Coke
"Coca Cola" aka "Coke," is a sugary sweet caffeinated carbonated beverage. At least, that's how it started.
First there were flavored Cokes (Cherry, Lemon, Vanilla).
Then came the Diet line. Diet Coke (sugar was replaced with aspartame/saccharin). Then Diet Cherry Coke. Then Caffeine Free Coke. Then Caffeine Free Diet Coke, followed by Caffeine Free Diet Cherry Coke. Lime Coke, Diet Lime Coke. The mysterious Coke "ZERO", Followed by Coke made with 'Splenda' - Then there was "C2" which was coke with regular high fructose corn syrup plus aspartame, saccharin AND Splenda.
Anyway, today I was driving along Franklin Ave and I saw a billboard for Diet Coke Plus, which is like Diet Coke with added vitamins and minerals. Diet Coke Plus uses Aspartame AND a sweetener called "Acesulfame K."
According to Wikipedia,
"Acesulfame K is 180-200 times sweeter than table sugar, as sweet as aspartame, about half as sweet as saccharin, and one-quarter the sweetness of sucralose (Splenda). Like saccharin, it has a slightly bitter aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. Kraft Foods has patented the use of sodium ferulate to mask acesulfame's aftertaste. Alternatively, acesulfame K is often blended with other sweeteners (usually sucralose or aspartame). These blends are reputed to give a more sugar-like taste where each sweetener masks the other's aftertaste, and/or exhibit a synergistic effect wherein the blend is sweeter than its components."
~~Good lord people, just drink some orange juice or something. Water anyone? What about good old fashioned Kool-aid for god's sake? Just stop the insanity. What the hell are you putting into your body? You want Vitamins? Eat a carrot, for Chrissake, how about a green bean or an apple. Hell, even a bowl of wheaties. Diet CokePlus? I see the future and it contains a product called Diet Caffeine Free Coke Minus Zero Made with Splenda Plus Viagra Times Prozac.
Sometimes, I just shake my head.
