# Is Soda an Appropriate drink with breakfast? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [January 29, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631 "2022-01-29T16:05:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/61 "2022-01-30T13:40:30Z")
I start every day with a Diet Coke. Have for years - and TAB before that. I don’t like coffee, and I’ll occasionally brew a cup of tea, but for the most part, it’s Diet Coke. It’s always disappointing when we go out for breakfast and the restaurant features Pepsi products. Then it’s tea or water. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/62 "2022-01-30T13:58:47Z")
I also grew up at a time when a soda was a very occasional treat, maybe twice a week? And, this was also a time where breakfast was a bowl of frosted flakes with two spoons of additional sugar sprinkled on top! So, what-evs on the sugar intake aspect? But, I still internalized the sense that soda should not be a go-to for regular consumption, and I _instinctively_ judge others for their soda choices. But, ultimately my _reasoning_ takes over and I end up with - live and let live! Otherwise, the whole discussion gets into what we consider as “appropriate” for breakfast meals, vs lunch and dinner. My young adult children and their friends talk about “breakfast-for-dinner” regarding pancakes or omelets. So, there is that cultural norming going on too. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/63 "2022-01-30T14:05:06Z")
You know Borjomi, Perrier, San Pellegrino, etc. do not have any sugar in them. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/64 "2022-01-30T14:19:48Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > It’s always disappointing when we go out for breakfast and the restaurant features Pepsi products. I remember this conversation from my childhood: Bro: Do you want a Coke? Me: Yep. Bro: What kind of Coke? Me: Orange Crush. I don’t remember the term for that—a brand name of something very popular becomes like a common noun. Instead of copying something, you Xerox it, or you hand someone a Kleenex instead of a facial tissue (to name other examples). So I’ve had my brain expecting a Diet Coke and the waitstaff have actually brought me a Diet Pepsi. Blechh! I’m good with Coke Zero too. Kroger has a very respectable knockoff of it. But I’ve never found a decent substitute for Diet Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/65 "2022-01-30T15:49:45Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Approximately a thousand years ago, I read somewhere that the people of Europe distrusted their local water supplies, so drinking wine or beer (which made nobody sick unless consumed in large quantities) seemed the healthy thing to do. [This doesn’t seem to have been generally true](https://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/people-drink-water-middle-ages/) (although people sometimes distrusted water from specific sources). Mostly, they drank beer and wine for the same reasons people do today; i.e. they liked the taste and the effects; and, crucially, they were far more likely to leave _written records_ about drinking wine or beer, since you don’t have to pay for water, write down recipes for it, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/66 "2022-01-30T15:58:25Z")
On rare occasion when I’m very thirsty early in the morning I’ll have some cold diet soda along with breakfast and coffee. It’s not a regular thing in part because the carbonation can make for embarrassing belching at work. You don’t want to be presenting a case at the hospital’s weekly tumor conference when excess gas demands an outlet. “So, the histologic features we see here are diagnostic of (BRAWP).” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/67 "2022-01-30T16:19:42Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > BRAWP) Brief Reactive Atypical Weber’s Psychosis? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/68 "2022-01-30T16:42:43Z")
I’m lucky because I hate carbonation and also can’t stand sweet beverages, so no type of soda has ever appealed to me at breakfast or any other time, saving me from the desire to consume tons of empty calories or artificial sweetener over the years. But I’ll try to withhold judgment of other people’s choices. My partner brews his own kombucha and often has muesli moistened with kombucha for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/69 "2022-01-30T18:47:11Z")
I rarely drink soda. It’s liquid candy. But if that’s what you like for breakfast, go for it. Anything is appropriate at any meal if that’s what you like. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/70 "2022-01-30T19:25:48Z")
I don’t drink coffee, so Diet Coke it is. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/71 "2022-01-30T19:37:29Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > I don’t remember the term for that—a brand name of something very popular becomes like a common noun. Instead of copying something, you Xerox it, or you hand someone a Kleenex instead of a facial tissue (to name other examples). - > **[Genericization Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary](https://www.yourdictionary.com/genericization)** > > Genericization definition: The process of becoming \generic\. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/72 "2022-01-30T19:52:44Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Genericization Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary](https://www.yourdictionary.com/genericization) This being SDMB, I knew someone would know it. Thanks! IIRC business folks see that as a major coup. As a point of comparison, what about Dr. Pepper? > “Dr Pepper Time”, according to one promotion, was at 10, 2 and 4 o’clock. 10 is a pretty late breakfast, but it’s morning. Of course, some people warmed it up before drinking it…not sure if time of day impacted that decision. > **[Dr Pepper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Pepper)** > > Dr Pepper is a carbonated soft drink. It was created in the 1880s by pharmacist Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas, and first served around 1885. Dr Pepper was first nationally marketed in the United States in 1904. It is now also sold in Europe, Asia, North and South America. In Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, Dr Pepper is sold as an imported good. Variants include Diet Dr Pepper and, beginning in the 2000s, a line of additional flavors. Although it has been considered cola, the America... ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/73 "2022-01-30T21:10:44Z")
I think part of it is at a restaurant the only refillable drink is water coffee or soda especially when a single glass of milk /juice is 2 bucks or more even at fast food places since my idea of breakfast is chili cheese fries (why yes I learned to eat like a trucker thanks mom lol )or cold pizza or just leftovers from dinner its usually soda … and mountain dew or whatever is cherry … ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/74 "2022-01-30T21:32:12Z")
I wouldn’t have used the word “appropriate”, but i don’t drink soda for breakfast. Nor orange juice. I don’t eat donuts, either. I find that i feel groggy if i eat too much sugar for breakfast. I prefer starch and fat. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/75 "2022-01-30T22:40:57Z")
My wife loves cold cuts from breakfast. When she came with me to a conference in Linz, Austria where this was standard, she was in hog heaven. No soda, though. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/76 "2022-01-31T00:20:25Z")
Bill Lister had a song that describes the breakfast of champions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/loamVbAOsPo?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDQMkLleDYNfFbA ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/77 "2022-01-31T01:29:26Z")
It’s not the time of day that dictates the drink, but the food you are consuming with it. A lot of breakfast foods are sweet and/or cakey and don’t pair well with soft drinks. But if you’re having steak and eggs, have at it. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/78 "2022-01-31T03:02:20Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > A 12 Oz Coke has 10 teaspoons of sugar. > > I rarely see people add more than 2 teaspoons of sugar in coffee. Twelve ounces is a lot of coffee. I personally draw the line at about 8oz. but I’m sure there are people who drink more in one sitting. [![](https://cdn.thisiswhyimbroke.com/thumb/giant-coffee-mug_400x333.jpg) ](https://cdn.thisiswhyimbroke.com/thumb/giant-coffee-mug_400x333.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/79 "2022-01-31T03:13:06Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > It’s not the time of day that dictates the drink, but the food you are consuming with it. A lot of breakfast foods are sweet and/or cakey and don’t pair well with soft drinks. But if you’re having steak and eggs, have at it. That’s funny, I feel the reverse. I would never drink a soda with a steak. But it’s okay with sweets or chip. Of course, I rarely drink soda. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/80 "2022-01-31T03:31:08Z")
I voted no but I am thinking of a sugary soda like coke or sprite or similar. If you want to include sparkling water (or something like orange juice with a splash of sparkling water) then that’s a different story (still not for me but less of a visceral no) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631.md?page=5)