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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
what is the difference between diet coke and coke zero?

Panda
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07-15-2005

Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
lol Pamy I swear I was thinking about this earlier today after seeing a commercial. I am curious, too!

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
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.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
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.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
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.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
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."

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 4:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
ahhhh thanks for the info! Has anyone tried the diet coke with vitamins?? I actually love it, it seems more carbonated that reg diet.

Rissa
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03-19-2006

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 4:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
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.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 4:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
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

Rissa
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03-19-2006

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 4:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
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

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 5:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
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!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 8:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
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.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Yeah, Darren drinks diet coke and won't touch the coke zero.

Rissa
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03-19-2006

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 1:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
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.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 1:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
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

Serate
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08-21-2001

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 2:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Coke Zero reminds me of the "New Coke" that coke came out with years ago. They both taste like dirty wet socks to me.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 8:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
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?

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 9:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Mexican coke is a lot sweeter than American coke. My Dh works for the company.

Christy358
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07-10-2007

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 10:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
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.

Aurora
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11-24-2006

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 4:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aurora a private message Print Post    
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.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 6:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
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.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
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...


Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 8:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
http://judaism.about.com/library/3_askrabbi_o/
bl_simmons_passoverkosher.htm


Tishala
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 9:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
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...

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 10:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
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.