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From: hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Is there a new Diet Coke?
Message-ID: <1424@shark.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Jun-85 02:13:04 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  9 02:13:04 1985
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Reply-To: hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison)
Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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Summary: 

In article <1559@orca.UUCP> andrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) writes:
>> Has anyone seen either Diet Coke or caffeine-free Diet Coke which uses the
>> new Coke formula yet? I have seen regular and caffeine-free regular Coke
>> with the new formula, but not the diet counterparts.
>
>I believe, based on educated guesswork, that Diet Coke has *always*
>used the New Coke formula.  Here's why.
>
>For years I have disliked regular Coke.  (No flames, please; I was
>perfectly happy having it on the market, I just bought Pepsi instead.)
>Several months ago I tried Diet Coke while on vacation (there was
>nothing better available), and was surprised by how much I liked it.  I
>assumed that my taste had changed.
>
>When New Coke hit, my family was buying Diet Coke about as often as
>Diet Pepsi.  Then we bought one can each of non-diet Old Coke and New
>Coke, and tried our own taste test with Old Coke, New Coke, and Diet
>Coke.
>
>Surprise: Diet Coke tastes just like New Coke.  (To me, anyway.)  And
>my tastes haven't changed, I still dislike Old Coke.

As a long-time Coke drinker, and Pepsi hater, I have to disagree with you.
Diet Coke does taste different than the "New! (Bleagh)" Coke.  It is lighter,
not as sweet, has more cinnamon and more clove, and has the backbite I
remember from old, sugar-laden Coke.  It also has a LOT more fizz.

They DID use Diet Coke to experiment with flavors, but they didn't use
the same formulae in the final product because nutra-sweet (tm) has the
same taste as sucrose.  The new Coke (retch) contains fructose, which
is sweeter than sucrose and has a sort of ... aftertaste.  But not the
REAL aftertaste, you understand.

Actually Fructose has a useful property; it doesn't cause the same kind
of sugar-rush-crash that sucrose or glucose cause.  But there's still
too much sucrose in New Caulk to make it safe for diabetics.

Hutch