"diet soda" news and stories

Dr. Brown's makes the best cream soda in the world, as far as I'm concerned. Ok - that's an overstatement, since I haven't had every cream soda there is, but they do make an outstanding soda. It is creamy, with a strong vanilla flavor and just the right amount of carbonation. I don't buy it often, but I'll always order it when I see it on the menu at a restaurant or deli. I recently picked up a bottle of Diet Dr. Brown's cream soda, for comparison with the original. Sure, I will admit that it had a faint taste of artificial sweetener in with the deliciously smooth vanilla, but it was close. Very close. I'll save the regular Dr. Brown's for when I eat out and keep a pack of the diet at home.

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Dr. Pepper has been planning to add other flavors of soda to its Soda Fountain line since the release of it's Diet and Regular Cherry Vanilla Dr. Peppers in 2004. This month marks the first release of its new flavor: Dr. Pepper Berries and Cream . The new flavors we wildly successful during test marketing and their rollout will continue through June, at which time they should be in stores nationally. Several packs of the new sodas are already for sale on eBay. The official launch started when the company released several  in Plano, Texas, where the headquarters of Cadbury Schweppes, the company behind Dr. Pepper, is located.

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The average person will eat 1200 calories of high fat snack food while watching the Super Bowl, not including a few beers or sodas to wash down those munchies. And while it is a good idea to provide enough snack foods to satisfy the cravings of your guests, it is nice to snack with your friends without ending up looking like a member of your favorite football team.

Potato chips are the number one snack. Test out a few brands that bake their chips instead of frying them to find one you like, or make your own pita chips. Better yet, leave out the chips and fill your plates with chopped and sliced vegetables, which are crunchy and go great with almost any dip. If your favorite dip happens to be high in fat - a spicy cheese or hot artichoke dip - do yourself a favor and use vegetables or crackers for dipping instead of chips. Pretzels, both hard and soft, are often low in fat and make great snack food, especially when paired with mustard or some other dip.