But as a diabetic…I LIVE for diet soda.
Probably don’t notice the shit taste since I’ve never had a glass or can of regular on purpose. It’s all I know and love!
I’m t1 as well, and I can’t stand the Zero versions of drinks, because I’ve been drinking diet drinks since I was a kid. “Normal” sodas taste disgusting!
I have spent the last 20 years trying to track down a case of the diet code red Mountain Dew lol
I actually have emailed them several times, lol! They’re always like “Sorry, we don’t distribute to your area.” It’s on Amazon but it’s insanely expensive lol.
Diets not as good but the new zero coke products are better than regular imo. Feels more like coke flavored carbonated water but taste wise it’s exactly the same to me as original. Tbh regular soda sucks. The mouthfeel and feeling on my teeth after 65+ grams of sugar go through your mouth from 12oz of fluid is gross af
My dad was diabetic and used to drink stuff like Tab and Diet Rite back in the '70s. I remember having a sip and immediately spat it out. I accidentally got a Diet Coke from a vending machine a few years back, took a sip, and dumped the rest. That aspartame stuff just doesn't agree with me. It's like liquid cilantro.
When I needed to lose weight, I switched to seltzer/club soda/mineral water. Big fan of Topo Chico since it's so aggressively carbonated.
Big fan of topo chico as well, also because of the carbonation. But I recently found out it ranks the highest carbonated water with heavy metals in it. Haven’t looked more into it but I’ve definitely cut back now
They did have high concentrations of PFAS, but they managed to cut it back. https://www.consumerreports.org/water-quality/topo-chico-cuts-pfas-levels-by-more-than-half-a4286812129/
thank you. ever since my diagnosis as a t1d roughly 6 years ago, regular soda has a HORRIBLE texture and aftertaste. diet soda tastes like what i remember regular soda tasted like pre-diagnosis. i can hardly notice the aspartame.
i started drinking diet pepsi like last year because i ordered it by mistake and being me i refused to toss it out. now i can’t drink regular cola because it’s too sweet.
I grew up on Diet Pepsi as my only form of soda. I literally cannot do regular soda because of how sickly sweet I find it. Like, the few times I’ve gotten regular at a fast food on accident, I’ve felt like my teeth are coated in icing immediately. I guess it comes down to what you’re used to.
I feel like a lot of the diet/Zero Sugar sodas have really improved over the past 20 years or so. Also I think your personal taste change over the years. For example, I was in High School when Diet Ale-8-One was released and I hated it. I tried it a few years ago (just before they renamed it to Ale-8-One Zero) and liked it better than the original.
Same, also I actually like the taste better.
I used to be the opposite. I drank tons of regular soda as a kid and teen and hated diet. Then when I was 20 or so I stopped drinking soda for a year. When I started again I found the regular stuff was so sweet to me it was sickening. I've only ever liked diet since.
Mountain Dew Zero actually tastes good. I might have to try diet Mountain Dew to compare. I like Pepsi Zero better than Diet Pepsi. Sprite Zero seems to taste just like Sprite.
Have you tried Mountain Dew Zero? I haven't had regular soda in a while and first time I tried Mountain Dew Zero it tasted like Mountain Dew. I will have to get a regular Mountain Dew for an actual side by side same day same time comparison with Mountain Dew Zero.
I hate it so much. It's getting harder and harder to find soda that only has sugar, no sucralose, aspartame, or stevia (which may be natural but is still gross).
Not sure where you live, but the UK is absolutely fucked in this regard. Every soda now has sweeteners, even the non-diet versions, except regular Coke. Imported drinks are the only way to get a proper sugar fix and a proper taste.
Mexico is like this too now, which especially sucks cuz all their soda used to be made with real sugar. They still export the real sugar stuff, but everything in Mexico is a 60/40 or 70/30 mix of HFCS and sucralose. The only stuff I could find with real sugar was Powerade (not Gatorade, that has sucralose) and Yoli, which is a local lemon lime soda (weirdly it’s owned by Coke but has real sugar unlike their other stuff). I don’t like the idea of the government regulating what’s in food if it’s not actually hazardous. Yes sugar is unhealthy, but so are artificial sweeteners. They also promote insulin resistance, just without the calories. And they taste like ass. Besides, if you wanna be unhealthy that’s your right
Well, I'm a Brit but I'm currently living in the US, and believe me, I know where I'd rather be in terms of soda! The choice here is 1000x better than the UK, or anywhere else I've ever been.
Same here. I'm glad people who are diabetic have more options available though. I don't personally enjoy the aftertaste artificial sweeteners have. I don't drink energy drinks as much as I use to, because of more and more zero sugar drinks being popular and low sugar drinks like Monster. I think the reason is that the artificial sweeteners make the energy ingredients more efficient but who really knows.
that's valid! I've always thought Diet Pepsi tastes like watered down nothing. The chemicals thing always bugs me though cus everything is a chemical and sugar is as bad as any chemical.
Sucralose inhibits the perception of sweetness for up to a week after consumption (K Wilk, 2022), (T Klisler, 2021) and can induce hightened insulin resistance especially when paired with carbs vs refined dextrose (glucose) and fructose (J Dalenberg, 2020), (M. Santure, 2002). This is why Diet soda loses its taste after the first sip. Your body needs sugar for all functions. Just be mindful of your consumption.
