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[IAmtheFMan]

So I go to the supermarket today, and go to pick up my bi/tri-weekly 24 pack. Well, all of the original Diet Coke's w/phenylalanine are gone, now replaced with the Diet Coke flavored by Splenda. I'd gotten so used to the taste of regular Diet that this change kinda irked me, but nevertheless, I got my 24 pack.

I just now cracked one open and the taste is well... different. It's not quite like regular Coke; it actually tastes kinda sweet now like Pepsi or something. It's not necessarily bad, but it's just something that IS quite noticeable.

Any other Diet drinkers that noticed this? Thoughts?

 

[cubanb]

I like it. It isnt replacing the old diet coke, that wasn't the intent. They will continue to carry the old diet coke. Your store must have been out.

 

[B'z-chan]

I'm not a diet drinker, mainly due to my allergies with aspartame. So when i saw this on the shelves i thought to give it a try. Like most things with Splenda its a really strong sweet that sticks around long after the syrup and carmel are gone. Which can be a good thing or bad thing.

If i just want a little its ok. But drinking a cup just doesnt taste right. I put in some Lime juice to see if it helps. Low and behold it does the trick. It hides the initial too sweet taste, but keeps the cola taste. So its all good now.

If only regular Diet coke would be like this, my local bottler hasnt started to make the canned version.

 

[IAmtheFMan]

I like it. It isnt replacing the old diet coke, that wasn't the intent. They will continue to carry the old diet coke. Your store must have been out.

Huh... yeah that probably was it. I checked pretty much every single box of Diet for the regular kind; a crapload of the Splenda ones, some cherry's and some vanilla's, but no regular diets.

 

[Shin Johnpv]

Pepsi one is made with Splenda too

I like it

 

[B'z-chan]

Didnt know pepsi one was now made with splenda AWSOME now i can have what i really want PEPSI fuzz

 

[CurseoftheGods]

Splenda is the shit.

 

[Amakusa]

I haven't tasted it yet, I'll go out sometime tomarrow and pick one up.

 

[Lyte Edge]

It's like they're making everything with Splenda now. I don't really mind since it pretty much tastes like sugar to me. I see a lot of ice cream brands also now use Splenda.

 

[Lhadatt]

Diet RC Cola with Splenda is great. Not the same as RC Cola, but that's OK.

Now, if only they would make Diet Cherry Coke with Splenda...

 

[Lhadatt]

Oh, and the Dryers ice cream flavors using Splenda are the best Splenda-using products out there. Safeway (Randalls, Tom Thumb, etc.) stores seem to stock quite a few flavors.

 

[Polari]

Any dentists here? Is this as bad for your teeth as the old Diet Coke?

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

It's the same for your teeth. Splenda and asparatame do nothing to rot your teeth.

I recommend everyone pick up Splenda products instead of that asparatame shit in your diet stuff... there haven't been any serious studies into Splenda to know its health side-effects, but it's made from real chemical ingredients, unlike asparatame which only got approved by the FDA because of political motivations. Google it. Asparatame also turns into formaldehyde in your stomach. It's horrible shit, stop using anything that has it.

 

[B'z-chan]

Aspartame is deadly, it can create seizures in some people like myself. I had a died cherry 7-up when i was 5 and i started to go into convulsions throwing up and foaming all that good crap.

Splenda on the other hand really is made from sugar and real chemicals like you said. I'm wondering how they'll tone down the sweetness of it. Cause its really over powering.

I think i'll get some of that icecream its really low in cal's from what i see.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

Splenda on the other hand really is made from sugar and real chemicals like you said. I'm wondering how they'll tone down the sweetness of it. Cause its really over powering.

Well, that's sort of marketing crap. Splenda is actually made from the chemicals that make up sugar, so it's mostly the same thing. They just bump up the percentages a lot to make up for the fact that they don't add the calories, which is why it's super-sweet to some people.

The Breyers Splenda ice cream is amazing. There's no difference at all.

 

[Polari]

It's the same for your teeth. Splenda and asparatame do nothing to rot your teeth.

Not according to my dentist. He said that Diet Coke was worse for my teeth than regular Coke (and as a type 1 diabetic without the normal Coke option, it really pissed me off).

edit: See this http://www.dentalgentlecare.com/diet_soda.htm

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

Not according to my dentist. He said that Diet Coke was worse for my teeth than regular Coke (and as a type 1 diabetic without the normal Coke option, it really pissed me off).

edit: See this http://www.dentalgentlecare.com/diet_soda.htm

Yeah, like I said, Splenda and asparatame do nothing to rot your teeth. It's all in the carbonation and acid, which is the same as in a normal sugary soda. At least you don't have acid + sugar to worry about. What that article is saying is that diet drinkers have more soda than people that drink regular soda, due to diet drinks having no calories, and when you have that much acid running across your teeth, of course it'll be a problem.

I've had my two front teeth crowned because of tooth rot from carbonation, I know this too well. Just brush your teeth regularly and you'll be fine. Don't go to sleep without rinsing your mouth out with water or mouthwash and brushing.

