Fizzy Pop/Soft Drinks Sugar FREE

thelostone · 04-07-2011, 11:43

Why are Fizzy Pop/Soft Drinks now Sugar FREE. When am looking at Tesco own drinks all I see is sugar FREE, So were the choice for people that want sugar in there pop-drinks.Its not right not eveyone will wants it sugar FREE,

Zoltan Smith · 04-07-2011, 11:47

That is easy for you to say

wiseguy100 · 04-07-2011, 11:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoltan Smith

That is easy for you to say

hahahaha.

DANCE OF DEATH · 04-07-2011, 12:03

Yeah and all those so called Sugar Free drinks are not sugar free. They use a sugar substitute which is made from sugar and still contains small amounts of sugar.

Pepsi got found out about this a few years ago when they released there Diet Pepsi on the consumer market and it contained this sugar substitute .

Hogzilla · 04-07-2011, 12:07

The acid and crap in them still rots your teeth anyway, so the whole thing is pointless.

burton07 · 04-07-2011, 12:41

I try to avoid artificial flavourings in all food and I find it difficult buying soft drinks and squashes without aspartame and saccharin in them.

Even non-diet drinks contain artificial sweeteners.

CrazyLoop · 04-07-2011, 12:44

Oh well...

reishun · 04-07-2011, 12:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hogzilla

The acid and crap in them still rots your teeth anyway, so the whole thing is pointless.

bullocks, it stays in your mouth for about a second, most food does more damage to your teeth.

Chasing Shadows · 04-07-2011, 12:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hogzilla

The acid and crap in them still rots your teeth anyway, so the whole thing is pointless.

Not pointless for me. I'm diabetic so can't have sugar. I can have sweeteners. Job's a good 'un.

johnF1971 · 04-07-2011, 13:00

My OH has recently stopped buying low sugar squashes and soft drinks because she heard/read that the artificial sweeteners in them are bad for you and can possibly cause cancer.

Is there any truth in this or is this just another Daily Mail type cancer scare that she's worrying unnecessarily about?

Gordie1 · 04-07-2011, 13:02

Sugar prices are way high, perhaps it's cheaper to use artificial sweeteners for cheap crap pop.

Sigurd · 04-07-2011, 13:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by DANCE OF DEATH

Yeah and all those so called Sugar Free drinks are not sugar free. They use a sugar substitute which is made from sugar and still contains small amounts of sugar.

Pepsi got found out about this a few years ago when they released there Diet Pepsi on the consumer market and it contained this sugar substitute .

When you say Pepsi got "found out", do you mean that they weren't listing the sweetener (aspartame, presumably) on the product label? They certainly make no secret of it now:

http://pepsiproductfacts.com/infobyproduct.php

(Pick Diet Pepsi from ther drop-down menu.)

ETA: Is aspartame "a sugar substitute which is made from sugar"? I don't think so, though sucralose (marketed as Splenda) apparently is but I don't think that's ever been used in Diet Pepsi:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_substitute

epicurian · 04-07-2011, 13:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnF1971

My OH has recently stopped buying low sugar squashes and soft drinks because she heard/read that the artificial sweeteners in them are bad for you and can possibly cause cancer.

Is there any truth in this or is this just another Daily Mail type cancer scare that she's worrying unnecessarily about?

No truth in it whatsoever.

ladymoanalot · 04-07-2011, 13:05

Sugar free Coke is horrible. I love normal coke but getting used to diet coke just is not happening.

555 · 04-07-2011, 13:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnF1971

My OH has recently stopped buying low sugar squashes and soft drinks because she heard/read that the artificial sweeteners in them are bad for you and can possibly cause cancer.

Is there any truth in this or is this just another Daily Mail type cancer scare that she's worrying unnecessarily about?

It's a favourite for the woo-woo's!

rockerchick · 04-07-2011, 13:09

Sugar free is no where near as nice as normal. I'm 22 and my dad still thinks i will buy the 'aquired taste' rubbish.

2shy2007 · 04-07-2011, 13:10

I would never buy sugar free, for a few reasons, but mostly because they taste so damn awful and the disgusting aftertaste too.

There are still quite a few drinks on the shelf that contain just sugar and no sweetners, all high juices( apart from the no added sugar ones of course) orangina, sprite to name but a few.

i usually have water though so much nicer

thelostone · 04-07-2011, 13:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2shy2007

I would never buy sugar free, for a few reasons, but mostly because they taste so damn awful and the disgusting aftertaste too.