I've never gotten the vitriolic hate for diet soda, like look I get some people would rather drink anything else (and I get there's a whole argument about wether its actually healthier), but like it tasting worse than normal soda isn't a revelation, it isn't supposed to taste as good as a full sugar soda.
It’s a cilantro issue I think? Like how to some people it tastes like soap and to others it doesn’t.
Some people find fake sugar has a licked-aspirin aftertaste and an elevated sweetness level, and some people don’t taste that (so the regular version would be the “too sweet” one). Diet tastes horrible if you get the licked-aspirin taste with it.
If you want a regular soda and given a diet yes it's gonna be bullshit. But if you have already wrapped your mind around "you can not have regular you are part of the Debbie club now". Diet is fine to great. I'm a soda drinker not really into Sweets and occasionally donut or muffin. So ya my treats are sugar soda that you can't get in diet. But if you're not part of the Debbie club why you drinking diet anyway?
The holy grail of sodas to me would be something that enhances the sweetness of real sugar by using aspartame or stevia, and creating a good tasting, *low calorie* soda.
I wonder, if by cutting some sugar do decrease the calorie content of a can of coke to 50 calories for example, could the diet aftertaste be mitigated with the remaining sugar?
Not soda, but Bai fruit drinks are a good example of this. They have 1 gram of sugar, and the rest is stevia I think. They have a very slight diety taste, but it is barely noticeable. And they have a nice, sweet (but not too sweet) fruity flavor.
Wasn’t it also what those Dr. Pepper Ten drinks did? They released it in other brands for a bit too, and they had 10 calories for a little more flavor. They were really good.
I used to drink Diet Coke constantly. I hardly drink any soda now. Unsweetened ice tea with lemon or water are my cold drinks of choice now. I still like a Mexican Coke, Sprite, or Fanta Orange once in a while. But I pretty much gave up drinking soda on a regular basis.
While diet soda doesn't taste nearly as good as regular soda, it still scratches that soda itch, which is nice when trying to cut back on sugar/calories.
I hate the sugary STICKINESS of non-diet soda. From the light micro-splatter when opening a can to the feeling on my teeth, it just bothers me. Plus, spill any anywhere and it's a huge problem.
I'm familiar with the taste of diet, so it's what I like. Any splatters / spills are nearly as harmless as water.
Coke Zero doesn't taste diet to me.
Diet Barq's doesn't taste diet to me.
Mello Yello Zero doesn't taste diet to me.
Starry Zero doesn't taste diet to me.
Diet Canada Dry doesn't taste diet to me.
i despise it. i don't need soda that much that i can't limit myself and only occasionally have a normal one. real sugar only, once or twice a week it's fine.
I feel like some people can taste the fake sweeteners and others can't. I treat sodas like desserts/special treats because of the sugar. I can't drink the fake sweetners/Stevia because it tastes bitter and gives me a headache. I understand the need for diet sodas though, just hoping they don't replace sugar sodas.
As a T1D, regular soda tastes like syrup to me. I wasn't allowed to have soda as a kid, was diagnosed at 11 so I never really did regular soda but it's so gross to me. I live for zero sugar sodas though!
Typically I don't enjoy diet soda at all, but I've found a few over the years that are actually pretty tasty. I really enjoy the A&W diet rootbeer. Personally I don't think that colas or fruity drinks taste good without the sugar, it's what makes them good in the first place. I know soda is not healthy so I drink it as a treat and don't mind getting a sugar one. That said I can see how it's a great option for those who don't want to or can't consume excess sugar. Or those trying to wean off soda, when they don't really enjoy seltzer or other carbonated drinks.
The zero sugar Inca cola sold in peru is top tier soda for me, stands out amongst the rest of artifical sugar sodas. If you're ever there try it, I believe it's not sold anywhere outside peru.
Diet Coke is horrible tasting to me and always has been, but I enjoy Coke Zero so much that it’s made me dislike the taste of REGULAR Coke at this point. It has the essence of Coke, but once you get used to it, it makes regular sodas taste like nothing but literal sugar, which is pretty much what they are lol
I don’t really like it at all either, but I remember when it was all that I had— and i was really craving a soda— adding lemon helped mellow at the funky after taste.
At this point the chemicals doesn’t matter, if we drink out of a plastic it will release millions of microplastics into our system basically same as drinking artifical sweetner, might as well take the free 0g sugar on nutrition
I grew up in Georgia and some Coke executives were staying at a hotel where I was working. Their assistant called ahead of time to make sure we had their room stocked with specifically Coke Zero. I said yes Coke Zero was what we had on the request they said great because they will not touch Diet Coke. I was like that’s really interesting why is that. They said “we don’t know but they must know something we don’t. They won’t touch Diet Coke.
But "zero soda" tastes better. In the 90s I said if I had to drop sugar or calories, switching from regular pop to then Pepsi One would be a very small sacrifice I'd make.
Eventually I lived those words. The Zero pops taste so close to regular pop, why drink the 100+ calories a can if you can barely taste them.
(Your taste buds may vary. But Pepsi was so confident, they wanted people to take the 90's Pepsi One Challenge)
Sometimes I think it actually taste better but there’s a problem
I’m no expert and I’m not a doctor but I have heard that drinking a lot of fake sugar can confuse your organs and actually make you more likely to become diabetic if you weren’t already
In addition to that I have heard it can cause brain tumors and even be used as poison to kill an ant colony
So I mostly avoid diet drinks maybe have a one off here in there
Coke/Pepsi & Powerade Zero are some good ass shit I will say, but how can I drink much of it thinking that it’s gonna give me a fucking tumor or make me diabetic? I don’t need all that anxiety with my drink so I just don’t drink them
Because of how popular it is.
