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greene
Joined: 11 Dec 2008
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:54 am Post subject: coke zero conspiracy in Seoul |
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anyone else notice that when you buy the 500ml bottles of coke zero, half the time they taste like diet coke? really chemically? once in a while the 1.5 liter ones are off too. the cans always taste the way they should |
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ttompatz

Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 4:02 am Post subject: |
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Check the dates on the neck of the bottle.
Chances are that they are getting old.
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Well, fact is, Coke Zero and Diet Coke have the same exact ingredients, but in different proportions. So, really, it shouldn't be a surprise that they both taste similar. |
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Zyzyfer

Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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Tastes like chemicals to me anyway. I definitely notice the taste of aspartame in these diet colas. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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Zyzyfer wrote: |
Tastes like chemicals to me anyway. I definitely notice the taste of aspartame in these diet colas. |
Yes, and any cola does a fine job on tooth enamel. |
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Skippy

Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:35 am Post subject: |
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12ax7 wrote: |
Well, fact is, Coke Zero and Diet Coke have the same exact ingredients, but in different proportions. So, really, it shouldn't be a surprise that they both taste similar. |
I was going to disagree with this. Could not find specific details. I think, there is a difference between the two brands. I think Diet Coke uses aspartame and Coke Zero has a different sweetener. Plus some people say taste.
Never really noticed. The only recent conspiracy I have noticed is there seems to be less diet cola lately available to buy. I think there was a manufacturing problem and with Cokes diet sodas. So I think Coca Cola is doing some retooling and maybe took the diet sodas off the market for a little while.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/08/117_117160.html
Last edited by Skippy on Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:04 am; edited 1 time in total |
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NilesQ
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:17 am Post subject: |
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Glass and aluminum are absolute barriers, PET is not. Pop doesn't sell as quickly in Korea as it does in NA so you get producyt that has been sitting around for a lot longer. Buy only cans and glass bottles. Gasses and water can migrate through the walls of PET bottles and change the composition of the product inside.
I was a diet coke addict when i lived in Seoul. I found a place that sold the 355ml cans and would stock up on it! Diet coke is harder to find. |
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