# favorite diet soda **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 20, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703 "2002-08-20T04:20:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/21 "2002-08-20T22:51:40Z")
Bohemia, with Pacifico a close second. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/22 "2002-08-20T23:10:06Z")
Tab Canned under authority of the Coca-Cola Co. Contains: [ul][li]Carbonated Water[_]Caramel Color[_]Natural?!? Flavors[_]Phosphoric Acid[_]Calcium Saccharin[_]Potassium Benzonate[_] **Caffeine** Aspartame (Yuck!..But not that much)[/ul][/li] Before my day it came in Black Raspberry, Ginger Ale, Root Beer and Cola Flavors…the latter is the only one that still exists. I drink 18-20 pinks cans a day. **If ANYone sees it packaged in glass bottles in their area PLEASE send an e-mail to me of the retailer’s name so I can have a pallet shipped to NY.** It is not dangerous (unless you’re a lab rat being fed 5 gallons a day via IV) and is not an acronym for Totally Artificial Beverage. ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/23 "2002-08-21T00:47:08Z")
Have you guys tried Diet Rite? Tastes just like ordinary Cola, but without any caffine, sugar, or carbohydrates. I’m on Atkins right now, so given that the only other thing I can drink is water, this thing is a life-saver… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/24 "2002-08-21T01:01:45Z")
Stewart’s Orange and Cream. Like eating a creamsicle, only through a straw and it’s diet. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/25 "2002-08-21T01:12:45Z")
Diet Dr Pepper. I live on the stuff. (Just got myself a T-shirt – old '20s-type ad for the good doctor – “Vim! Vigor! Vitality!” ---
**Author:** ![Granuaile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecccb3/32.png) [@Granuaile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Granuaile)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/26 "2002-08-21T06:38:43Z")
You’re not alone **John** , I actually _like_ that funky taste. I do not partake of such prodigious amounts but before I got preggers, there was always a 6pack in my trolley. The Raley’s I go to sells Tab, Diet Vernor’s _and_ Canfield’s Diet Fudge. Good stuff, Baby. G. ---
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/27 "2002-08-21T12:52:40Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Philster \*\*\* > Canfield’s Diet Chocolate Fudge soda is hard to find, but just unbelievable. If you can find it, taste it._\* > > \*Originally posted by hillbilly queen \*\*\* > > I love that stuff! I haven’t been able to find it in years tho’. > > \*\* And here I am thinking I would be the only one to mention Canfields! I love the Diet Chocolate/Cherry as well. **HQ** , you need to move to Baltimore - we’ve got plenty of the stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/28 "2002-08-21T13:22:09Z")
**18-20** cans a day??? Whoa. Tibs. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/29 "2002-08-21T13:35:41Z")
#1 Diet Sunkist (orange soda-- its great!) #2 Diet Coke with Lemon #3 Diet IRC Root Beer good stuff. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/30 "2002-08-21T14:08:46Z")
Hey, I’ve ordered diet sodas with large meals and got funky looks. Ordering out, it’s diet coke all the way. Rolls off the togue jsut right when ordering. (At home, like my previous post says, Diet Cherry Coke and Canfield’s Diet Chocolate Fudge) Now, about having a diet soda with any meal, regardless of size and calories: I drink about 2-4 sodas a day. Let’s say it 3/day average for a year. We’ll say the can size = 120 calories in regular mode - not diet. Simple math…365 days in a year multiplied by 3 sodas…ok…multiplied by 120 calories…ok…that comes out to 131,400 calories per year that I’ve eliminated by drinking diet. Now, as for what that means in terms of body fat…let’s see here…3500 cals = 1lb of body fat…so 131,400 divided by 3500 = 37.5 pounds! ---
**Author:** ![crazy4chaucer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@crazy4chaucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy4chaucer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/31 "2002-08-21T17:03:29Z")
Diet caffeine-free Dr. Pepper Shasta diet grapefruit soda Fresca Minute Maid light lemonade–very yummy I’m going to have to try the Canfield’s and the Vernors. They have them at the grocery store, I think–it seems like I’ve seen them. ---
**Author:** ![Krasivaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/958977/32.png) [@Krasivaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krasivaya)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/32 "2002-08-21T17:15:51Z")
Ugh, try being a 19 year old girl in a sorority, THEN see what kind of looks you get when you order a Diet Coke. Me: I’ll have a Diet Coke please. Waitress: _thinks_ Ohhhh great. Another anorexic sorority chick. Guess I don’t have to bring HER a dessert menu. Personally I can’t DRINK regular coke, it leaves a film on my teeth. _shudder_ The WORST though, was when I was in South Africa earlier this summer. You could not get a Diet Coke for any amount of money. All they had was this Coke Lite crap that tasted like Pepsi. Ugh! The first thing I did when I got off the plane in Atlanta was hit up the first vending machine I saw. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/33 "2002-08-21T17:31:32Z")
Diet A&W Cream Soda and Diet crush isn’t awful. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/34 "2002-08-21T17:42:33Z")
To me, Pepsi One is the only diet cola that tastes close to real cola. Unfortunately, the wife doesn’t buy it anymore because it has caffeine. Me? I’m too lazy to go to the store. I’ve started putting limes in Diet Coke or Pepsi and it seems to take the chemical edge off of it. At least, it masks it with a nice citrusy edge. ---
**Author:** ![thermalribbon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@thermalribbon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thermalribbon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/35 "2002-08-21T18:03:04Z")
How 'bout a Fresca? ---
**Author:** ![Jorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jorel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorel)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/36 "2002-08-21T18:37:08Z")
I like Diet Pepsi. I am going to try putting a lime in it…sounds interesting ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/37 "2002-08-22T01:45:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DMark \* > \*\*…the thing is, non-Diet drinks are just too sweet for me…it has less to do with the calories than the fact I don’t like swigging a mouthful of sugar. > Am I the only one who has this problem? \*\* Nope. Diet Coke it is, Diet Safeway Select Cola if’n it’s around- the slight taste difference is worth the 60 cents saved. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/38 "2002-08-22T03:48:29Z")
I used to like Diet Rite best, but I don’t like it as much now that they’re using Splenda insted of NutraSweet. So now I’m partial to Diet Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/39 "2002-08-22T05:07:27Z")
Another vote for Diet Dr Pepper. I don’t know how they do it, but it tastes JUST LIKE regular DP to me. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703/40 "2002-08-22T15:48:16Z")
**Pepsi One** is my favorite. Also good are **Diet Sprite** and **Diet Barq’s Root Beer**. I wish the stores around here had the Diet Code Red or Diet Cherry Coke that people mentioned above. I didn’t think they existed due to the very small market slice, but now I just feel sad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-diet-soda/124703.md?page=3)