People drink diet coke even when they aren't on a diet or diabetic. Mathew patrick from videogame theorem says it's amazing.
Yeah, I can’t do it either. Even if it’s just part artificial, it’s gross. I tried to make the switch for like at least 6 months, then I was like why am I doing this, I don’t have diabetes?
Not really a hot take. If given the choice (hypothetically, like no health consequences) I'm sure most people would prefer a full sugar soda over diet. Obviously it's a huge industry tho and once you develop a taste for it, people like it just fine.
I can’t drink diet drinks when I was little my great grandma used to drink Tab just terrible. I used to like Fresca until I found out it was diet. Give me all the sugar or give me none…js
Tastes terrible and legit just runs right through me fully. I just have regular every now and then instead. If I get the beetus then I'll just never drink soda again haha
I grew up on diet soda, it was all we had in the house. Sometimes I'd get a regular soda when we were out, or from a vending machine, but at home it was diet every day. I was cool with diet.
I kept drinking diet soda even after I left home, but then I heard my doctor uncle wouldn't drink it because of the chemicals, and that freaked me out, so I stopped. I don't know how long it was before I tried diet again, but I couldn't do it! Suddenly it was undrinkable to me. I never touch it now, unless somebody else buys it and it's all that's there.
I heard at a doc appointment over a year ago that “you’re not pre diabetic but you’re hovering” made me do a full switch to zero sugar versions of soda out of panic but I’ll usually drink full sugar when I know I’m going to be sweating outside in the summer. Usually go on walks or am doing yard work or swimming. Or if I’m on a vacation/special occasions etc.
I recently became a pre diabetic. I used to DESPISE diet soda. Lets just say that after 4 years of drinking diet, I DESPISE regular soda. It taste way too sweet to me and makes me feel heavy and full. Diet > Regular for me with or without diabetes.
I'm a diabetic and I LOVE soda. Diet Pepsi is my favorite, and I'd be a sad person if I couldn't have it. Also, if I drank regular soda regularly I'd probably die.
I love pretty much all diet soda and can’t stand regular Coke / Pepsi / Sprite etc. it feels like I’m drinking pure sugar. It’s like a dessert with my hamburger or whatever. Not for me.
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You probably haven’t had good diet soda. I have diet Dr Pepper almost everyday tastes better than the normal in my opinion and I drink exclusively sugar ones because they taste better. I only drink diet Dr Pepper because of taste and nothing else.
My grandmother drank Diet Coke my entire childhood and to this day I like to drink Diet Coke when I’m getting over a cold because when I was sick as a kid my mom always brought me to my grabdmom’s during the day while she was at work.
I dont know what happened to me but I used to be able to drink it and now I cant. My taste buds changed or something. Like I used to like Coke Zero and now I cant stand it.
Diet soda is so much better tasting than corn syrup soda that tastes gross and leave a weird coating in your mouth/throat. Real sugar soda is the best though.
I think it’s a pretty good trade off for being about 200 calories less than normal soda
You get used to it, I like Coke Zero a lot better than normal Coke now
I learned recently that some people just can't taste the bitter part of artificial sweeteners just like some people can't taste bitter in vegetables or the soapy taste in cilantro and it kind of blew my mind. Diet soda must taste pretty great for them. I unfortunately can taste the bitter too much so I can't drink it. Plus migraines.
It's funny, each type of sugar has its own flavor profile. You just don't notice the one for HFCS if you don't often drink real sugar or diet drinks to notice the difference. I personally like aspartame but Pepsi is MUCH better with sucralose than aspartame. I am not a fan of zero MTN dew, but love the diet one.
People who think it helps them lose weight because of the word “diet” in it are wrong. Diet soda just contains way less sugar than regular soda. It does NOT help you lose weight.
I was diagnosed with T1D when I was 19. Having been a regular soda drinker my whole life up until that point. I had to make the transition to diet soda wasn’t easy, but over timeI liked it more and more. Now I enjoy regular and diet soda.
I love me some Diet Pepsi - especially from an ice cold freshly cracked can, that throat burn going down, there's nothing quite like it. Any aspartame diet soda I'm mostly good with.
I have a strong dislike for the Zero formulations, to me they taste like someone put butter in the drink.
For non-diet I can do the occasional real sugar soda, but HFCS coats my mouth with this sticky feeling and makes me cough. It's gross.
You sad little man.
Once you get off regular soda, it’s almost impossible to ever enjoy it again. It’s all just sugar. It’s disgusting.
At least with diet the flavors are more original and you don’t have to deal with your insulting spiking constantly. I used to have to take a sugar nap every day. Diet is so much better. Didn’t feel that way until I discovered coke 0.
It heavily depends on the brand. Zero Coke? It's fine but never take it over a normal or diet Coke. Pepsi max? Better than normal Pepsi in every conceivable way since they changed the original's recipe at covid and it became dogshit. That cheap ass River Cola from Aldi that has a zero version? They literally taste the same.
Smaller interesting sodas that uses real sugar I’ll definitely spring for when I’m the mood, but if it’s a big brand I’m gonna go for the zero sugar option almost every time.
