# Diet soda for someone who hates diet soda? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [November 19, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054 "2007-11-19T17:48:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/41 "2007-11-19T21:57:59Z")
[QUOTE=stpauler] I prefer Diet Coke with Splenda over the Zero. [/QUOTE] I’ve never seen this! I had to give up anything with Aspartame, which means I had to give up my beloved Diet Coke (and Diet Mountain Dew, sigh). If I could find it with Splenda, I’d be in heaven. I’ll have to start looking. Do they look the same as regular Diet Coke cans? Right now the only ones I can find with Splenda, and so will recommend them, are Pepsi One and Walgreens Cola, Pepsi One being the better of the two. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/42 "2007-11-19T22:02:50Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Lots of Zero suggestions but I don’t think I saw one for Pibb Zero. Nectar of the Gods. [/QUOTE] Where can one find this Nectar of the Gods? I never knew there was such a thing. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/43 "2007-11-19T22:04:40Z")
For afternoon no caffeine, I switched to Lipton’s diet green tea with citrus. Not a soda, but not bad. I packed on an extra 30-40 pounds over the last few years, but managed to lose it all since the early part of this year. That included a little less eating and a little more exercise (and some stress), but cutting out the sugar sodas and juices made a big difference. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/44 "2007-11-19T22:21:48Z")
Coke Zero works for me. It helped that I hadn’t had Coke at all for a few weeks before I tried it. When I did try it I couldn’t believe how much it tasted like regular Coke, but after a couple of weeks drinking it, I had a glass of regular Coke and realised… yeah, there’s a difference and regular Coke is still better. So my suggestion would be to abstain from regular Coke for a while before drinking it, and don’t mess yourself up by mixing your drinks, so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/45 "2007-11-19T23:13:27Z")
Don’t listen to **Indyellen** , she’s confused. Diet Dew is disgusting. Accept no substitutes here, especially if you’re a Mt. Dew lover like myself. _Equipoise_, look for the Diet Coke with the blue swish in the label - this is the one sweetened with Splenda, and it is indeed pretty good. It’s the same silver as regular Diet Coke, just with blue in the label. (It can blend in.) ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/46 "2007-11-19T23:30:31Z")
I like Tab. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/47 "2007-11-19T23:36:47Z")
Diet Mountain Dew and Diet Mountain Dew: Code Red are my favorites. I can’t taste the difference between them and the sugar-filled versions anymore. Gives me a good boost of caffine when I need it, too. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/48 "2007-11-19T23:39:57Z")
Are Sprite/Coke Zero different to Diet Sprite/Coke? I just thought they were the same products in different packaging. In the UK/Ireland the target market for Coke Zero has been men who think Diet Coke is too girly or what have you. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/49 "2007-11-20T00:00:28Z")
I like diet root beers. [QUOTE=iwakura43] I like Tab. [/QUOTE] Tab was one of the few diet colas that IMO had a good taste. Haven’t seen it in a long time. Is it still made? ---
**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/50 "2007-11-20T03:09:59Z")
Cherry Coke Zero is amazing. By extension, if you like Vanilla Coke, Vanilla Coke Zero would probably be good too. Of Slice and Sunkist, one of the diet orange sodas is pretty good, but one of them is too salty. I forget which is which. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/51 "2007-11-20T03:19:17Z")
I like Safeway’s Diet-Cranberry. If you don’t have Safeway in your neck of the woods I’m sure you’ll find the same thing marketed under some other generic brand name. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/52 "2007-11-20T03:32:22Z")
[QUOTE=StuffLikeThatThere] If you like a black cherry diet, try Diet Dr. Pepper Berries and Cream, or Diet Dr. Pepper Cherry Vanilla. I’m addicted to the berries and cream myself. Nom nom. _slips out to the fridge in the garage for a can_ [/QUOTE] I have to echo the Dr Pepper Berries and Cream and Black Cherry Vanilla. Pepsi also makes a diet version called Pepsi Jazz that comes in both of those flavors as well as caramel. Also try Coke Vanilla Zero and Diet Pepsi Vanilla. I also drink vault energy soda, in diet. Only 5 calories a 12 oz. can. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/53 "2007-11-20T03:34:11Z")
