I’ve started drinking ‘Zero calories’ sodas in order to reduce calories intake, but now I prefer them to the regular ones. Most regular sodas are too sweet, and even when they taste ok they have too many calories so it’s not worth it.
Even if I wouldn’t want to reduce calories intake, I would still chose the zero version of the soda.
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I agree 100%. Regular pop with sugar tastes sort of syruppy and sticky.
I will always choose diet.
Pepsi Max > Coke Zero > Diet Coke > Coke > Pepsi >>> Diet Pepsi
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They taste different. You just get used to the ones you’re regularly drinking. I did the same thing and normal sodas taste very different now.
I also agree, i would add that it’s an acquired taste. The first few will taste weird.
Although i rarely consume sodas unless i mix with alcohol. And there they really fall off. Mixing “zero” sodas with alcohol is just vile. There you need the sugar.
Funny I think Coke Zero tastes way sweeter than regular Coke.
Depends on the soda. I prefer Diet Coke and Zero Sugar Starry over the sugar versions but normal Mountain Dew is better than Diet (both are better than Zero Sugar Mountain Dew if you were wondering).
No. It has a weird aftertaste. But personally I don’t drink either
They have less food energy, tho.
Pepsi max, and monster for some reason are the only good sugar free sodas, atleast where I live, cocacola can’t seem to be able to make a good fugar free drink to save their life, even the store brand sugar free coke tastes better than any coke/coke-owned-brand drink.
Water tastes better than any soda. R/hydrohomies was here !
Dr Pepper Zero and A&W zero do. Mt Dew and Coke are hot garbage
Water >> soda
Hell no. And then you spend the whole sugary taste in your mouth. I just hate it.
I don’t like the taste of sucralose or stevia. Both are full tasting
I’ll always get regular coka cola
Coca Zero is far better than the classic one, you don’t fell like you drink caramel
I don’t think regular soda is sweeter but it does noticeably coat my mouth and teeth in a way where I feel like I need to brush my teeth immediately after consuming one. Also I feel like shit the next day of I have too many.
diet coke is where its at
I don’t like the “mouth feel” of regular sodas. Syrupy.
But then I drink a soda maybe twice a month.
I feel the same way. I’ve been drinking diet sodas and sugar free energy drinks for so long that regular sodas taste weird and unnatural to me. Also, regular sodas make me feel sluggish and shitty.
Unfortunately they give me a huge headache
Zero and diet stuff is disgustingly sweet because of the artificial sweeteners.
It’s wild how your taste buds recalibrate. After a month of zero sugar, regular soda tastes like liquid candy overload
I had a terrible addiction to Soda, for me it was always Baja blast or DR pepper cream soda. In September of 2024 i started tracking macros/dieting down, this meant cutting out liquid calories for the most part and switching to Diet sodas, Ive lost 127lbs since then.
For my birthday i decided to do an actual cheat day, where i could drink/eat whatever, i figured just for old time sake id have a Baja blast, since it was my all time favorite soft drink.
I nearly gagged after the first sip, it’s like i could feel the coating of HFCS it left on the roof of my mouth, absolutely horrid, immediately poured it down the drain and got a water instead.
A lot of people vilify HFCS and act like it’s 10x worse than real sugar and that if you consume a single drop of HFCS you’ll immediately gain 50lbs, the reality is, it’s no worse than real sugar and any amount of excess sugar is bad for you.
when you go prolonged periods of time without consuming HFCS, you can pinpoint its taste/texture, and i am not a fan of it, especially in any kind of soft drinks/beverages. It’s in a TON of different things, that shit is everywhere.
You’re better off drinking water and cooking at home but if you have a sweet tooth, diet soda is the way to go.
that’s fair. i can get easily overwhelmed by too much sugar too.
This truly is an unpopular opinion.
I cannot stand the taste of Coke Zero but Diet Coke is fine
Agreed, only for Diet Coke though. Diet lime sodas are disgusting and Diet Pepsi hasn’t been the same since they removed the aspartame.
Coke zero is actually pretty good, for real.
If they just stuck to Sucralose I might agree
Finally one I can agree with!
Yeah I’m the same way. Regular soda’s are so much now haha
Only coke zero tastes better the rest taste kinda bland. One advantage is if you spill it, its not sticky at all
But zero calorie sodas fuck up my body significantly more than regular soda.
I don’t think this is very unpopular. Drinking regular soda is like drinking syrup. They’re thick and leave a horrible taste in your mouth. Diet sodas are way better.
I stopped drinking regular coke for like 2 years, then when I went back I was absolutely blown away at how good it tasted, so I don’t agree with you there.
However, zero sugar Monster (black can, green top, not the white one which everyone loves for some reason) is better than the regular one imo