Aspartame is the most common sweetener (not sugar) that is used in diet drinks... this is over 200 times sweeter than sucrose or glucose, therefore you need 200 times less aspartame to get the same level of sweetness
diet root beer
Regular Coca-Cola does not contain aspartame (Nutrasweet). Diet Coke and Coke Zero may, or the slightly sweeter non-nutritive sweetener sucralose (Splenda). Most "regular" Coca-Cola sold in the USA uses high fructose corn syrup to sweeten it. Some Coca-Cola sold around Passover is sold with cane sugar instead of HFCS.
Coca-Cola's flagship products primarily include its iconic soft drink, Coca-Cola Classic, known for its distinctive flavor and branding. Other key beverages in its portfolio are Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, and Sprite. Additionally, the company offers a variety of juices, teas, and bottled waters, making it a leader in the non-alcoholic beverage market worldwide.
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The non-diet caffeinated Coca Cola has about 39 grams of sugar! and 34.5 mg of caffein in a 12 ounce serving. Sugar contains 4 calories per gram and so 12 ounces of Coca Cola contains 156 calories of sugar. Tea has nearly twice the caffeine per ounce, coffee has 4 to 5 times.See: "Caffeine Database" http://www.energyfiend.com/the-caffeine-database See caffeine content: http://wilstar.com/caffeine.htm The caffeine content is not that high, so the main effect will come from the large sugar content of Coca Cola. That would be great if you are trying to gain weight, or need to recover from an overdose of insulin as a diabetic. Otherwise, no one needs that much sugar. Over weight is considered a risk for heart disease, diabetes and even cancer. If you have to drink it, do what I do and drink the diet version.
Diet soda uses sweetening such as splenda, as opposed to using real sugar.
no, they should only have diet soda, there is too much sugar and insulin is not as effective with it, it can raise their blood sugar to enormously high amounts.
South Beach Diet cookies will not taste as good as non diet cookies, as they are for dieting. Regular cookies have lots of sugar and and fat. These will not have that, therefore affecting the taste.
What you really need to do is reduce your intake of sugar - especially in non-fibrous foods and liquids.
The diet part has more sugar than the regular so they took it off the market. The fake sugar they use in it was really not good for you Heres an expearament for you to try out and that would tell you why they did:get a regular coke can with coke in it and put a metal nail in it. Wait. For a week and pour out the coke and a surprise will be waiting. It will not explode but the nail will be gone.
stick them in vinegar or a solution of hydrochloric acid