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You all know that I have a serious Diet Coke addiction, right?
Well, if you didn't, now you do, and I have absolutely no intention of going into rehab for it. I have "quit" many a vice of my wild and trashy days, but Diet Coke is the one thing that I intend to hang onto to keep my life interesting.
However, I do know how horribly horrible the stuff is. Dark soda stains your teeth. Any soda wears down your enamel. The carbonation causes bloating. The caffeine causes jitters. There probably isn't a single good thing about Diet Coke.
Until now. I am talking about vitamins. Coca Cola has extended its Diet Coke line with Diet Coke Plus, which we mentioned at the end of last year. The soda isn't a drink to compete with the multitude of energy drinks out there, but something to ameliorate the damage of drinking nothing but trash (that's not part of the marketing, just my opinion) with added vitamins and minerals. I was skeptical about how much better for my health this would really be, and even moreso, about the taste (does anyone remember the disastrophe that was "New Coke?")
I saw Diet Coke Plus in the market, so I decided to give it a go. Why not? It's not like $1.50 is an outrageous price for a can of soda. Besides, if the "plus" part really does have a healthy, vitamin-packed punch, it's worth it, right? Diet Coke Plus is supposed to have Niacin (vitamin B3), vitamins B6 and B12, zinc and magnesium. It sure sounds like a slice of fortified Wonder Bread!
The can is still the regular 12 ounces of a regular can of soda, but has a straight, sleek design like many of the energy drinks out there. I'm not sure if this is some Jedi mind-trick to get energy-drink-obsessed people to come back to Coke (even though Diet Coke Plus is not an energy drink), or just a lark on the part of Coca-Cola. It clearly worked on me, because I bought it.
So, how does it taste? I have to admit, that without doing a side-by-side Pepsi Challenge (oops! wrong taste test) with regular Diet Coke, I couldn't really tell that Diet Coke Plus was any different from the regular Diet Coke. It was just as fizzy and refreshing. I think I might have expected it to taste sweeter with this association in my head between Flintstones and vitamins. It wasn't any sweeter, and if the taste was at all slightly more bitter due to vitamin enhancement, I certainly didn't detect it. In fact, taking sweetness down a few degrees in any soda is never a bad idea, in my opinion.
Would I drink this again? Sure, since I'm going to drink Diet Coke anyway, may as well get the benefits of the vitamins and minerals. However, I doubt I'd go out of my way to look for it in the market. I have been brainwashed into reaching for the familiar silver and red can, and popping vitamins on the side.
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5-11-2007 @3:03PM A said... my DR told me many years ago to never drink any diet sodas because the chemicals affect your short term memory. also in the pepsi Challenge years ago, they had the pepsi in the refrigerator and the Coca Cola in a punch bowl so it was room temp and flat. I never buy that sweet tasing pepsi because they cheat to try to beat number Coca Cola, When you drink a coca cola , you know you have the best. no diet stuff
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5-11-2007 @3:08PM PT said... I do not like diet coke so I know I would not like the diet plus........What I did like was the C2 that Coke came out with. It had half the calories as a regular coke and it did not taste quiet as sweet. FOR THE LIFE OF ME....EVERY TIME I FIND SOMETHING I LIKE THEY STOP MAKING IT. COKE, PLEASE GIVE ME BACK C2!!!!
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5-14-2007 @5:05PM Lizette said... Like many others, when I was at the supermarket, I saw the new Diet Coke Plus. I am a Diet Coke addict and decided to give it a try. Too bad I didn't try a single can before to make sure if I liked it instead of buying the 12 pack. It was absolutely disgusting, just like the Diet Coke with Splenda. They taste like regular Coke. Too sweet. I like Diet Coke because of it's mildly bitter taste as I do not like sweet drinks, hence the reason I don't like regular Coke. I had to go back to the store and buy regular Diet Coke and my fiancee ended up drinking the Diet Coke Plus since he liked it as it tastes like regular Coke to him.
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5-11-2007 @4:14PM Brad said... Whatever happened to the grand old days when you could find diet colas with saccharin? IMHO, saccharin is the best tasting of any artificial sweetner, and it has been around the longest. All that cancer-causing crap was just statistical misrepresentation which caused paranoia, and I believe that in testing, Nutrasweet (aspartame) and Splenda (sucralose) both have more noticeable side effects than saccharin. Diet Rite used to use saccharin, but a friend of mine who is allergic to aspartame told me that it switched and so he can't drink it any more. Splenda isn't too bad...it tastes better than Nutrasweet but still has sort of a faint artificial taste. I use nothing but the "pink" in my iced tea...go saccharin!
