# Coke vs Water

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-vs-water/235265>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 19, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-vs-water/235265 "2004-03-19T19:20:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-vs-water/235265/21 "2004-03-21T19:09:34Z")

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The following sentence appears in that recipe for coke in ham linked to above:

“Don’t even consider using Diet Coke–it’s full of sugar”

Say what?

-FrL-

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**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-vs-water/235265/22 "2004-03-21T19:34:33Z")

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> [@Frylock](#):
>
> The following sentence appears in that recipe for coke in ham linked to above:
> 
> “Don’t even consider using Diet Coke–it’s full of sugar”
> 
> Say what?
> 
> -FrL-

Ew, nasty error that.

My assumption is that they meant “aspartame” (aka NutraSweet) instead of “sugar”, which would then be a correct statement.

Cooking with aspartame is bad because heat breaks down the chemical and causes it (at the very least) to lose its sweetness.  
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