Cola

Craig1981 · 4 Jun 2019 at 18:07

There's a new Coke flavour that's been released in America, Coke Orange Vanilla. Limited edition. I'd love to get hold of some, but its not easy to find online, unless you wanna pay a small fortune for it.

4K8KW10 · 4 Jun 2019 at 18:36

Semple said:
Aspartame is one of the most tested substances on this planet.

Back on topic

If the aforementioned soft drinks contain aspartame, then this is exactly the most on topic that it can be.

Life without aspartame and other modern food additives (circa 1984):

Life with aspartame and other modern food additives (circa now):

It's of course your choice how you prefer it.

SPG said:
This, just get a bottle of water. If you want to be super trendy drop a REAL strawberry in it.

I take 100% apple juice not from concentrate and I feel fine.

james.miller · 4 Jun 2019 at 18:43

I used to love Pepsi Max cherry. I tried some the other day, over a year since I last had any, and my god it's soo sweet. Did not enjoy. Funny how your taste buds adapt.

Psycho Sonny · 4 Jun 2019 at 20:34

aspartame gives me migraines and destroys my eyes.

i don't care if it's been tested. it's a man made chemical and it's toxic to my body.

kayomani · 4 Jun 2019 at 20:52

Should be more concerned about the phosphoric acid or the caramel colouring (suspected carcinogenic) than the aspartamine tbh even then you'd need a fair amount! Doesn't stop me buying it though

ninezerofive · 5 Jun 2019 at 00:00

Semple said:
Time to remove that shiny hat.

Aspartame is one of the most tested substances on this planet.

Back on topic, i haven't noticed a change in the recipe for Pepsi Max. I much prefer Pepsi Max over any offerings from coca-cola, i'll still happily drink anything from coca-cola, but preference would be to Pepsi Max.

From coca-colas perspective, i wouldn't touch diet coke even if it was the only thing on the menu, would prefer coke zero over normal coke though due to sugar quantities.

Brother I sincerely hope you won't have to regret your arrogance.

omnomnom · 6 Jun 2019 at 19:33

Lidls version is seriously close to Pepsi Max if anyone hasnt tried it. £0.39p a bottle aswell.

Craig1981 · 6 Jun 2019 at 20:03

I got served this is a restaurant recently. Was quite nice. No idea where you could buy it though.

Explosivo · 6 Jun 2019 at 20:33

All colas are guff,I like a full fat sprite.

Mobius 1 · 7 Jun 2019 at 22:09

Explosivo said:
All colas are guff,I like a full fat sprite.

No such thing anymore. Normal sprite is crammed half full of sweetners now. Like most other “full fat” drinks (excluding coke and Pepsi) even lucozade has been nerfed with half sugar half sweetners

Edit. And now they all taste horrendous. The once incredible lucozade orange, now doesn’t taste at all right.

Ryan-3 · 8 Jun 2019 at 08:59

Tauren said:
Edit. And now they all taste horrendous. The once incredible lucozade orange, now doesn’t taste at all right.

Been a long, long, long time since I last had a Lucozade, but when I did I found it tasted rather peculiar. Sweeteners are just awful, not sure why they don't just leave them out.

Thekwango · 8 Jun 2019 at 09:08

Jolt Cola. Legal high in a can!! Can’t seem to source it locally anymore sadly.

Nitefly · 8 Jun 2019 at 09:23

It’s so odd that all the sweetener versions of drinks taste so lame... Except the max!

Diet Fanta is particularly blergh.

Mobius 1 · 8 Jun 2019 at 10:48

Ryan-3 said:
Been a long, long, long time since I last had a Lucozade, but when I did I found it tasted rather peculiar. Sweeteners are just awful, not sure why they don't just leave them out.

It’s turned to crap now.

Again, same with ribena, the bottled stuff is now half sweetner half sugar. The cartons however are still all sugar the last time I had a carton.

A good indication is the calories. A 500ml bottle of coke is roughly 200cal. A bottle of whatever else (which claims to be the full fat non diet version) has had added sweetners is now usually around 100cal per 500ml

Broken Hope · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:47

Pepsi Max Raspberry is really good too. Wasn't a fan of the ginger version.

Azza · 12 Jun 2019 at 22:23

krooton said:
My cola preferences:

Fentimans Curiosity Cola > Pepsi Max > Coke Zero >>>>> Diet Pepsi >> Diet Coke >>>>> Coke/Pepsi

I really dislike the full sugar standard colas, but Fentimans is the dog's danglies.

Fentimans Cola is amazing. Along with pretty much the rest of their range.

233 · 12 Jun 2019 at 22:37

you'r all heathens

original recipe irnbru is where its at, difficult to find now and utterly ruined these days with the change of recipe.

true story if you drink enough irn bru your sweat will turn orange

witnessed this with my father in law several years ago

Begbie · 13 Jun 2019 at 09:41

Azza said:
Fentimans Cola is amazing. Along with pretty much the rest of their range.

Karma Cola is pretty taste too, if a bit expensive.

The diet is awful though.

MikeTheNative · 13 Jun 2019 at 11:53

Psycho Sonny said:
aspartame gives me migraines and destroys my eyes.

i don't care if it's been tested. it's a man made chemical and it's toxic to my body.

You don't take man made chemicals? I suppose you don't take any medication then?

Psycho Sonny · 13 Jun 2019 at 12:56

MikeTheNative said:
You don't take man made chemicals? I suppose you don't take any medication then?

medicine - also has side effects which are written on the label.

as in aspirin can kill some people, etc.

aspartame doesn't seem to come with the same scrutiny in that respect. so i'm sure you can appreciate people can be allergic to it or react badly. so i avoid all chemical sweetners specifically. i prefer stevia not in it's taste but the fact it's more likely not to do me harm.