There are still quite a few drinks on the shelf that contain just sugar and no sweetners, all high juices( apart from the no added sugar ones of course) orangina, sprite to name but a few.

i usually have water though so much nicer

Why can we not have a CHOICE of Sugar FREE or with Sugar. Shops are taking away our rights in what we drink,

Watcher #1 · 04-07-2011, 13:20

I'm pretty sure you can buy full sugar pop still, but I know that sugar-free is now a larger segment of the market.

I would guess that people are concerned about the calories, rather than anything else.

Personally, I prefer the flavour of Pepsi Max to any other cola, so i drink that.

Maxwell_Edison · 04-07-2011, 13:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnF1971

My OH has recently stopped buying low sugar squashes and soft drinks because she heard/read that the artificial sweeteners in them are bad for you and can possibly cause cancer.

Is there any truth in this or is this just another Daily Mail type cancer scare that she's worrying unnecessarily about?

It was a hoax that began back in the 90s.

The claims are totally false yet somehow still manage to persist on the internet.

Snopes is a good site that looks at urban legends and hoax stories etc.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

Deb Arkle · 04-07-2011, 13:29

I prefer the diet drinks - didn't have to acquire the taste, full sugar drinks make me pull a face like this.

TigerBlood · 04-07-2011, 13:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by epicurian

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnF1971

My OH has recently stopped buying low sugar squashes and soft drinks because she heard/read that the artificial sweeteners in them are bad for you and can possibly cause cancer.

Is there any truth in this or is this just another Daily Mail type cancer scare that she's worrying unnecessarily about?

No truth in it whatsoever. No truth in it whatsoever.

I think it would probably be fairer to say that in the amounts which this would be consumed by the normal person (actually even a heavy consumer) there is no risk associated with the consumption.

I can't remember which program it was, but something on TV showed just how sweet aspartame and other artificial sweeteners are, you need literally just grams of the stuff to sweeten litres of water, a job which would take kilograms of sugar.

As such, you just don't get enough into your system to cause any significant risk. It is however well documented that it causes headaches in individuals (no doubt propagating the myth of brain tumours further) as it is, I believe, broken down into an amino acid which does cause problems if found in too high concentration in the body.

It does annoy me that aspartame is so favoured by the artificially sweetened drinks industry (gum too), when others are available (although I don't doubt someone will provide a good reason for this) as it has quite a bitter taste for me, a problem which is quite prevalent in the male population... men generally find the taste bitter, which women don't pick up on, one of the reasons that diet coke isn't drunk by men, and they had to reformulate the recipe to coke zero.

Spinnt · 04-07-2011, 13:33

As a diabetic, I'll take the risks

alias alias · 04-07-2011, 13:36

Listen to this for 3 min.

http://www.youtube.com/user/akcijak#...0E0E0490C34AD8

eng123 · 04-07-2011, 13:37

I will ONLY buy sugar free. I think the sugared fizzy drinks are far too sweet and I can't drink them. I think they taste horrible, not the sugar free versions of. Personal taste, not knocking those that only like the sugared versions of. Coke Zero is supposed to replicate the proper sugared version, whereas Diet Coke is meant to have it's own very distinct taste and not taste like a copy of full sugared coke.

04-07-2011, 11:43	#1
thelostone Inactive Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,627	Fizzy Pop/Soft Drinks Sugar FREE Why are Fizzy Pop/Soft Drinks now Sugar FREE. When am looking at Tesco own drinks all I see is sugar FREE, So were the choice for people that want sugar in there pop-drinks.Its not right not eveyone will wants it sugar FREE,

04-07-2011, 11:47	#2
Zoltan Smith Inactive Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: ¥ Posts: 1,720	That is easy for you to say

04-07-2011, 11:55	#3
wiseguy100 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hull, England Posts: 1,135	Quote: Originally Posted by Zoltan Smith That is easy for you to say hahahaha.

04-07-2011, 12:03	#4
DANCE OF DEATH Guest Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 4,723	Yeah and all those so called Sugar Free drinks are not sugar free. They use a sugar substitute which is made from sugar and still contains small amounts of sugar. Pepsi got found out about this a few years ago when they released there Diet Pepsi on the consumer market and it contained this sugar substitute .

04-07-2011, 12:07	#5
Hogzilla Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 22,696	The acid and crap in them still rots your teeth anyway, so the whole thing is pointless.

04-07-2011, 12:41	#6
burton07 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sitting at my PC Posts: 9,434	I try to avoid artificial flavourings in all food and I find it difficult buying soft drinks and squashes without aspartame and saccharin in them. Even non-diet drinks contain artificial sweeteners.

04-07-2011, 12:44	#7
CrazyLoop Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 17,711	Oh well...