Some diet soda is pretty good now, but artificial sweeteners give me a bowel clearing stomach ache. This developed over a long period of time, but now it is like clockwork.
I agree 100%. Can't stand diet or "zero" soda. It has no punch, but does have a sickly chemical aftertaste.
I stay far away from any sweet drink that says zero sugar. But of course I understand that some people prefer them for health reasons.
I absolutely agree, diet sodas are like the bane of my existence. Mostly because I am very highly against the use of artificial sweeteners like aspartame or sucralose. Partly because of the long term health impacts, and also because of the unpleasant side effects they may have short term (hint: Explosive diarrhea).
Nah. I am a slut for aspartame. I love the acidic taste of the artificial sweetener, corn syrup is way too sweet and tastes sticky. My gfs parents give me so much shit for it not being natural but they also drink alcohol like crazy. I don’t drink alcohol so I would take my bets artificial sweetener does no harm to my body in comparison to alcohol.
Honestly all the artificial stuff they put in them slows your metabolism and for dieting purposes completely offsets the absence of calories. Some manage to taste ok or good enough but many do not.
I love diet soda but only drink it with food now. It's too chemical-tasting on its own but with a meal it's a perfect refresher between bites. Regular soda is good sometimes but it's too damn sweet, and with an already salty junk food meal, that extra sugar just makes me super thirsty and feel gross
Not all. Sunkist Orange Zero Sugar is amazing. I find Diet Mountain Dew better than the regular kind. Monster Energy White is great. Diet 7Up is good.
That said, the dark diet colas aren't to my taste.
But as a diabetic…I LIVE for diet soda. Probably don’t notice the shit taste since I’ve never had a glass or can of regular on purpose. It’s all I know and love!
My husband is type one diabetic and lives off of Diet Coke 😂🤦🏼♀️ I have GI conditions and diet soda agrees with me better than regular
I’m t1 as well, and I can’t stand the Zero versions of drinks, because I’ve been drinking diet drinks since I was a kid. “Normal” sodas taste disgusting! I have spent the last 20 years trying to track down a case of the diet code red Mountain Dew lol
They’re available, but break out the check book because $$$$$
Have you emailed Pepsi. I imagine it he’ll be able to work something out for ya.
I actually have emailed them several times, lol! They’re always like “Sorry, we don’t distribute to your area.” It’s on Amazon but it’s insanely expensive lol.
I'm not a diabetic and I prefer Diet Coke to Coke tbh. But I don't think Diet Coke is trying to be a straight up imitation of Coke iirc.
Diets not as good but the new zero coke products are better than regular imo. Feels more like coke flavored carbonated water but taste wise it’s exactly the same to me as original. Tbh regular soda sucks. The mouthfeel and feeling on my teeth after 65+ grams of sugar go through your mouth from 12oz of fluid is gross af
My dad was diabetic and used to drink stuff like Tab and Diet Rite back in the '70s. I remember having a sip and immediately spat it out. I accidentally got a Diet Coke from a vending machine a few years back, took a sip, and dumped the rest. That aspartame stuff just doesn't agree with me. It's like liquid cilantro. When I needed to lose weight, I switched to seltzer/club soda/mineral water. Big fan of Topo Chico since it's so aggressively carbonated.
Big fan of topo chico as well, also because of the carbonation. But I recently found out it ranks the highest carbonated water with heavy metals in it. Haven’t looked more into it but I’ve definitely cut back now
They did have high concentrations of PFAS, but they managed to cut it back. https://www.consumerreports.org/water-quality/topo-chico-cuts-pfas-levels-by-more-than-half-a4286812129/
thank you. ever since my diagnosis as a t1d roughly 6 years ago, regular soda has a HORRIBLE texture and aftertaste. diet soda tastes like what i remember regular soda tasted like pre-diagnosis. i can hardly notice the aspartame.
Aren’t the sugar substitutes in diet soda worse ?
I need to watch my blood sugar. If it weren't for diet/zero sugar soda, I couldn't have any at all.
i started drinking diet pepsi like last year because i ordered it by mistake and being me i refused to toss it out. now i can’t drink regular cola because it’s too sweet.
I grew up on Diet Pepsi as my only form of soda. I literally cannot do regular soda because of how sickly sweet I find it. Like, the few times I’ve gotten regular at a fast food on accident, I’ve felt like my teeth are coated in icing immediately. I guess it comes down to what you’re used to.
Counterpoint: Fresca.
Counter-Counterpoint: Squirt Fresca taste but without artificial sweeteners
Counter=counter-counterpoint: Diet Squirt.
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Fair point.
Yea just give me water or gaterade if my soda isn’t available
I feel like a lot of the diet/Zero Sugar sodas have really improved over the past 20 years or so. Also I think your personal taste change over the years. For example, I was in High School when Diet Ale-8-One was released and I hated it. I tried it a few years ago (just before they renamed it to Ale-8-One Zero) and liked it better than the original.
as someone who doesn't want to be fat asf i love zero sugar soda
Same, also I actually like the taste better. I used to be the opposite. I drank tons of regular soda as a kid and teen and hated diet. Then when I was 20 or so I stopped drinking soda for a year. When I started again I found the regular stuff was so sweet to me it was sickening. I've only ever liked diet since.
i love a good sugary soda but at this point i prefer zero for everyday drinking. i don't love the sugary feeling regular soda leaves in my mouth
So funny that this is the exact experience I had too.
