I believe consuming a lot of artificial chemicals is bad for your health. I believe keeping in keeping food as simple, natural and organic as possible. I am not a big fan of high fructose corn syrup but in the United States when purchasing a soda, it is very difficult to avoid. Sometimes I will spend a little bit more and buy a Mexican Coke, imported from Mexico and made with real sugar and it does taste much different! Most countries use real sugar, but not the United States. I think its ironic that coke refers to itself as “The Real Thing”, yet in the country it started, we are the ones with fake sugar and the most fake coke you can buy. As you probably could guess, I am also against Diet soda, mostly due to the aspratane in it. There are many health concerns with aspratane. Although I do not believe high fructose corn syrup is exactly safe, aspratane has much more reason for concern and I don’t touch diet drinks.
I purchased a can of Coca-Cola today from a vending machine. I hit the red button and out popped this.
A white can! Noooo… I did not press the Diet button!! The vending machine company screwed me! ARRRGGGHHH! I did not want a can of aspratane!! Oh wait a minute, I do not see “Diet” on the can. Hmmmm it has 140 calories and I think that may be a lot for diet. It also says “Protect the polar bear’s home…” and the ingredients list high fructose corn syrup and no aspratane to be found. Is this some sort of promotional can? I opened it and it does taste like a typical can of coke in a can.
What was Coke thinking? This is a terrible marketing mistake. Polar bears or not, do not make your standard product (non diet) look like it is the Diet version.