No Diet Coke or Coke Zero Sugar. We're talking slightly less common diet or zero sugar sodas.
I'll get us started. Love Boylan Diet Cola. Has a slightly peppery "old world" cola taste.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 52 | July 9, 2023 9:59 PM |
Cheerwine Zero Sugar. Southern classic. Wonderful black cherry flavor that isn't cloyingly sweet or "Robitussny" as many cherry flavored drinks are.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 7, 2023 8:10 PM |
Canada Dry Zero Sugar Cranberry Gingerale. Bright, fizzy, zesty. Makes a great mixer, too!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 7, 2023 8:12 PM |
There was a really good diet root beer that didn't taste "diet." I have forgotten which brand it was. I think it was Mug.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 7, 2023 8:14 PM |
I'm more of a Target person than a Walmart person, but Walmart's Clear American Fuji Apple soda is zero sugar and tastes surprisingly natural. Closest thing you'll come to Martinelli's without the sugar.
(They call it "Sparkling Water", but it's not... it's a zero sugar soda.)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 7, 2023 8:17 PM |
There is new evidence that sucralose is not only correlated with diabetes, but may indeed lead to diabetes.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 7, 2023 8:18 PM |
R3 - haven't seen it in a while, but would occasionally find A&W Zero Sugar Root Beer at Target. Recall it being quite good.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 7, 2023 8:19 PM |
I am proud that my family has been producting the delicious Boylan Diet Cola for years.
I use some of the same equipment I use for mother's Sitz bath to make this delicacy.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 7, 2023 8:20 PM |
This sugar free ginger beer
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 7, 2023 8:21 PM |
Fanta Dragon Fruit Zero Sugar. Thought it would syrupy, but actually very light and refreshing. Only seen it at convenience stores.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 7, 2023 8:27 PM |
I had forgotten about that one, R2. It’s refreshing, especially in the summertime, and I agree that it’s a great mixer.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 7, 2023 8:29 PM |
Diet Shasta Cola. Made with Sucralose. Most other diet sodas are Aspartame, which I can't stand any more.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 7, 2023 8:36 PM |
R9 - thanks for the tip! Never heard of Barritts, but it looks like its sold at Publix stores near me. Gonna pick some up for Moscow Mules!
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 7, 2023 8:38 PM |
Diet Inca Kola. The Zero Sugar version of the #1 soda brand in Peru. Can be found in many Latin American grocery stores and the 'international' aisle in mainstream grocery stores in the U.S.
I find the flavor a little hard to describe. It has a golden yellow color and is reportedly based upon the flavor of several Peruvian fruits, though most suspect the main flavor is from/inspired by lemon verbena.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 7, 2023 8:57 PM |
Dr Brown’s diet cola (not made any more). It was so horrible tasting that its chief advantage was to stop you from wanting to drink soda. Unfortunately if you continued to drink it, you got used to it. But it was truly awful tasting.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 8, 2023 1:32 AM |
Dr. Brown's Diet Cream Soda is not bad.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 8, 2023 2:02 AM |
I still miss Dr Brown’s Diet Cel-Ray.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 8, 2023 2:08 AM |
Diet Rite Cola by Royal Crown.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 8, 2023 2:48 AM |
R10 I haven’t seen one and that looks good.
Squirt Zero Sugar
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 8, 2023 3:05 AM |
R19 - looks like it might no longer be available (at least in the U.S.)
Though not carbonated, the Zero Sugar Dragonfruit Vitamin Water is super tasty, too.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 8, 2023 5:08 AM |
I wish San Pellegrino made zero sugar or super low sugar versions of their sparkling beverages. Not their sparkling waters, but the sparkling fruit sodas -- like Limonata. They use so much zesty fresh citrus fruits and are so refreshing, but they're loaded with sugar.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 8, 2023 5:11 AM |
Not quite marketed as. Diet soda, but functionally equivalent…these taste delicious.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 8, 2023 5:54 PM |
Cockta. It is super popular here.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 8, 2023 5:57 PM |
R23 Looks more like fakakta…
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 8, 2023 6:04 PM |
I am genuinely surprised that it took five whole posts before someone helpfully pointed out that the chemicals in diet sodas will give you the diabeetus and kill you. Always such a joy in threads like these.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 8, 2023 6:12 PM |
I miss TaB, which was the greatest diet soda ever (with the original Sugar Free Dr. Pepper a close second, followed by Pepsi Light).
I also miss saccharine, which had a much better taste. TaB continued to have saccharine for years. I gave up diet soda for a good long while, then the drugs I was on for cancer fucked up my taste and cold sensations. I couldn't eat, drink or touch anything cold, and my tastes were all off. Water tasted awful. I was reduced to drinking coffee, hot tea and room temperature diet soda. I was drinking diet soda for about 6 months at that point, then went on a paleo diet, and quit the diet soda cold turkey.
This past fall, after the cancer came back and I had to go back on those same meds, I had the same thing happen, only my taste sensations were even more fucked up and coffee and tea tasted horrible. I basically lived on room temperature S Pellegrino sparkling water and diet soda, mostly Canada Dry zero sugar (which is very good), because the ginger helped with my nausea.
I couldn't even drink stuff like Pedialyte because it either had sugar or sucralose, and I'm allergic or intolerant to sucralose. It goes right through me (and takes everything in there with it).