[QUOTE=Equipoise] I’ve never seen this! I had to give up anything with Aspartame, which means I had to give up my beloved Diet Coke (and Diet Mountain Dew, sigh). If I could find it with Splenda, I’d be in heaven. I’ll have to start looking. Do they look the same as regular Diet Coke cans? [/QUOTE] I also prefer the splenda diet coke to the Coke Zero, although that’s also good. The cans of the splenda diet cokes look a lot like the regular, but have a yellow swishy under the “Coke” and a splenda symbol. I never had trouble finding them in the states. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/54 "2007-11-20T03:39:15Z")
Diet 7-Up and Diet Cherry 7-Up (both sweetened with Splenda) taste very good to me. But then again I am not big into cola flavors unless it is as a mixer. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/55 "2007-11-20T03:41:41Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] Are Sprite/Coke Zero different to Diet Sprite/Coke? I just thought they were the same products in different packaging. In the UK/Ireland the target market for Coke Zero has been men who think Diet Coke is too girly or what have you. [/QUOTE] Coke Zero is different than Diet Coke. All other “Zero” products are identical to their former “Diet” counterparts. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/56 "2007-11-20T04:00:03Z")
[QUOTE=amarinth] A&W Diet Cream Soda tastes not entirely unlike A&W Cream Soda. Especially if you haven’t had real Cream Soda for a while. [/QUOTE] You beat me to it. I love A&W DCS. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/57 "2007-11-20T04:12:40Z")
This may not be a popular suggestion, but if you just stop drinking regular Coke and start drinking nothing but Diet Coke (or Pepsi, or whatever), in a week or two you’ll get used to it and it won’t be as vile as it seems to you now. I used to be a hardcore Pepsi fan, didn’t like Coke, and couldn’t stand any diet drinks. A few years ago, for the same reasons as others here (weight), I switched over to whichever of the two diet colas was on sale that week. It didn’t take long to completely lose my lifelong dislike of the diet taste. I can still notice the difference between diet and regular and Coke and Pepsi, I just don’t _care_ about the difference. You can do it, too. The good thing about this suggestion is that by getting used to the diet flavors you can stick with them when you’re eating out. I’ve never seen a fountain that served Coke Zero or Pepsi One. But they all have the standard diet versions. BTW, I like, and occasionally buy, Zero and One for variety, but my favorite is Diet Coke. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/58 "2007-11-20T11:33:38Z")
[QUOTE=commasense] The good thing about this suggestion is that by getting used to the diet flavors you can stick with them when you’re eating out. I’ve never seen a fountain that served Coke Zero or Pepsi One. But they all have the standard diet versions. [/QUOTE] The Wendy’s near(ish) me has Coke Zero. It’s enticing enough to make me drive about 10 minutes out of my way for a salad there instead of the much closer McDonald’s sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/59 "2007-11-20T13:50:19Z")
[QUOTE=tremorviolet] If you’re just looking for taste and not a caffeine hit, try [Hansen’s Diet Soda](http://www.hansens.com/products/products.php?subcat=2&color=soda). They’re so tasty I drink them for a dessert in the evening after dinner. They’re sometimes tough to find, look in the “natural foods” sections of bigger supermarkets. [/QUOTE] Seconded. Also, Costco offers them in cases of two six-packs each of Tangerine Lime, Root Beer and Black Cherry. I’m not usually a root beer person but they’re made with natural flavors, so you can taste the vanilla, the mint, and so on that make up the root beer flavor. All the flavors are good and not especially diet-y. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054/60 "2007-11-20T14:40:37Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] Coke Zero is different than Diet Coke. All other “Zero” products are identical to their former “Diet” counterparts. -FrL- [/QUOTE] I’ve seen people try to claim that Sprite Zero is a new product. I’m glad you said this. Sprite Zero has the same chemical taste as Diet Sprite. There decision to slap the Zero label on Diet Sprite disappoints me for two reasons: 1. Sprite is my favorite drink, but I hate the diet version. It seems as if they are giving up on developing a true Zero version. 2. It hurts the zero branding effort. Coke Zero is Coke without the calories. Shouldn’t all zero sodas be the same? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-for-someone-who-hates-diet-soda/427054.md?page=4)