# Are there any diet sodas that DON'T use Nutrasweet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 6, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-diet-sodas-that-dont-use-nutrasweet/141033 "2002-12-06T22:05:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-diet-sodas-that-dont-use-nutrasweet/141033/21 "2002-12-07T03:41:18Z")
**[sub]Oops, sorry for the open tag.**[/sub] I also forgot to mention that Diet Rite also has flavored sodas…white grape, kiwi strawberry, and another one I can’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-diet-sodas-that-dont-use-nutrasweet/141033/22 "2002-12-07T04:06:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Markxxx \* > \*\*As a person who found true weight loss (eat anything just eat less) Atkins makes claims (yes I’ve read his book and web site) to make sure if you don’t lose weight it ISN’T his fault. > > I drink LOTS of Aspertame and lost > 40 pounds. It isn’t the aspertame, it isn’t the glands, it is the food. (specifically the portions\_ \*\* Good for you. As I noted earlier, however, the Atkins diet was very effective for me once I followed the advice stated in the book and dropped pretty much all of the aspartame from my diet the first time around, so instead of it being a cop-out to explain why it isn’t his fault, it was good advice which led to an effective solution. And when I used the Atkins diet sans Aspartame, I lost nearly 70 pounds. So in that case, yes, it WAS the aspartame. I’ve known people who have lost a significant amount of weight on some variation of just about every popular diet method out there so far…I think most of them are effective if they are followed correctly; the trick is to find one that you can do consistently. I think that holds true for most people who struggle with weight loss. ---
**Author:** ![AmbushBug](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ambushbug/32/4600_2.png) [@AmbushBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmbushBug)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-diet-sodas-that-dont-use-nutrasweet/141033/23 "2002-12-07T05:06:48Z")
IIRC, most if not all _fountain dispensed_ diet sodas still use saccharin, because aspartame degrades too quickly. Being that they’re not labeled, you’d better take my info with a grain of … something. [Useful site](http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1999/699_sugar.html). -AmbushBug ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-diet-sodas-that-dont-use-nutrasweet/141033/24 "2002-12-07T13:03:53Z")
Are the bags of syrup required to include an ingredients list? I guess I can check next time at work. If that’s true about the saccharin, that’d be great - I’d have something besides water to drink at work. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-diet-sodas-that-dont-use-nutrasweet/141033/25 "2002-12-07T14:54:32Z")
Tab. Tab, Tab, Tab, Tab, Tab. I love the stuff. It has sacchrine. I can only find it in NYC, and in one deli in Bergenfield. I go there and take the bus back with a big bag full of TAB. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-diet-sodas-that-dont-use-nutrasweet/141033/26 "2002-12-07T16:08:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SenorBeef \* > \*\*Are the bags of syrup required to include an ingredients list? \*\* I’m 99% certain you are correct – the ingredients are either on a white sticker on the Mylar-looking baggie, or printed on the cardboard box holding the baggie in place. Maybe both. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-diet-sodas-that-dont-use-nutrasweet/141033/27 "2002-12-07T18:08:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruby \* > \*\*Do you think if we all contacted the soda manufacturers and suggested they use Splenda that they would give it a try. > > Splenda is a natural form of real sugar that has been altered at the molecular level (added another hydrogen molecule, maybe?) to “trick” the body into thinking it’s not a sugar/carbohydrate. You get the sweet taste with out using an _artificial_ sweetner. > > Diet Rite has recently added another _chemical_ sweetner to their product in addition to Splenda. I can’t remember the name but they claim it has a better taste with the combination of sweetners. > > \*\*[sub]Disclaimer: I don’t have any financial interest in Splenda or it’s subsidiaries. I just REALLY like the idea of reducing the number of chemicals I ingest every day \*\* Splenda (sucralose) is made by replacing three O-H groups with chlorine atoms. The Splenda site has a [page](http://www.splenda.com/page.jhtml?id=splenda/products/prodwithsplenda.inc) that lists products that are made with it. I’m not sure it’s been updated recently, though. I use Splenda in my coffee regularly now, and I also take packets with me to restaurants so that I can drink sweetened iced tea without dumping in 70 zillion sugar packets. I just wish that everybody would start using it. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-diet-sodas-that-dont-use-nutrasweet/141033/28 "2002-12-07T18:41:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*Tab. Tab, Tab, Tab, Tab, Tab. I love the stuff. It has sacchrine. > > I can only find it in NYC, and in one deli in Bergenfield. I go there and take the bus back with a big bag full of TAB. \*\* I live in about as rural a situation as it possible to get and the local liquor store orders Tab specially for me by the case. I’m sure a local mom/pop grocery or liquor store in your area (if there is one willing) will do likewise. It is addictive stuff though, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![SandWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@SandWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-diet-sodas-that-dont-use-nutrasweet/141033/29 "2002-12-07T20:31:40Z")
Stewart’s makes a line of Glass Bottled soft drinks sweetened with Splenda. For Ice tea drinkers, Sobe-Lean is also made with splenda. IMHOICBW Diet Rite tastes more like Coke used to taste. Coke switched to Corn syrup from sugar as their main sweetener. I prefer the lighter taste of the sugar based substitute to the heavier taste of the corn syrup. I also think there is something in cola’s that is addictive. I have tried to switch to water and have gone as long as a week on water only until the craving for a cola or even a diet caffine free cola gets to me and I go out and plunk down seventy-five cents or so for a can of carbonated sugar water. And then they are packaged such that the more you buy the cheaper it is, so before I know it I’m back on the cola. Is there something in the ‘and other natural flavorings?’ -Sandwriter ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-diet-sodas-that-dont-use-nutrasweet/141033/30 "2002-12-07T20:34:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cisco \* > \*\*Is this common, or is there evidence to back it up? I know someone who always says she wants to lose weight but I **cannot** convince her to stop drinking diet soda (she averages about 3 20oz bottles a day.) \*\* Oh, good God! I got an ulcer from just _reading_ that post! ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-diet-sodas-that-dont-use-nutrasweet/141033/31 "2002-12-07T20:36:06Z")
Dite rite and Diet RC both use splenda. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-diet-sodas-that-dont-use-nutrasweet/141033/32 "2002-12-09T16:06:08Z")
Report: while using Diet Coke (with aspartame), I had lost about 2 pounds per week at best on the Atkins diet this time around: I switched entirely to non-aspartame products (Diet Rite with Splenda and Sunett sweeteners) on Friday and I lost 3 pounds over the weekend. Down with aspartame!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-diet-sodas-that-dont-use-nutrasweet/141033.md?page=1)