# Why no diet grape soda? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 20, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-diet-grape-soda/50987 "2001-01-20T04:34:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-diet-grape-soda/50987/1 "2001-01-20T04:34:19Z")
Simple question: I can get diet orange soda, diet cola, root beer, cream soda, lemon lime, etc…why does no one make a diet grape soda? Also, whatever happened to Diet Hawaiian Punch? Did they take it off the market because it wasn’t _totally sugar-free_? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-diet-grape-soda/50987/2 "2001-01-20T05:27:55Z")
Diet Rite makes a white grape they sell around Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-diet-grape-soda/50987/3 "2001-01-20T07:58:46Z")
Shasta makes a diet grape soda. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-diet-grape-soda/50987/4 "2001-01-20T17:43:35Z")
WAG here: grape isn’t that popular a flavor, so diet grape is going to sell even less well. Another WAG: what happened to Diet Hawaiian Punch is probably that it didn’t sell. _C’est la guerre…_ ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-diet-grape-soda/50987/5 "2001-01-20T19:32:05Z")
Why? Because diet soda sucks! That’s why! ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-diet-grape-soda/50987/6 "2001-01-20T19:55:57Z")
It’s hard to find diet soda in kid-friendly flavors. I’ve never seen diet orange soda, and most convenience stores don’t even carry diet root beer (the very best flavor of diet drink, IMHO). Maybe they just assume that adults aren’t going to be interested in these varieties. I really should switch to water anyway. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-diet-grape-soda/50987/7 "2001-01-20T20:59:02Z")
Winn Dixie sells a store brand of diet grape. It also has diet in many other flavors. It doesn’t taste as good as regular grape soda, though. Check around your supermarket for the store brand. You might be able to find other flavors in diet. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-diet-grape-soda/50987/8 "2001-01-21T01:57:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladybug \* > > **…store brand of diet grape…** There’s five words to put the fear in you. I tremble at the mere thought of it. ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2001, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-diet-grape-soda/50987/9 "2001-01-21T02:47:45Z")
because Grape soda is so horrible, that if they put FAKE sugar in it, they’d lose ALL business, even die-hards