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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:01 pm
what is the difference between diet coke and coke zero?
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:04 pm
lol Pamy I swear I was thinking about this earlier today after seeing a commercial. I am curious, too!
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:08 pm
I just looked this up and apparently the only difference is that Coke Zero is designed to appeal to male consumers, who shy away from the "Diet" label. It also contains Acesulfame potassium, which Diet Coke doesn't have.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:08 pm
From Google: The originial Diet Coke is sweetened with Aspartame (nutrasweet). Coke Zero is sweetened with a blend of aspartame and acesulfame potassium. Coca-Cola's position is that the Coke Zero is supposed to taste more like the original Coke, but without calories or sugar.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:09 pm
I think (but could be wrong) that coke zero has no caffiene and diet coke does? Darren drinks diet coke, but the one time I brought home a 12 pack of coke zero he refused to drink it after part of the first one.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:12 pm
Ha, looks like I was totally wrong. wikipedia Says "In the U.S., advertising has been tailored to its targeted market by describing the drink as "calorie-free" rather than "diet", since young adult males are said to associate diet drinks with women."
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 4:24 am
ahhhh thanks for the info! Has anyone tried the diet coke with vitamins?? I actually love it, it seems more carbonated that reg diet.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 4:34 am
Wargod got it right. I forget who told me this but it was someone in a position to know..... Coke zero is the exact same, EXACT same as caffeine diet coke but the company did a study which showed that men would not drink caffeine free diet coke so they created Coke Zero for them. It's an exercise in marketing and it works, my BIL will refuse anything other than Coke Zero saying it tastes different.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 4:42 am
The Coca Cola website will tell you the ingredients in Diet Coke and in Coke Zero. The difference is as I stated above. Coke Zero contains acesulfame potassium, Diet Coke does not. They are not exactly the same
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 4:53 am
I was talking about Caffeine free diet coke Huk, not diet coke, does it list those? I would hate for my BIL to be right. LOLOL
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 5:04 am
Oh! I don't know, but I'm sure it does. It takes a bit to navigate their site, but my money's on you that you can find it!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 8:09 am
My hubby's a Diet Coke drinker. He will also drink Caffeine Free Diet Coke. He won't drink Coke Zero. Coke Zero does NOT taste the same as Caffeine Free Diet Coke because it uses a different sweetener, as Hukd pointed out. Caffeine Free Diet Coke uses the same sweetener as regular Diet Coke.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 9:03 am
Yeah, Darren drinks diet coke and won't touch the coke zero.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 1:40 pm
Trying to find it but little luck, they don't make it easy like you said Huk and on top of that my old laptop makes any search a time nightmare. According to the website Coke Zero has 24 mg of caffeine in Canada, I thought it was caffeine free? Also both Coke Zero and caffeine free use aspartame. Perhaps we have different formulas in each country? I know they are definately different around the globe but I had always assumed Canada and the USA was the same.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 1:59 pm
Coke Zero is zero sugar, not zero caffeine. There's a caffeine free diet coke but I don't think I've ever seen a caffeine free coke zero. I also like diet coke but not coke zero. Coke Zero was designed to taste more like regular coke, which to me has a weird sticky taste. Here's the link to the ingredients: http://productnutrition.thecoca-colacompany.com/welcome
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 2:29 pm
Coke Zero reminds me of the "New Coke" that coke came out with years ago. They both taste like dirty wet socks to me.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 8:57 pm
i heard an interesting interview on the radio. evidently each country has its OWN coke recipte based on what the population seems to prefer. here in Canada you cant buy Coke Classic anymore. Instead, we have someething that tastes like that failed attempt that they tried a few years ago. New Coke 1 I cant drink the new coke at all, it tastes completely different and makes me ill. Sickeningly sweet and kinda a hint of Citrus (so i assume they have changed the recipe from phorphoric acid to a less corrosive citric acid) just guessing. Coke's marketing is clever. Since they have been losing money, they are trying something new to appeal to guys. COke Zero does sound kind of cool. LOL trouble is, what are the chemicals doing to a persons body?
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 9:18 pm
Mexican coke is a lot sweeter than American coke. My Dh works for the company.
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 10:46 pm
Pepsi also has different versions for different countries. As my friend and I travel, we check it out. He also tries out regional drinks....some are quite bad.
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Aurora
Member
11-24-2006
| Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 4:11 am
The Mexican Coke is made with cane sugar instead of corn syrup. It's sold in glass bottles. A convenience store in town sells it and I buy it when I'm feeling flush. It costs a little more than the US version in a can or plastic bottle.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 6:02 am
If you come in to this thread and just scroll down to the bottom, all you see are talking about Coke. Mexican coke versus American coke. Er, Coca Cola, I mean! Remember, too, that each country, and potentially region, has it's own bottling plants. Of course, I don't drink sodas of any kind, ever, although I have visited the Coca Cola store/museum in Las Vegas.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 8:10 am
There is also a kosher coke that may be the same as the mexican coke. (made with natural sugar instead of HFCS, as corn products are not kosher.) It comes out once a year in jewish markets near passover...
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 8:54 am
http://judaism.about.com/library/3_askrabbi_o/ bl_simmons_passoverkosher.htm
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 9:44 am
Thanks Mame. That article is correct: it's only Ashkenazi Jews who says corn isn't kosher for Passover, and most American Jews are Ashkenazi. The reason is hysterical: because rabbis years and years ago decided that corn "reminded" them of forbidden products, so it had to be banned, too. I always laugh at that...and my friends and I have taken to thinking we need to become Sephardic so we can at least eat corn and rice while saying we are keeping the holiday! At least LA has tons of Sephardic synagogues...
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 10:07 am
Tish, YVW. Although I'm also Ashkenazi I'm originally from Montreal, a bilingual French/English city, which has a high percentage of Sephardim who are from Morrocco, French Africa, etc.
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