Yeah, Diet Pepsi Is Probably Changing Its Sweetener Again

Consumerist ^ | June 9, 2016

[bert]

Booo

Jack Daniels is for drinking undiluted. At most, a splash of water is all that is needed.

If you mix it with soda, you might as well drink Old Crow or some other rot gut.

[SunkenCiv]

I've been a huge giant fan of Diet Coke with Splenda, going on, hmm, perhaps ten years now. I've also been a big fan of Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi, which did indeed change its sweetener, and turned out I didn't like it as well, change is hard. Diet Rite, which uses Splenda (and has for years; they also used Cyclamates 40+ years ago, before the FDA decided to ban that), used to come in five or six flavors, has no carbs, no calories, no caffeine, no sugar, no fat, no foolin', and I used to swill that down, but alas, only have the Diet Rite cola, no more Black Cherry, Cherry, Tangerine, White Grape, uh, I forget the others.

[greeneyes]

That’s right. I gave up soda in 2009. Stopped adding sugar to anything in mid 2009. I even drink home made lemonade with out sugar. Once the taste buds adapted, I didn’t miss it.

What I did miss was the bubbles in soda. So I put a small amount of juice in a glass and fill it up with club soda or seltzer water, and drink that instead.

However, when I get sick (nausea) I will drink a small amount of cola to settle the tummy. Can’t stand it straight-too sweet. So I just add some club soda to it too.