

[blamite]

The bottles look okay-ish, but the cans are awful.

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

These look great.

 

[X05]

Not a fan of the design. And seems like going by this thread that I'm the only one that actually likes Life.
Also, are they rebranding Diet to Light in the US? Wonder if they'll change the sweetener to match the name.

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.

You can get the Vanilla one here in UY (not locally made, imported), and it tastes absolutely awful. Way, way too sweet.

 

[frankie_baby]

I miss Coke Lite from my time in Europe. So much better than Diet Coke.

Coke light and diet coke are exactly the same

 

[squallmx]

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.

This! The aftertaste is awful specially if not properly cooled. Too bad since I can stand the taste of Zero and Light.

Pepsi Max is the only low sugar cola decent enough.

 

[RionaaM]

You can get the Vanilla one here in UY (not locally made, imported), and it tastes absolutely awful. Way, way too sweet.

Didn't know you had it over there, wish I had known that when I used to go on vacation with my family to Punta del Este many years ago.

I tried it in New York last year and liked it a lot. It was sweet but not excessively so, unlike Cherry Coke which didn't fit with McDonald's food at all. Lime Coke wasn't bad either, although I prefer Pepsi Twist. Didn't get to try Cherry Vanilla

Man, that soda machine in McDonald's and Five Guys was awesome. If they brought that here (with all the flavors, of course) I could die happily.

 

[Byakuya769]

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

Nope. Cole zero is basically the same coke formula with artificial sweeteners. Diet Coke is a unique formula.

 

[SpecX]

Reminds me of this cover:

Wait a second, that looks just like a Destiny emblem

 

[Escape Goat]

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

You can't wait huh?

 

[Alex_Mexico]

Life means Vita.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

You can't wait huh?

Literally.

 

[mightynine]

I wonder if we'll ever see these in NA:

In North America, Coca-Cola is exploring a variety of “One-Brand” packaging graphics, but will not make any changes to Trademark Coke packaging this year due to an already packed marketing and promotional calendar.

http://www.coca-colacompany.com/onebrandpackaging/

 

[nilbog21]

Where are the Coca-cola Life CANS??? I've NEVER seen them

 

[RdN]

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

These look great!

Slightly off topic.. I've never drank Coke Life. Is it any good?

 

[spwolf]

how long until they revert.. 1 month, 3 months, 12 months?

Normal one looks great. Rest of them look strange and make no sense.

 

[LumpOfCole]

This whole thing looks like middle management designers just trying to change for change sake so they can justify their jobs existing.

 

[Lashley]

Coke Life is the only one I don't get an aftertaste from (Besides regular obv)

 

[Jeff Albertson]

Cherry Coke staying with a classic

 

[Pinko Marx]

Yo I'm from the hometown of coke and I've never heard of Coke Life. Wtf is that?

 

[sangreal]

Coke light and diet coke are exactly the same

Not exactly the same. They're meant to be the same but the formula is different by country like all cokes. So it is certainly possible to prefer coke light over US diet coke

 

[frankie_baby]

Cherry Coke staying with a classic

That design was awesome, they got rid of it years ago in the UK though

 

[frankie_baby]

Not exactly the same. They're meant to be the same but the formula is different by country like all cokes. So it is certainly possible to prefer coke light over US diet coke

Ah perhaps, i'm in the UK and whenever I've tasted coke light it's been exactly the same as UK diet coke

 

[The Flash]

 

[Sub_Level]

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

These are a million times better.

 

[Rest]

Cans look ugly, bottles look alright. But it's not like I'm the target audience for this...

Cherry Coke staying with a classic

I haven't seen that in years and years. I think I actually might miss it.

 

[Tobor]

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

Stevia tastes like shit and has a horrid aftertaste. You're not missing anything.

 

[Jason Frost]

That was better:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1004230

 

[Peterthumpa]

Reminds me of the gravitational pull of Pepsi!

WTF, I can't believe they put so much thought into this.

 

[illadelph]

Cherry Coke staying with a classic

probably the GOAT soda can

 

[Brinbe]

Looked up Coke Life, never seen that before in my life. How is it? I'm partial to Coke Zero at this point.

 

[Tobor]

Looked up Coke Life, never seen that before in my life. How is it? I'm partial to Coke Zero at this point.

It tastes like shit. Stick with Zero.

 

[Lashley]

Looked up Coke Life, never seen that before in my life. How is it? I'm partial to Coke Zero at this point.

Brit here, but I like it. No aftertaste for me and it tastes like regular coke imo