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5-11-2007 @4:24PM Lorna said... I'm a Diet Coke addict too and I could definitely taste the difference between the "Plus" and the regular Diet Coke. It did taste rather flat and had a kind of funny after-taste to it. I don't plan on buying it anymore.
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5-11-2007 @4:29PM JUDITH said... I THOUGHT THE NEW DIET COKE WAS GREAT. TASTE LIKE THE GOOD OLE COKE IN THE SMALL BOTTLES IN THE 50'S. THAT IS ALL I BUY NOW.
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5-11-2007 @4:30PM JUDITH said... I THOUGHT THE NEW DIET COKE WAS GREAT. TASTE LIKE THE GOOD OLE COKE IN THE SMALL BOTTLES IN THE 50'S. THAT IS ALL I BUY NOW.
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5-11-2007 @4:33PM Michelle said... I just love the new Diet coke !!!!!! In fact i'm drinking one as im writing !!!!
WAY TO GO COKE !!!!!
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5-12-2007 @12:11AM Craig said... I put two $i.oo off coupons for Diet Coke Plus on the refrigerator at work...a week later they are still there. Nuff said.
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5-12-2007 @12:09PM keith said... Like most of the rest of you i could detect what i thought was a flat taste to the plus.. i did a BLIND taste test with me and my 12 yr old and she thought so as well. however after the first time trying it i was able to finish the 12 pack but will not be buying any more unless the store happens to be out of my regualr diet.. in which case i need to change stores...
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5-14-2007 @8:01AM campb2m said... Nasty all the way 'round. Indeed, it is a witches brew of flavors that Coca Cola threw together in an attempt to keep ahead of the curve. Not impressed at all. Diet Coke Plus: A new way to decay your teeth!
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11-23-2008 @2:51AM Dave said... This is just pop made with hard water not softened or filtered water
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5-14-2007 @8:48AM the_cat said... yup i tried it ~ i'm a diet coke with lime fan here. i tried the plus because it was sitting there looking all pretty with it's little rainbow colors. i thought it tasted ok. nothing horrid, nothing to make me scream 'yummy!!!'. i'd drink it again ~ or not ~ it's sort of a non-issue. but for anyone who changes to this because they think that the added vitamins will rock their world, i say ha! diet coke is in no way a healthy drink. it's just a fizzy liquid with a few micro-specks of vitamins so they can say 'with vitamins' on the can. cheers!
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5-14-2007 @8:50AM sheryl said... i thought diet coke plus was good to me i couldnt tell a difference i like the thought of drinking diet coke and getting the vitamens and minerals and i do drink 8 to 10 cans a day because there isnt anything else out there that is better than diet coke. i have been drinking diet coke for about 25 years and refuse to give it up. WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING THAT IS GOOD AND WORKS FOR YOU YA STICK WITH IT.......
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5-14-2007 @11:25AM vanderbilt28 said... Myself and another person tasted it and it has a funny taste, we would not buy it again. I don't know how Sarah G. said it tastes like regular diet coke, she must have had a cold !
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5-14-2007 @4:21PM Kitty said... The caffeine in Diet Coke and any other drink nullifies (cancels out) any benefit from any added vitamins, minerals or herbs. It's simply a marketing ploy to make you think you're getting something that's possibly good for you or has some nutritional value. What a shame! Drink your DC at least 1/2 hour after you take your vitamins. Your bones are becoming brittle as we correspond! Yes, I'm a reformed DC drinker!
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5-14-2007 @4:30PM Kitty said... Check out: www.tni.com/1621 to see HIRO. This is the drink and the company that Coca Cola is trying to keep up with. The times they are a changin'!
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8-26-2009 @5:25PM james said... I'm not sure how I feel about this. I am seeing it everywhere though. If it works, then who cares, right?
http://www.unboundedition.com/content/view/550/50/
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6-08-2007 @4:38PM Shawn Barnett said... I like it. I like it better than Coke Zero. If they are indeed bio-available in this mixture, B-vitamins are stimulants, so the Plus should give an additional kick.
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6-16-2007 @3:06AM Angie said... I have always been a regular coke girl. I have tried diet coke an just could not drink it. I tried the new diet coke plus an loves it! I am glad that a diet coke plus has come out, I will be buying it now.
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