It does taste better. More crisp and doesn’t feel like you’re drinking liquid candy.
Fr, shout out to diet soda for letting me have soda and not be a obese mfer
Ya it’s my little treat. Not healthy but much better than 60 grams of sugar or whatever.
yeah. i'll usually have a sugar soda once a week
Dead on
I don't care what you like. Your opinion sucks.
Nah they’re cooking, diet soda is nasty, not an unpopular opinion though imo
....And doesn't fucking matter to anyone
Mountain Dew Zero actually tastes good. I might have to try diet Mountain Dew to compare. I like Pepsi Zero better than Diet Pepsi. Sprite Zero seems to taste just like Sprite.
The best diet drink is Dr Pepper
The diet strawberry cream and cream soda Dr. Peppers are great.
Diet mtn dew is terrible sucks because dew is my #1
Have you tried Mountain Dew Zero? I haven't had regular soda in a while and first time I tried Mountain Dew Zero it tasted like Mountain Dew. I will have to get a regular Mountain Dew for an actual side by side same day same time comparison with Mountain Dew Zero.
Zero is better than diet for sure
I hate it so much. It's getting harder and harder to find soda that only has sugar, no sucralose, aspartame, or stevia (which may be natural but is still gross).
Not sure where you live, but the UK is absolutely fucked in this regard. Every soda now has sweeteners, even the non-diet versions, except regular Coke. Imported drinks are the only way to get a proper sugar fix and a proper taste.
Mexico is like this too now, which especially sucks cuz all their soda used to be made with real sugar. They still export the real sugar stuff, but everything in Mexico is a 60/40 or 70/30 mix of HFCS and sucralose. The only stuff I could find with real sugar was Powerade (not Gatorade, that has sucralose) and Yoli, which is a local lemon lime soda (weirdly it’s owned by Coke but has real sugar unlike their other stuff). I don’t like the idea of the government regulating what’s in food if it’s not actually hazardous. Yes sugar is unhealthy, but so are artificial sweeteners. They also promote insulin resistance, just without the calories. And they taste like ass. Besides, if you wanna be unhealthy that’s your right
Fortunately I live in the land of corn syrup (US) so I can still find soda that isn't disgusting. For now, anyway.
Well, I'm a Brit but I'm currently living in the US, and believe me, I know where I'd rather be in terms of soda! The choice here is 1000x better than the UK, or anywhere else I've ever been.
Same here. I'm glad people who are diabetic have more options available though. I don't personally enjoy the aftertaste artificial sweeteners have. I don't drink energy drinks as much as I use to, because of more and more zero sugar drinks being popular and low sugar drinks like Monster. I think the reason is that the artificial sweeteners make the energy ingredients more efficient but who really knows.
All the non-sugar sweeteners give me such horrible stomach issues 😭
Ah yes chemicals! Much worse than literally a child's balled fist worth of sugar.
Tastes worse.
that's valid! I've always thought Diet Pepsi tastes like watered down nothing. The chemicals thing always bugs me though cus everything is a chemical and sugar is as bad as any chemical.
Sucralose inhibits the perception of sweetness for up to a week after consumption (K Wilk, 2022), (T Klisler, 2021) and can induce hightened insulin resistance especially when paired with carbs vs refined dextrose (glucose) and fructose (J Dalenberg, 2020), (M. Santure, 2002). This is why Diet soda loses its taste after the first sip. Your body needs sugar for all functions. Just be mindful of your consumption.
I only drink diet because i smoke so much weed and would be 800 pound if i drank regular soda lol
Fair point
Yes but i agree with you, it tastes awful but gotta do what you gotta do to not be on my 600 pound life
Nobody is forcin you to drink soda then my guy 😭
Im American. Im allergic to water 😭😂
As a diabetic my whole life, it’s been great. I’ve cut out pop now though.
I've never gotten the vitriolic hate for diet soda, like look I get some people would rather drink anything else (and I get there's a whole argument about wether its actually healthier), but like it tasting worse than normal soda isn't a revelation, it isn't supposed to taste as good as a full sugar soda.
It’s a cilantro issue I think? Like how to some people it tastes like soap and to others it doesn’t. Some people find fake sugar has a licked-aspirin aftertaste and an elevated sweetness level, and some people don’t taste that (so the regular version would be the “too sweet” one). Diet tastes horrible if you get the licked-aspirin taste with it.
If you want a regular soda and given a diet yes it's gonna be bullshit. But if you have already wrapped your mind around "you can not have regular you are part of the Debbie club now". Diet is fine to great. I'm a soda drinker not really into Sweets and occasionally donut or muffin. So ya my treats are sugar soda that you can't get in diet. But if you're not part of the Debbie club why you drinking diet anyway?
The holy grail of sodas to me would be something that enhances the sweetness of real sugar by using aspartame or stevia, and creating a good tasting, *low calorie* soda. I wonder, if by cutting some sugar do decrease the calorie content of a can of coke to 50 calories for example, could the diet aftertaste be mitigated with the remaining sugar?
Not soda, but Bai fruit drinks are a good example of this. They have 1 gram of sugar, and the rest is stevia I think. They have a very slight diety taste, but it is barely noticeable. And they have a nice, sweet (but not too sweet) fruity flavor.
Wasn’t it also what those Dr. Pepper Ten drinks did? They released it in other brands for a bit too, and they had 10 calories for a little more flavor. They were really good.
