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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 12:59 PM
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What's the difference between Coke Zero and Diet Coke?
Seriously, I don't know. And none of those anti-corporate cynical comments about cons and money and stuff--unless they are good. :)
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:01 PM
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1. taste
Coke Zero tastes more like regular Coke. :shrug:
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:04 PM
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4. So it doesn't have that
BLEEEECHHEHEE aftertaste effect of Diet Coke, or is it just less, like a bleeeechhehee?
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:05 PM
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9. right
or, more like what he says here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5362873&mesg_id=5362905
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:07 PM
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11. The idea
is that aspartame and acesulfame k both have aftertastes that aren't that awesome. But if you use a mixture of them, they ought to at least somewhat cover up each other's aftertaste. To me, anyway, coke zero tastes pretty good.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:08 PM
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12. Thanks, all!
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:01 PM
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2. I don't know either, except Coke Zero tastes better
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:03 PM
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The amount of Potassium Asculfate and Aspartame
Coke Zero has more of both, making it sweeter
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:03 PM
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3. Diet Coke has no calories; Coke Zero has no cholesterol (supposedly)
I have no idea what cholesterol is, but CZ claims not to have any of it.
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:06 PM
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10. Um
neither one of them should have any cholesterol in it, what with cholesterol being from organic tissue and all.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:09 PM
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13. carbs, not cholesterol
I think.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:23 PM
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16. Bah, I don't care about that shit. That's why I drink Diet Pepsi instead
No, wait, I fuckin' hate Diet Pepsi. What is it that I drink now?
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:47 PM
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21. Yeah, you're not gonna get chloresterol in soda...
...unless you're drinking pork soda or something.
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deucemagnet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:58 PM
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23. mmmmmm....pork soda....
*drool*
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:04 PM
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5. My useless knowledge comes in handy
Coke and Diet Coke have different flavor formulas. New Coke was Diet Coke with sugar instead of aspartame.

Coke Zero is regular Coke's taste formula with artificial sweeteners (aspartame and acesulfame k) instead of sugar. So it tastes a hell of a lot more like a regular coke.
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Heddi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:04 PM
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6. HEre's the difference
Coke Zero is sweetened with aspartame and acesulfame potassium (ace-k) and has zero calories. The only chemical difference between Coke Zero and Diet Coke is that Coke Zero has about half the aspartame but has more ace-k.
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:05 PM
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8. Also, entirely different taste formulas
that's actually the biggest difference
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:05 PM
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7. millions of dollars in advertising
:shrug:
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:12 PM
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14. One has 100% cancer causing chemicals, the other only 50%...
theo ther 50% being pure sugar - yum yum, but diabetics won't want none...
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:21 PM
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15. I think that's Coke C2--half aspertame, half sugar.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:27 PM
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17. Coke Zero is for morons with no fucking taste
Diet Coke is for tasteless moronic fucks.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:33 PM
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18. Man...
You crack me up! :rofl: And worse, that may have been an insult, and I still laughed!
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:35 PM
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19. Actually, I'm just speaking out of my ass.
I've never heard of Coke Zero.

But I hate the taste of Diet Coke. I don't know why people put those chemical laden health-destroying shitbombs into their bodies.

And thanks for laughing!
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:41 PM
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20. I don't like Diet Coke, but regular Cokes are an addiction to my like
cigarettes are to smokers. Just wondering if it's worth a dollar to find out if I like Coke Zero.

I can give Coke up for months at a time, then one day I'll take a sip, and pretty soon I'm in a gutter trying to peddle my sneakers for enough money to score a can from the cheap machines in front of Sam's.
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Iniquitous Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-16-06 12:35 AM
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26. word
:thumbsup:
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kwolf68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 01:49 PM
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22. Coke Zero tastes GOOD

Diet Coke sucks.

thats my opinion of course.
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Moloch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 03:38 PM
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24. I think Coke Zero has Splenda...
and Diet Coke has Nutra-sweet. I could be wrong, though.
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GreenTea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 03:41 PM
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25. One has zero taste and the other taste like shit!
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Spaceman Spiff Donating Member (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-16-06 12:39 AM
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27. Hey, goddammit!!!
I was gonna say that.
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