# Which Splenda-sweetened cola do you prefer? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 7, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827 "2005-05-07T16:48:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/1 "2005-05-07T16:48:21Z")
I tried Pespi One and was not impressed. Now, Diet Coke with Splenda . . . It’s a little hard to spot; it’s got a blue borderon the silver label. Ambrosia. Low-calorie softdrink of the gods. Amazing. Almost without diety-taste. Coke has cracked the secret formula. Found the diet soda Holy Grail. Brought the diet pop of the future to us, here, today. I wonder if the lack of a snazzy different name and the low-key labeling means that they intend to phase out normal Diet Coke in favor of the Splenda version? Just to be sure to give Pepsi a fair chance, I got another Pepsi One today. Bleh. Tastes just no better or worse than plain Diet Pepsi. I don’t think I’ve ever tried Diet RC. And, FTR, I haven’t really liked any of the other Splenda-sweetend products I’ve tried: Diet V8 Splash, various uncarbonated flavored water products, etc. I guess it’s all in the way that you use it. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/2 "2005-05-07T17:22:44Z")
Not sure what they sweeten Sprite-Zero with, but it tastes like my armpit. I tried diet V8 just now, and it isn’t so bad. Helps curb my appetite. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/3 "2005-05-07T17:26:17Z")
> [@Stark Raven Mad](#): > > Not sure what they sweeten Sprite-Zero with, but it tastes like my armpit. Nice image there for me to drink my sugar free coffee to. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/4 "2005-05-07T20:05:44Z")
I’ve been drinking Diet Rite cola, and it tastes okay to me. I just tried Pepsi 1 with Splenda and it tastes about the same. I’ll have to try Diet Coke with Splenda. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/5 "2005-05-07T20:45:32Z")
Funny you’d bring it up; I tried Diet Coke with Splenda just last night for the first time, and flipped right out. Awesome. My girlfriend and I got one of each, Splenda and the regular aspartame just in case we didn’t like it, but like it we did. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/6 "2005-05-08T20:11:11Z")
Just to keep all you Splenda fans updated on the latest soft-drink reformulations, the maker\* of Diet 7 UP [said](http://www.dpsu.com/nr_diet7UP_042205.html) about two weeks ago it will switch to Splenda; the new version will hit store shelves on May 23. Disclosure: I own stock in Tate & Lyle Plc, the sole maker of Splenda, and so urge all of you to chug away to your hearts’ content. \*Cadbury Schweppes Plc’s Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages unit, for the other business and financial geeks. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/7 "2005-05-08T23:34:16Z")
Diet Coke with Splenda! I just had my first today and it was so good I bought a dozen more. I only wish the store sold 12 pk cans. I also like diet rite peach but not too often. It’s far too sweet. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/8 "2005-05-09T02:33:21Z")
What’s in C2? Cause I really like that. ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/9 "2005-05-09T12:13:33Z")
I had to quit drinking diet sodas because I was having really painful daily headaches that stopped when I quit the aspartame. Does anyone know if the Splenda would have the same effect? I’d like to get back to sugarfree sodas, if I could do so without the headaches. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/10 "2005-05-09T12:16:01Z")
Artificial sweeteners give me headaches, and I can _always_ taste them. My son and husband don’t have the same problem. When I started dieting, I didn’t start drinking diet pop. I just stopped drinking pop altogether, so I wouldn’t have the reaction. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/11 "2005-05-09T14:29:31Z")
Definitely the new Diet Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Izzybella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Izzybella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Izzybella)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/12 "2005-05-09T15:03:56Z")
The diet coke with splenda is awesome. Tastes like coke. Good stuff. I haven’t tried the others. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/13 "2005-05-09T15:20:27Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > What’s in C2? Cause I really like that. A mixture of aspartame and sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/14 "2005-05-09T15:31:51Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > Just to be sure to give Pepsi a fair chance, I got another Pepsi One today. Bleh. Tastes just no better or worse than plain Diet Pepsi. Huh…I find a night-and-day difference between the two – Diet Pepsi is revolting (as are _all_ diet sodas), while I quite like Pepsi One. I just started drinking it two or three months ago, and was thrilled to find a one-calorie drink I liked. Less than a month later, they changed the formula. :smack: Fortunately, the new Splenda-based version has grown on me (hopefulls, it won’t cause me to grow nads out of my forehead in 20 years or something…) ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/15 "2005-05-09T18:32:34Z")
> [@N. Sane](#): > > I had to quit drinking diet sodas because I was having really painful daily headaches that stopped when I quit the aspartame. Does anyone know if the Splenda would have the same effect? I’d like to get back to sugarfree sodas, if I could do so without the headaches. I’d bet dollars to donuts, that it wasn’t the switch from aspartame that got you, but rather a lack of caffeine. Many of the sodas that were early adopters of splenda were the sort that had no caffeine in them either. I get headaches if I don’t get my requisite does of caffeine by about noon time, and avoid the “cheap” soda in the store, because, though it has the sweetener I like, it doesn’t have the drug I want! The Butler household uses splenda to make Kool-aid, much better for you than the sugar version. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/16 "2005-05-09T19:01:56Z")
C2 has aspartame, acesulfame, and sucralose (Splenda). Coke is supposed to be coming out with a new product [“Coca Cola Zero”](http://www.cocacolazero.com/press.html) this summer. It’s supposed to taste “just like coca cola classic” but with zero calories. However it’s flavored with aspartame and acesulfame, so I doubt seriously it will taste “just like coca cola classic”. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/17 "2005-05-09T23:44:50Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > Artificial sweeteners give me headaches, and I can _always_ taste them. My son and husband don’t have the same problem. > > When I started dieting, I didn’t start drinking diet pop. I just stopped drinking pop altogether, so I wouldn’t have the reaction. If the problem had been only taste, I would have suggested giving up sugar entirely. I can taste aspartame and previous sweeteners, too, and I hated them. Splenda is much better, but giving up sugar made everything seem a lot sweeter in comparison. I reduced my sugar intake to just a couple of cans of soda in the evening, and then eliminated those. I did go through a mild “withdrawal”, probably similar to people who give up caffeine. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/18 "2005-05-10T14:20:51Z")
> [@butler1850](#): > > I’d bet dollars to donuts, that it wasn’t the switch from aspartame that got you, but rather a lack of caffeine. Many of the sodas that were early adopters of splenda were the sort that had no caffeine in them either. > > I get headaches if I don’t get my requisite does of caffeine by about noon time, and avoid the “cheap” soda in the store, because, though it has the sweetener I like, it doesn’t have the drug I want! > > The Butler household uses splenda to make Kool-aid, much better for you than the sugar version. I dunno. I have a friend who gets headaches from aspartame, too. He has no problem with splenda at all. ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/19 "2005-05-10T17:02:26Z")
To clarify–I was having headaches WHILE I was consuming caffeinated diet soft drinks sweetened with aspartame. I switched to regular caffeinated Coke, and the headaches stopped. So I don’t think it was a caffeine issue, but an aspartame issue. I may try the Splenda-sweetened diet Coke, and see how it works. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-splenda-sweetened-cola-do-you-prefer/302827/20 "2005-05-10T17:50:33Z")
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