 

[Instigator]

Don't go to sleep without rinsing your mouth out with water or mouthwash and brushing.

Why would anyone go to sleep without proper dental hygiene?

 

[the year 20XX]

Splenda is actually made from the chemicals that make up sugar

Also, chlorine.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

Why would anyone go to sleep without proper dental hygiene?

Alcohol and drugs.

 

[Instigator]

Anyone else noticed Europe has the C2 Coke (half the calories - from 300 in a can to just 150) as regular Coke? I wonder for how long this has been so.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

Anyone else noticed Europe has the C2 Coke (half the calories - from 300 in a can to just 150) as regular Coke? I wonder for how long this has been so.

Um, 8oz of Coke is about 150 calories everywhere.

 

[Instigator]

Ok, just verified. It looks like I was wrong. :lol

 

[B'z-chan]

GOD ALL MIGHTY PEPSI ONE is the shit, i found a new friend. IT tastes like a less thicker version of what i get after drinking the stuff on the bottom of a Pepsi Slurpee. ITs like so good..... And it's 1 cal? I dont believe it. Seriously if i can drink a 2 litter of that a day i know i wont loose weight, but damn 1 cal for this awsome stuff is amazing.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

GOD ALL MIGHTY PEPSI ONE is the shit, i found a new friend. IT tastes like a less thicker version of what i get after drinking the stuff on the bottom of a Pepsi Slurpee. ITs like so good..... And it's 1 cal? I dont believe it. Seriously if i can drink a 2 litter of that a day i know i wont loose weight, but damn 1 cal for this awsome stuff is amazing.

You're about a year too late on the Splenda bandwagon. It's the best sweetener in the world.

 

[B'z-chan]

I know they've been offering it for sometime (originally PepsiOne was not splenda based) now. Its just now after taking the plunge, read i'm highly allergic to Aspartame. I was told to stay away from Splinda by my doctor due to that reason. I said fuck it one day and now i'm a believer.

 

[maynerd]

I know they've been offering it for sometime (originally PepsiOne was not splenda based) now. Its just now after taking the plunge, read i'm highly allergic to Aspartame. I was told to stay away from Splinda by my doctor due to that reason. I said fuck it one day and now i'm a believer.

Yo tell me about your allergy to Aspartame....what happens when you ingest it? I have a feeling that I may be alergic to sweeteners as well.

BTW I am not joking I've been trying to figure out an allergy that I have, I thought that it could be sweetners but I thought that would be just crazy.

 

[B'z-chan]

Some people's body turn's aspartame into a highly toxic chemical which once gone through the liver and kidneys makes you have horrible sweating and shits (die die)

for me i start to black out and start to have seizures. Its like a freaking nuerotoxin for me and my mother. Somehow the body doesnt break it down from what my doctor says. So the receptors cause this strange reaction.

 

[Dilbert]

Some people's body turn's aspartame into a highly toxic chemical which once gone through the liver and kidneys makes you have horrible sweating and shits (die die)

for me i start to black out and start to have seizures. Its like a freaking nuerotoxin for me and my mother. Somehow the body doesnt break it down from what my doctor says. So the receptors cause this strange reaction.

Phenylketonuria? Or something else?

 

[B'z-chan]

I wouldnt know like i've said its been sometime since i had this happen to me personally. So i'm sorry i cant help tell ya Jinx.


After reading up on PKU. Yeah i dont have a different diet or anything so it cant be that. But maybe it is something very similar. Cause my mother was able to have aspartame before i was born without problems. Only when i was in her womb did she develop a problem to it. I was the one who basically vomitted inside the womb.

So maybe it is i dont know would be something to know though.

 

[Dilbert]

I recommend everyone pick up Splenda products instead of that asparatame shit in your diet stuff... there haven't been any serious studies into Splenda to know its health side-effects, but it's made from real chemical ingredients, unlike asparatame which only got approved by the FDA because of political motivations. Google it. Asparatame also turns into formaldehyde in your stomach. It's horrible shit, stop using anything that has it.

Per your suggestion, I went to Snopes, and the "aspartame is bad for you" thing seems to be a hoax.

May I ask you for your sources?

 

[videogamer]

Phenylketonuria? Or something else?

He says he's allergic to it though. I don't think he has said that he has a different diet...

 

[maynerd]

Some people's body turn's aspartame into a highly toxic chemical which once gone through the liver and kidneys makes you have horrible sweating and shits (die die)

for me i start to black out and start to have seizures. Its like a freaking nuerotoxin for me and my mother. Somehow the body doesnt break it down from what my doctor says. So the receptors cause this strange reaction.

Whoa I don't have those problems. I just have the hives. Yikes that sounds scary. Good luck with all that. Thanks for the info.

 

[Tazznum1]

 

[izakq]

The Breyers Splenda ice cream is amazing. There's no difference at all.

I scream for splenda ice cream. Breyers is the awesome.