# % of fast food soda sales which are diet

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** soda-softdrinks\
**Created:** [May 16, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-fast-food-soda-sales-which-are-diet/964473 "2022-05-16T02:01:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-fast-food-soda-sales-which-are-diet/964473/1 "2022-05-16T02:01:24Z")

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Was trying to find this, but my Google-fu was weak today…. What percentage of pop sales are lower calorie? In restaurants? Fast food places? Other areas? What percentage of regular pop drinkers would refuse to drink diet or low calorie for any reason (taste, philosophy, health concerns about sweeteners…)?

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-fast-food-soda-sales-which-are-diet/964473/2 "2022-05-17T01:18:01Z")

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You think this would be easy to Google. But while it’s easy to find which diet drinks are popular, numbers are harder to find.

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-fast-food-soda-sales-which-are-diet/964473/3 "2022-05-18T02:01:26Z")

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> **[Carbonated soft drinks: regular vs diet volume U.S. 2020 | Statista](https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133019/carbonated-soft-drinks-regular-vs-diet-volume-us/)**
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> Almost three quarters of all carbonated soft drinks (CSD) sold in the United States in 2020 were classed as regular.

StG

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-fast-food-soda-sales-which-are-diet/964473/4 "2022-05-18T02:20:07Z")

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Thanks. Perhaps that breaks it into different areas, etc. for subscribers. Still, I guess there is no reason to think the percentage varies that much between retail and fast food.

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**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:** [May 18, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-fast-food-soda-sales-which-are-diet/964473/5 "2022-05-18T03:55:43Z")

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Moved to cafe society.