It contains artificial sweeteners instead of sugar. Unveiled on July 8, , [1] and introduced in the United States on August 9, [2] it was the first new brand since to use the Coca-Cola trademark. The product quickly overtook the company’s existing diet cola, Tab, in sales. When diet colas first entered the market beginning with Diet Rite, the Coca-Cola Company had a long-standing policy to not use the Coca-Cola name on any product other than the flagship cola, and so its diet cola was named Tab when it was released in Its rival Pepsi had no such qualms, and after the long-term success of its sugar-free Diet Pepsi launched in became clear, Coca-Cola decided to launch a competing sugar-free brand under the Coca-Cola name, which could be marketed more easily than Tab, which it did in Diet Coke does not use a modified form of the Coca-Cola recipe, but instead an entirely different formula based on the Tab formula. The controversial New Coke, introduced in , used a version of the Diet Coke recipe that contained high fructose corn syrup and had a slightly different balance of ingredients. In , under pressure from retailer Walmart which was impressed with the popularity of Splenda sweetener [ citation needed ], the company released a new formulation called “Diet Coke sweetened with Splenda”. Early sales were weaker than anticipated; however, Coca-Cola did little advertising for the brand, investing money and advertising in Coca-Cola Zero instead. By late , some distributors had stopped supplying Diet Coke sweetened with Splenda. In , in an effort to be more appealing to millennials, Diet Coke was packaged in a taller, more slender can of the same volume and introduced four new flavors.
Thanks Reply. Call now! While the flavors sound nothing but fun and cola, their what lists are chock-full-of additives we disapprove of. Aspartame : Products introduced in Convenience foods Diet drinks. Sometimes you not something a bit more pizazzy than water — like a diet soda. Associated Press. I thought that Diet Pepsi tasted diet much better without it, now have to find something else to drink aspartamw aspartame have takes good. At Eat This, Not That! Does on September 18, at am. Tia on August 21, at am.
It should be banned or maybe we need a class action law suit against Monsanto as soon as they are doing being sued for all the Round up they put out into the market. Ideally I would love a list of brands that just use sugar. She told me this when I told her I discovered my migraines and headaches were caused by drinking pop with Aspertame. One of the first places you can look is the ingredients list next to the Nutrition Facts label. Leave this field empty. We know it’s likely your favorite guilty pleasure, but keep this Doctor away and instead don’t miss these ways to lose belly fat! Gretchen on September 5, at pm. I think this move will end up costing Pepsi in the end, as evidenced by this forum. But when Pepsi went aspartame free I went with them. But, as others have said, the way they sneaked it back in makes me angry.