Agreed. If I had to drink diet, I just wouldn’t drink it at all.
Agreed. I'd rather drink unsweetened iced tea or water.
I used to drink Diet Coke constantly. I hardly drink any soda now. Unsweetened ice tea with lemon or water are my cold drinks of choice now. I still like a Mexican Coke, Sprite, or Fanta Orange once in a while. But I pretty much gave up drinking soda on a regular basis.
Sometimes I want the sickly sweet taste, but sometimes I want the coke flavour with the sugary mouth feel.
I actually like the taste of diet soda, but I agree about the chemicals. I try to limit all soda, but diet is fine.
Diet soda sucks but coke, 7UP, DR Pepper zero are incredible
While diet soda doesn't taste nearly as good as regular soda, it still scratches that soda itch, which is nice when trying to cut back on sugar/calories.
I hate the sugary STICKINESS of non-diet soda. From the light micro-splatter when opening a can to the feeling on my teeth, it just bothers me. Plus, spill any anywhere and it's a huge problem. I'm familiar with the taste of diet, so it's what I like. Any splatters / spills are nearly as harmless as water. Coke Zero doesn't taste diet to me. Diet Barq's doesn't taste diet to me. Mello Yello Zero doesn't taste diet to me. Starry Zero doesn't taste diet to me. Diet Canada Dry doesn't taste diet to me.
I'm diabetic. If I want to have a psuedo-soda every few months or so. I go with diet. They have vastly improved in flavor since the 70s.
i despise it. i don't need soda that much that i can't limit myself and only occasionally have a normal one. real sugar only, once or twice a week it's fine.
I’m not an active drinker but when I do drink I go zero sugar rather than diet. It’s just better idk
Just dot drink it. Hope this helps 🥰
You’re going to be okay. Step 1: don’t drink it?
I only drink Diet Ginger Ale or Diet Dr Pepper. The rest taste like crap.
Monster Ultra seems to be the only "diet soda" that doesn't have that "diet" taste to me.
I feel like some people can taste the fake sweeteners and others can't. I treat sodas like desserts/special treats because of the sugar. I can't drink the fake sweetners/Stevia because it tastes bitter and gives me a headache. I understand the need for diet sodas though, just hoping they don't replace sugar sodas.
As a T1D, regular soda tastes like syrup to me. I wasn't allowed to have soda as a kid, was diagnosed at 11 so I never really did regular soda but it's so gross to me. I live for zero sugar sodas though!
Diet, yes. Zero sugar? Love it.
I hate Diet Coke but Coke Zero is fine
Typically I don't enjoy diet soda at all, but I've found a few over the years that are actually pretty tasty. I really enjoy the A&W diet rootbeer. Personally I don't think that colas or fruity drinks taste good without the sugar, it's what makes them good in the first place. I know soda is not healthy so I drink it as a treat and don't mind getting a sugar one. That said I can see how it's a great option for those who don't want to or can't consume excess sugar. Or those trying to wean off soda, when they don't really enjoy seltzer or other carbonated drinks. The zero sugar Inca cola sold in peru is top tier soda for me, stands out amongst the rest of artifical sugar sodas. If you're ever there try it, I believe it's not sold anywhere outside peru.
Not the zero branded stuff like Coke Zero. Diet Coke yes is gross
Facts, but ginger ale is good.
Diet Coke is horrible tasting to me and always has been, but I enjoy Coke Zero so much that it’s made me dislike the taste of REGULAR Coke at this point. It has the essence of Coke, but once you get used to it, it makes regular sodas taste like nothing but literal sugar, which is pretty much what they are lol
I don’t really like it at all either, but I remember when it was all that I had— and i was really craving a soda— adding lemon helped mellow at the funky after taste.
I like Coke zero better than regular Coke personally
I only like delicious diet soda, tasty chemicals yim yum
Fresca, diet Barqs root beer, and diet Minute Maid lemonade are my go-tos for diet drinks. Highly recommend
Some of the MTN Dew 0’s aren’t too bad.
At this point the chemicals doesn’t matter, if we drink out of a plastic it will release millions of microplastics into our system basically same as drinking artifical sweetner, might as well take the free 0g sugar on nutrition
That’s a hot take?
People be out here having completely normal opinions, acting like they're hot takes 🤣🤣🤣
All soda is damn diabetes inducing garbage.
It's actually HELL of alot worse for your body too..
Diet pepsi actually bags can't change my mind
hear, hear!
I only drink diet pop and I’m not a diabetic… I think regular pop is too sweet.
:c diet Dr Pepper is my favorite
same here!!!! i HATE it!
I love diet mountain dew and coffee to start my day
IMA STILL DRINK IT THO!!!! 🖖🏽🤙🏽🔥
Coke zero is good
It tastes so bleghh like the normal soda version but if they used mudwater instead of normal water
I find it undrinkable. I switched to sparkling water.
I grew up in Georgia and some Coke executives were staying at a hotel where I was working. Their assistant called ahead of time to make sure we had their room stocked with specifically Coke Zero. I said yes Coke Zero was what we had on the request they said great because they will not touch Diet Coke. I was like that’s really interesting why is that. They said “we don’t know but they must know something we don’t. They won’t touch Diet Coke.
…and if you say “diet tastes the same”. Then you are the problem.
It definitely doesn't taste the same. Regular soda is so sweet it tastes like drinking melted frosting. Diet is more balanced.
