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Diet Coke has been a consumer favorite since its introduction in , launched after a lengthy period of product development. The product was an instant success, a testament to Coca-Cola’s attention to detail when developing both the product itself and the marketing campaign that unleashed it. Despite its ubiquity in the marketplace, how much do those who drink it really know about the diet soda? Read on to discover the untold truth of Diet Coke. Coca-Cola took its sweet time entering the diet soda market, with a company history of the product revealing the idea for a sugar-free version of Coke had been “percolating” for two decades. During the s, health-conscious consumers began eschewing sugar.
Today in “Drink This, Not That! And according to The American Beverage Association, the machines will have prompts—such as “Try a Low-Calorie Beverage”—to help consumers consider their alternatives. But are diet sodas really going to help you stave off the pounds? Probably not. Case in point: When researchers from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio compared the waistlines of diet soda drinkers against a group of non-diet drinkers, the diet soda drinkers had 70 percent greater increases in belly bulge over the course of the 9. Even though that zero-calorie cola sounds like the wiser pick, have you ever actually read the ingredient label? So we pulled the ingredients of a Diet Coke right off of its bottle: carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame, phosphoric acid, potassium citrate, natural flavors, citric acid, and caffeine.