Diet Rite cola

[Porcelain]

Sprite Zero has no caffiene and is made with Splenda. I don't drink it though. I don't like the way it makes me feel.

[csoesbee]

According to the Coca-Cola Company Web site, Sprite Zero has NO sucrulose. It has aspartame and some other artificial sweetner that is not splenda.

[Porcelain]

Originally Posted by csoesbee

According to the Coca-Cola Company Web site, Sprite Zero has NO sucrulose. It has aspartame and some other artificial sweetner that is not splenda.

Crap! No wonder it made me feel bad! I'm glad I don't drink it. Thanks for that. I swear the one I bought had a splenda sticker on it. I must have gone from looking at the Coke zero to the Sprite zero thinking they were both splenda.

[Elizellen]

One thing I have noticed is that some products which have a 'made with splenda' sticker also contain other sweeteners, so we do need to read labels to make sure!

[Porcelain]

I'm kinda feeling now that coke did that on purpose. The had all this campaign about coke zero being with splenda and stuff. It tricked me.

No wonder it tasted like crap. I don't like anything flavored with aspertame. It gives me a bad feeling.

I am better off without it anyway. If I just have to have something. I will stick with the diet rite...it's cheaper anyway.

[gallard]

The Atkins diet book says that you are allowed to drink splenda based diet sodas in the induction phase. Also, Dr. Atkins reccomended that people do not use aspartame while in the weight loss phases because for some it stalls their weight loss.

If do anyone does consume diet soda, whether is it sweetend with Splenda or otherwise, there is no reason to count any carbs from it, unless the nutiritional label includes carbs. The reason being, the manufacuterers are not using the same kind of Splenda or Aspartame sweetner most consumers use. Most consumers use Splenda or Aspartame in grandular form while soda manufacturers use a liquid form. Which means there is no carbs in liquid splenda or any other liquid based sucralose, or aspartame for that matter. The Splenda that people buy in the stores (granular form) contains fillers like maltodextrin, and maltodextrin is the one that causes the carbs in grandular splenda.

[Elizellen]

Originally Posted by gallard

If do anyone does consume diet soda, whether is it sweetend with Splenda or otherwise, there is no reason to count any carbs from it, unless the nutiritional label includes carbs.

True, but Dr Atkins does tell us to limit our servings of sweetener to 3 per day, which for a can of diet soda would be 1.5 servings per can!!