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]]>Wow, for someone who makes such harsh comments on people, you think you'd at least know it's an H, not a C, that gets replaced - which anyone who had had a semester of organic chemistry should be able to figure out.
]]>The Diet Coke+ is fortified with vitamins and nutrients, as clearly stated on the package. OF COURSE it's compared to regular Diet Coke.
That the FDA doesn't consider it "appropriate" to fortify snack foods is silly, arbitrary, and baseless.
I hope Coke fights this and wins handily. I expect they will.
]]>Considering that Coke is usually "acceptable" by religious sects that are against any and all consumption of alcohol, they would look down upon Coke offering their name up to any purveyor of alcoholic beverages.
Coke would rather supply JD with the coke and tell JD to keep it "secret". ie: Don't mark it on the bottle, but if someone happened to accidentally let it out on the internets, feh, what can be done? :)
]]>Ugh! Where do you people get your information. Splenda is chlorinated sugar, which means they remove a C and replace it with a Cl. Your body doesn't recognize it and it passes through. Reading comments about food chemistry is such an exercise in frustration.
]]>And Splenda is chlorine, yuck! If I'm going to drink me some soda I'm going to be buying that black market Mexican Coke with real cane sugar. Yum!
]]>@Rectilinear Propagation: You're so welcome. I glad I could set you straight!
]]>@snowburnt: It is hard to find, but they don't use Splenda as the only sweetener. It's Splenda in addition to aspartame...so it's pretty much a useless exercise.
]]>I'd be happy if Coke just put the darn sugar back in Classic coke. Enough of the HFCS!
]]>@JPropaganda:
My favorite is the "point to your symptom" and the picture of the baby dropping from between the legs. Classic
"5 star raining blood on expert"
"Grow beards made entirely of razor blades and ninjas"
"win at everything you do, for life"
What does this "Code Red" mean? Is this some sort of emergency? Where is the code black? What about people with red/green colorblindness.
(Also, I don't think it is appropriate to eat with one's elbows on the table so take THAT FDA! I'm keepin' my eye on you.)
]]>Also, since it messes with your mind, I found some websites where people were being treated for depression, cut diet coke out of their diet and coincidentally their depression ended too.
They came out with Diet coke with splenda, but I haven't seen it recently.
]]>I might have followed the link and gotten informed of something you already know about!
]]>I only drink Coca-Cola if I want to drink soda, and won't drink any other variation of Coke or Pepsi...my last venture out there was Crystal Clear Pepsi..they should have kept that product.
It's all junk any way you look at it. My fav is a supersized # 1 with a gallon of diet cola...YUM...talk about a nice balance of give & take.
]]>What about all the junk food fortified with exorbitant amounts of VITAMIN C!!!!!!! *cough cough sunny d* so that Moms will see some benefit in buying it for their screaming speshuls?
]]>I tried a can of the stuff and it was serious crap.
I've heard that Diet Coke actually has an ingredient in it that makes you retain body fat... Yay!
And considering the stuff shines up pennies, we really shouldn't be drinking it in the first place.
My fault. You people at the FDA are just too picky about the wording of "Plus." ;)
Perhaps Coke can choose a synonym if those aren't regulated, Diet Coke Augmented? Diet Coke And More? Diet Coke and Extra Stuff? Diet Coke Woot?
]]>2. Doesn't consider fortifying snack foods, but fortifying (nearly) sugar based cereals is ok? Cookie Crisp, anyone?
]]>Old News
]]>Though, I guess it's about the same thing, no?
]]>@Darascon: And Syke in turn stole their ads from Powerthirst. And BLANTANTLY stole their ads at that.
In fact, hell, that should be a Consumerist post in and of itself.
]]>And it hydrates!
]]>I don't know what to make of the FDA's statement. Usually they are pro big business. This certainly isn't pro big business on the outside looking in. I can only assume there is some other ulterior motive the FDA has in mind.
Perhaps the FDA sees Coke Plus as a step towards a different line of products EG something which may include cane sugar instead of corn syrup in the future and that would put a dent into their big business structure. One can only guess....
-Phex
-3rd Year PharmD/MBA Candidate
Jack Daniels is now selling flavored alcoholic drinks, a la Mike's Hard, with Jack in them, including a "cola" flavor. No idea how it tastes, but I'm suspicious of the whole deal considering they also had a "watermelon" flavor that sounds plain nasty.
What is the point of metallic flavored, fake healthy Diet Coke? If you like the taste of Diet Coke, drink it and admit it's not that great for your teeth. If you want vitamins, swallow a multi and don't mess with the flavor of a beverage you enjoy.
]]>I love how DC+ has been out for over a year and a half and the FDA is *just now* commenting on it.
What if it was truly harmful to people? Then that means that all those people that tried it while they were giving it away free (the only way people would drink it) would be hurt.
I think they should just put melamine in it. It might taste better...
]]>@Ash78:
True, but does diet Coke have,
"Hearts, Stars, and Horseshoes, Clovers, and Blue Moons, Pots of Gold and Rainbows, and me Red Balloons".
They could fortify that with shards of glass and I would still eat it.
]]>well because only an idiot wouldnt know they were comparing it to plain old diet coke.
]]>Now that we got those pesky vitamins out of our junkfood, should we address anything else inappropriate going into our snacks?
No? Everything else is fine? Even all that shitty GMO corn that goes into regular Coke? That doesn't need any kind of label or anything? Okay then, if you say so. See ya 'round.
]]>@Ash78: I guess they're following suit after forcing sparks to change.
]]>As much as I'd like rail against soft drinks, it's a personal choice and the FDA is being kind of douchey about this.
To wit: There are breakfast cereals that are far worse than diet coke, but it's okay to fortify those with vitamins.
]]>im not stupid enough to think that im getting my fish oils by drinking this so what idiot out there is replacing his centrum with soda now?
]]>@Darascon: "gives you enough energy to kick a bear through a wall made entirely of tigers"
"kick chuck norris in the face over the phone"
"split an atom with your bare hands"
"cause heart attacks with the shear power of your awesomeness"
"burn holes in concrete with your sweat"
"win at fights against bears with lasers on their heads"
]]>@half-beast: What, stealing ads from syke?
]]>However, what idiot would not be able to deduce that Diet Coke Plus = Diet Coke, plus [vitamins]?
]]>Diet Coke Plus.
It's like shaving your chest with a LAWNMOWER.
Diet Coke Plus.
It's like riding a pony, except the pony is 300 FEET TALL and COVERED IN CHAINSAWS.
However, the plus obviously refers - obviously - to regular Diet Coke. And they have a rule for that? FFS!
Furthermore, does anyone else get the willies from "The FDA does not consider it appropriate to..."? Abuse of regulatory authority, anyone?
]]>"Coke Piss" is more like it!
]]>Just add some Purell to the Coke. You get 100% more aloe and ethyl alcohol. "Plus", you can go blind!
]]>I doubt it does anything though...They'd be better off switching off of aspartame, I hear the stuff causes depression.
Also, I've tried it, tastes just like normal diet coke.
]]>They'd better start getting used to people in Atlanta walking up to them telling them they're going to Hell for blasphemy. Coke is a food group around there.
]]>Boy, this stuff is gross. And I drink Tab, so that should tell you how low this is on the drinkability charts.
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