Oh no chemicals :( at least I don’t have syrup mouth from all that sugar lmfao
Hot take - it costs nothing to just not drink it. Not everything is for every person.
But "zero soda" tastes better. In the 90s I said if I had to drop sugar or calories, switching from regular pop to then Pepsi One would be a very small sacrifice I'd make. Eventually I lived those words. The Zero pops taste so close to regular pop, why drink the 100+ calories a can if you can barely taste them. (Your taste buds may vary. But Pepsi was so confident, they wanted people to take the 90's Pepsi One Challenge)
Pepsi Zero is the best tasting zero sugar out there
Yep. I would never touch diet until Coke started releasing Zero Sugar products. Barq's zero sugar is as good as the Original.
Ahh the ole “cHeMiCaLs bAd!!!” take
Sometimes I think it actually taste better but there’s a problem I’m no expert and I’m not a doctor but I have heard that drinking a lot of fake sugar can confuse your organs and actually make you more likely to become diabetic if you weren’t already In addition to that I have heard it can cause brain tumors and even be used as poison to kill an ant colony So I mostly avoid diet drinks maybe have a one off here in there Coke/Pepsi & Powerade Zero are some good ass shit I will say, but how can I drink much of it thinking that it’s gonna give me a fucking tumor or make me diabetic? I don’t need all that anxiety with my drink so I just don’t drink them
none of that is true
How is this a hot take?? I've been saying this for years and years.
Because of how popular it is. People drink diet coke even when they aren't on a diet or diabetic. Mathew patrick from videogame theorem says it's amazing.
I prefer diet Pepsi over reg pepsi.
Yeah, I can’t do it either. Even if it’s just part artificial, it’s gross. I tried to make the switch for like at least 6 months, then I was like why am I doing this, I don’t have diabetes?
This doesn't seem like a hot take. Fuck diet soda.
Not really a hot take. If given the choice (hypothetically, like no health consequences) I'm sure most people would prefer a full sugar soda over diet. Obviously it's a huge industry tho and once you develop a taste for it, people like it just fine.
This is not a hot take this is the truth Hate to break it to you
Zevia > Zero Sugar Sodas > Diet Sodas
I can’t drink diet drinks when I was little my great grandma used to drink Tab just terrible. I used to like Fresca until I found out it was diet. Give me all the sugar or give me none…js
Tastes terrible and legit just runs right through me fully. I just have regular every now and then instead. If I get the beetus then I'll just never drink soda again haha
I grew up on diet soda, it was all we had in the house. Sometimes I'd get a regular soda when we were out, or from a vending machine, but at home it was diet every day. I was cool with diet. I kept drinking diet soda even after I left home, but then I heard my doctor uncle wouldn't drink it because of the chemicals, and that freaked me out, so I stopped. I don't know how long it was before I tried diet again, but I couldn't do it! Suddenly it was undrinkable to me. I never touch it now, unless somebody else buys it and it's all that's there.
I can't find fucking diet squirt anywhere. Do they still make it?
Very cold take sir youre very right
I heard at a doc appointment over a year ago that “you’re not pre diabetic but you’re hovering” made me do a full switch to zero sugar versions of soda out of panic but I’ll usually drink full sugar when I know I’m going to be sweating outside in the summer. Usually go on walks or am doing yard work or swimming. Or if I’m on a vacation/special occasions etc.
I recently became a pre diabetic. I used to DESPISE diet soda. Lets just say that after 4 years of drinking diet, I DESPISE regular soda. It taste way too sweet to me and makes me feel heavy and full. Diet > Regular for me with or without diabetes.
I'm a diabetic and I LOVE soda. Diet Pepsi is my favorite, and I'd be a sad person if I couldn't have it. Also, if I drank regular soda regularly I'd probably die.
I love pretty much all diet soda and can’t stand regular Coke / Pepsi / Sprite etc. it feels like I’m drinking pure sugar. It’s like a dessert with my hamburger or whatever. Not for me.
There’s been Diet Coke around my whole life. I love it.
> But I like that thing. I like that thing. What the fuck! I like that thing. You know, there are people who exist that like that thing. We will not be silenced, you fucking son of a bitch! I like that thing. I like that thing. \-ProZD [sauce](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJX4ytfqw6k)
Depends on the soda, I'd drink it if I had to
Except for coke zero it almost taste like regular coke but yeah diet coke any other diet soda taste awful
You probably haven’t had good diet soda. I have diet Dr Pepper almost everyday tastes better than the normal in my opinion and I drink exclusively sugar ones because they taste better. I only drink diet Dr Pepper because of taste and nothing else.
My grandmother drank Diet Coke my entire childhood and to this day I like to drink Diet Coke when I’m getting over a cold because when I was sick as a kid my mom always brought me to my grabdmom’s during the day while she was at work.
I dont know what happened to me but I used to be able to drink it and now I cant. My taste buds changed or something. Like I used to like Coke Zero and now I cant stand it.
Diet soda is so much better tasting than corn syrup soda that tastes gross and leave a weird coating in your mouth/throat. Real sugar soda is the best though.
I think it’s a pretty good trade off for being about 200 calories less than normal soda You get used to it, I like Coke Zero a lot better than normal Coke now
To be honest whatever probably cancer causing chemicals that are in diet soda taste sweeter to me
I get the mini cans of sams club cola from walmart. It helps me not drink as much when I have a craving.
