Coca Cola Zero

Long rumored to be coming, I fianlly found a bottle at nmy neighborhood Osco. It's the "No sugar" version of Coke Classic-- as opposed to "Diet Coke." It's being marketed towards people who want a sugar-free version of Coke, but for various reasons don't like the idea of a "Diet" drink.I love me some Diet Coke so I thought, how good can this be?

Well let me tell you. It's like licking the sweat off God's own backside. Heavenly doesn't come close. It's ambrosial. It's delightful. It's delicious! It's the Beatles of soft drinks. If Stephen Sondheim wrote a soda, he's write Coke Zero. Look for it in a store near you!

It probably has Splenda in it. :-P

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It's like licking the sweat off God's own backside

Pure poetry.

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Joe certainly has a way with words...

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Wow... no Splenda.

"Coca Cola Zero will be sweetened with a blend of asparteme and acesulfame potassium (ace-k)..."

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I've tried Diet Coke with Splenda - because that was all that was at the store at the time - and it is ALMOST as good as regular Diet Coke...not as different as I expected...please, Joe, compare Zero in detail to normal Diet Coke...

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Updated On: 6/10/05 at 03:42 PM

OK I knew you guys could appreciate the magnitude of this discovery!

Diet Coke with SPLENDA: This has been available for a couple months. It takes the Diet Coke formula and replaces the Aspertame with Splenda. To me, Splenda does taste more like sugar, giving the Diet Coke a too-sweet taste. It's got that "too much syrup" taste, in my book.

Coke Zero: This is the Classic Coke formula, refitted with Aspertame (and that weird potassium asphyxiate or whatever). It tastes like Coke. It doesn't have the same mouthfeel as Coke, and it doesn't have that syrupy taste, but it also lacks the sort of bitter undertone that I have come to love in my Diet Coke. But it's wonderful. I would think you could serve it to a moderately discriminating Coke-head and they would think it was their usual. The only way to describe it is to say it's Sugar-free Coke.

It's the first new drink I've tasted that makes me think I'd switch from Diet Coke-- and to me, Diet Coke is as important as life itself. I drink it morning, noon & night. I can tell the difference between Diet Coke from a 20 ouncer, a 2 litre, a can or a fountain. I can tell if a Diet Coke is from McDonalds or Burger King. I can taste the difference between Diet Coke and Caffeine Free Diet Coke. My sister once served me a "SuperChill" diet cola and since then, I always bring my own when I visit.

The Zero packaging is very odd-- the Splenda Diet Coke is the Diet Coke logo with a swirl of blue in the mix. The Coke Zero logo is an all Black & White Coca-Cola logo with just a tiny touch of Red.

I'm sure you know this, but Diet Coke from a fountain actually uses zacharine instead of asparteme. The asparteme does not hold up under pressure...

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I'd rather the sweat.

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Both of our bads, Joe... it's actually a mix of both...

"Unlike bottled Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi, which are sweetened solely with aspartame, fountain Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi are sweetened with a blend of aspartame and saccharin, which was once listed by the government as a carcinogen."

I'll quit my threadjacking with useless sweetner talk and back to the glory that is Coca Cola Zero... (I wonder if the shortened version of the name will be Zero Coke)

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I cannot recall ever having had a diet soft-drink. I shall have to try this.

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so...it's diet, but doesn't SAY diet? I'm confused....

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It's like licking the sweat off God's own backside.

Thanks, that made me spit my (splenda sweetened) coffee back into the cup.

I bet it's ages before us Aussies get this stuff.

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