All this to say that I have recently finished my chemo and I am once again a helpless diet soda addict. I'm going to have to break out of it soon. I know it's terrible for me, and it's also ridiculously expensive now. (A 12-pack is close to $10 in LA grocery stores.)
Once I quit this time, I hope it's for good. The only thing that could bring me back is if they reintroduced TaB.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | July 8, 2023 6:25 PM |
R26 I did read that artificial sweeteners harm your body’s microbiome of intestinal fauna, and lead to digestive and metabolic disorders.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 8, 2023 6:50 PM |
Good luck, R27; sounds as if you've been through a lot.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 8, 2023 7:05 PM |
R23 - are you in Slovenia? How would you describe the flavor? Cockta (or Cockta Free -- the zero sugar version) are apparently made from the fruit that grows on Dog Rose plants.
I don't know if Cokta is easily available in the U.S., but an Italian cola I've seen in Italian grocery stores is Mole Cola. It has a... more grownup taste than Coke.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 30 | July 8, 2023 9:16 PM |
I miss cyclamate, the best sugar substitute ever. It had the closest taste to sugar, without the unpleasant undertaste of sachharine. I'm sure that's why it was banned in the U.S.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | July 8, 2023 9:55 PM |
Diet Cherry 7Up used to be good, but I haven't had it a long time.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | July 8, 2023 10:00 PM |
[quote] Cockta. It is super popular here.
And here I thought you queens were trying to be funny with the working "cock" into every reply. Imagine my surprise...
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | July 8, 2023 10:11 PM |
Excuse me? "Type Fatters"?! We're "Fat Whores", you pleb.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | July 8, 2023 10:12 PM |
Irn Bru Xtra for me please.
N.B. NOT Diet Irn Bru, which is an inferior product.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 35 | July 8, 2023 10:17 PM |
My true love (which has become much harder to find), Diet Hansen's Root Beer.
Their Ginger Ale is also excellent, and a little more of a kick to it than most diet ginger ales do.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 36 | July 8, 2023 10:21 PM |
Diet root beer. Also has the benefit of being caffeine free. A&W is by far the best but I think it's a Canadian brand.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | July 8, 2023 10:33 PM |
I recently found out that they brought back Clearly Canadian, a drink I loved as kid but I haven’t tried the new iteration yet. Is Izze considered a soda or those San Pellegrino carbonated fruit drinks (e.g. Izze Blackberry or SP Blood Orange Aranciata Rossa)? If not then Peach Fanta out of a Freestyle machine.
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | July 8, 2023 11:01 PM |
r37 - I've seen A&W (including the Diet/Zero Sugar versions) in stores in the U.S. It's distributed by Keurig/Dr Pepper in the U.S. The Canadian bottler is separate and independent from K/Dr Pepper which is probably what you're thinking of.
R36 - I've seen the Hansen's Diet Root Beer (and the Diet Black Cherry and Diet Cola flavors) at Whole Foods and at Sprouts, in case you have either nearby.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | July 9, 2023 3:08 AM |
Which one makes the best douche?
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | July 9, 2023 3:51 AM |
Anyone tried Jones' Diet Cola? They're the craft soda company that makes a bunch of novelty flavors, but they apparently have a really good diet cola. But it isn't widely available and I sure as shit am not paying $35 to have a 12 pack shipped to me.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 41 | July 9, 2023 4:11 AM |
I just gave up Diet Coke 7 hours ago. I loved it. I was enjoying 1 can of Diet Coke a day plus 1 large fountain Diet Coke at some point through out the day. Is that worth worrying about as a pre diabetic fatty?
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | July 9, 2023 4:20 AM |
A&W Cream Soda Zero Sugar or Faygo Diet Cream Soda.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | July 9, 2023 4:57 AM |
What is a “diet soda”?
| by Anonymous | reply 44 | July 9, 2023 11:00 AM |
1. Fat people drink diet soda.
2. People who drink diet soda get diabetes.
3. Therefore, it is the diet soda causing the diabetes and other fat related health problems.
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | July 9, 2023 11:26 AM |
Are you sure it isn't all the other shit the fatties are shoving down their gullets that are causing the beetus, R45?
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | July 9, 2023 3:15 PM |
Your argument is inherently flawed, R45. Many people who drink diet soda do so because they think it helps offset all the other unhealthy shit they consume every day, unhealthy shit that could also cause diabetes. But do go on pretending you know what you're talking about.
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | July 9, 2023 5:40 PM |
I drink Diet Coke because I like it. I can't stand regular Coke. It's much too syrupy and sweet.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | July 9, 2023 5:54 PM |
R30 It is popular in all ex-yugoslavian countries. It has a specific taste. To me it tastes like there's a trace of rum in cola. I've heard that there are some stores in US, that carry Balkan products, were you can find it
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | July 9, 2023 8:04 PM |
r49 - In my city there are actually a couple of Balkan restaurants and grocery stores due to a larger than expected population of immigrants from former Yugoslavian countries. I'll have to keep an eye out for it the next time I visit one!
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | July 9, 2023 8:17 PM |
Sucralose was declared safe after much research. HOWEVER, even new research suggests that daily drinkers of sucralose diet sodas are hurting their gut biome and in tandem, the molecule is NOT insulin neutral. So while it may be safe for people who ALREADY have diabetes, it is not safe for fatties who drink it everyday and are pre-diabetic.
But carry on, if you just enjoy it once a week or so.
Do NOT drink this shit everyday.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 52 | July 9, 2023 9:59 PM |