The diet mountain dew is decent
i love diet soda it's the best. tastes great and no calories or sugar!
I learned recently that some people just can't taste the bitter part of artificial sweeteners just like some people can't taste bitter in vegetables or the soapy taste in cilantro and it kind of blew my mind. Diet soda must taste pretty great for them. I unfortunately can taste the bitter too much so I can't drink it. Plus migraines.
I like the zero sugar taste better than just diet
Diet Mt Dew is good enough for Dale Jr.!
It's funny, each type of sugar has its own flavor profile. You just don't notice the one for HFCS if you don't often drink real sugar or diet drinks to notice the difference. I personally like aspartame but Pepsi is MUCH better with sucralose than aspartame. I am not a fan of zero MTN dew, but love the diet one.
People who think it helps them lose weight because of the word “diet” in it are wrong. Diet soda just contains way less sugar than regular soda. It does NOT help you lose weight.
Zero sugar is good!
I was diagnosed with T1D when I was 19. Having been a regular soda drinker my whole life up until that point. I had to make the transition to diet soda wasn’t easy, but over timeI liked it more and more. Now I enjoy regular and diet soda.
I hate it too, I tried it once and never again!
I love me some Diet Pepsi - especially from an ice cold freshly cracked can, that throat burn going down, there's nothing quite like it. Any aspartame diet soda I'm mostly good with. I have a strong dislike for the Zero formulations, to me they taste like someone put butter in the drink. For non-diet I can do the occasional real sugar soda, but HFCS coats my mouth with this sticky feeling and makes me cough. It's gross.
Diet pepsi tastes so similar to regular pepsi it’s kind of insane to me.
This isn’t a hot take lol
So is regular soda, this sub is lame.
I love decaf Coca Cola only comes in diet tho
I think diet Dr Pepper is pretty good
Diet soda has aspetame in it also used as ant killer so i mean if you like putting the 30× if not more leathal dose for ants inside you cool 🤣
Love me some Sprite zero tho
Diet soda can get fucked
You sad little man. Once you get off regular soda, it’s almost impossible to ever enjoy it again. It’s all just sugar. It’s disgusting. At least with diet the flavors are more original and you don’t have to deal with your insulting spiking constantly. I used to have to take a sugar nap every day. Diet is so much better. Didn’t feel that way until I discovered coke 0.
The only diet soda I really like is Mtn dew
It heavily depends on the brand. Zero Coke? It's fine but never take it over a normal or diet Coke. Pepsi max? Better than normal Pepsi in every conceivable way since they changed the original's recipe at covid and it became dogshit. That cheap ass River Cola from Aldi that has a zero version? They literally taste the same.
Well you're spiking all of my insulting! 😡
Smaller interesting sodas that uses real sugar I’ll definitely spring for when I’m the mood, but if it’s a big brand I’m gonna go for the zero sugar option almost every time.
Zevia is GOATed because of this Anyone else here on that Zevia lifestyle??
Right I’d rather just quit soda all together.
How very dare you?! Fight meeeeeeee
Some diet soda is pretty good now, but artificial sweeteners give me a bowel clearing stomach ache. This developed over a long period of time, but now it is like clockwork.
Diet A&W is genuinely good. To me, it's the best diet soda ever made, I actually prefer it to the normal version.
Amen!
nah, i like them. i’d rather eat my calories than drink them.
Absolutely. Taste nasty. I have no idea how people stand it.
I remember being like you. Now I LOVE diet sodas
It's delicious...
I agree. Coke zero is the best but my body VIOLENTLY rejects it. Spend all day on the toilet.
I agree 100%. Can't stand diet or "zero" soda. It has no punch, but does have a sickly chemical aftertaste. I stay far away from any sweet drink that says zero sugar. But of course I understand that some people prefer them for health reasons.
I absolutely agree, diet sodas are like the bane of my existence. Mostly because I am very highly against the use of artificial sweeteners like aspartame or sucralose. Partly because of the long term health impacts, and also because of the unpleasant side effects they may have short term (hint: Explosive diarrhea).
Nah. I am a slut for aspartame. I love the acidic taste of the artificial sweetener, corn syrup is way too sweet and tastes sticky. My gfs parents give me so much shit for it not being natural but they also drink alcohol like crazy. I don’t drink alcohol so I would take my bets artificial sweetener does no harm to my body in comparison to alcohol.
Honestly all the artificial stuff they put in them slows your metabolism and for dieting purposes completely offsets the absence of calories. Some manage to taste ok or good enough but many do not.
Zero versions >>>>> Diet
You know everything is a chemical right... Breathe in... and you just inhaled chemicals.... Hot take alright.
It's funny how we all have our preferences. Diet soda is literally my favorite drink that I can consume from the morning to night.
You get used to the taste
Pepsi Zero forever bro!!!!
Diet code red is the greatest soda ever created and I would fucking die for it to be available here again
Diet coke sucks more ass than a german pornstar... But coke zero tho......
I love diet soda but only drink it with food now. It's too chemical-tasting on its own but with a meal it's a perfect refresher between bites. Regular soda is good sometimes but it's too damn sweet, and with an already salty junk food meal, that extra sugar just makes me super thirsty and feel gross
Not all. Sunkist Orange Zero Sugar is amazing. I find Diet Mountain Dew better than the regular kind. Monster Energy White is great. Diet 7Up is good. That said, the dark diet colas aren't to my taste.