04-07-2011, 12:50	#8
reishun Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3,009	Quote: Originally Posted by Hogzilla The acid and crap in them still rots your teeth anyway, so the whole thing is pointless. bullocks, it stays in your mouth for about a second, most food does more damage to your teeth.

04-07-2011, 12:55	#9
Chasing Shadows Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,536	Quote: Originally Posted by Hogzilla The acid and crap in them still rots your teeth anyway, so the whole thing is pointless. Not pointless for me. I'm diabetic so can't have sugar. I can have sweeteners. Job's a good 'un.

04-07-2011, 13:00	#10
johnF1971 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,109	My OH has recently stopped buying low sugar squashes and soft drinks because she heard/read that the artificial sweeteners in them are bad for you and can possibly cause cancer. Is there any truth in this or is this just another Daily Mail type cancer scare that she's worrying unnecessarily about?

04-07-2011, 13:02	#11
Gordie1 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: England Posts: 6,317	Sugar prices are way high, perhaps it's cheaper to use artificial sweeteners for cheap crap pop.

04-07-2011, 13:04	#12
Sigurd Guest Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 24,438	Quote: Originally Posted by DANCE OF DEATH Yeah and all those so called Sugar Free drinks are not sugar free. They use a sugar substitute which is made from sugar and still contains small amounts of sugar. Pepsi got found out about this a few years ago when they released there Diet Pepsi on the consumer market and it contained this sugar substitute . When you say Pepsi got "found out", do you mean that they weren't listing the sweetener (aspartame, presumably) on the product label? They certainly make no secret of it now: http://pepsiproductfacts.com/infobyproduct.php (Pick Diet Pepsi from ther drop-down menu.) ETA: Is aspartame "a sugar substitute which is made from sugar"? I don't think so, though sucralose (marketed as Splenda) apparently is but I don't think that's ever been used in Diet Pepsi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_substitute

04-07-2011, 13:05	#13
epicurian Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 15,890	Quote: Originally Posted by johnF1971 My OH has recently stopped buying low sugar squashes and soft drinks because she heard/read that the artificial sweeteners in them are bad for you and can possibly cause cancer. Is there any truth in this or is this just another Daily Mail type cancer scare that she's worrying unnecessarily about? No truth in it whatsoever.

04-07-2011, 13:05	#14
ladymoanalot Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Rotherham Posts: 21,505	Sugar free Coke is horrible. I love normal coke but getting used to diet coke just is not happening.

04-07-2011, 13:07	#15
555 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 4,249	Quote: Originally Posted by johnF1971 My OH has recently stopped buying low sugar squashes and soft drinks because she heard/read that the artificial sweeteners in them are bad for you and can possibly cause cancer. Is there any truth in this or is this just another Daily Mail type cancer scare that she's worrying unnecessarily about? It's a favourite for the woo-woo's!

04-07-2011, 13:09	#16
rockerchick Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 8,470	Sugar free is no where near as nice as normal. I'm 22 and my dad still thinks i will buy the 'aquired taste' rubbish.

04-07-2011, 13:10	#17
2shy2007 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 40,798	I would never buy sugar free, for a few reasons, but mostly because they taste so damn awful and the disgusting aftertaste too. There are still quite a few drinks on the shelf that contain just sugar and no sweetners, all high juices( apart from the no added sugar ones of course) orangina, sprite to name but a few. i usually have water though so much nicer

04-07-2011, 13:19	#18
thelostone Inactive Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,627	Quote: Originally Posted by 2shy2007 I would never buy sugar free, for a few reasons, but mostly because they taste so damn awful and the disgusting aftertaste too. There are still quite a few drinks on the shelf that contain just sugar and no sweetners, all high juices( apart from the no added sugar ones of course) orangina, sprite to name but a few. i usually have water though so much nicer Why can we not have a CHOICE of Sugar FREE or with Sugar. Shops are taking away our rights in what we drink,

04-07-2011, 13:20	#19
Watcher #1 Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Here <------------- Posts: 6,644	I'm pretty sure you can buy full sugar pop still, but I know that sugar-free is now a larger segment of the market. I would guess that people are concerned about the calories, rather than anything else. Personally, I prefer the flavour of Pepsi Max to any other cola, so i drink that.

04-07-2011, 13:29	#20
Maxwell_Edison Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 2,794	Quote: Originally Posted by johnF1971 My OH has recently stopped buying low sugar squashes and soft drinks because she heard/read that the artificial sweeteners in them are bad for you and can possibly cause cancer. Is there any truth in this or is this just another Daily Mail type cancer scare that she's worrying unnecessarily about? It was a hoax that began back in the 90s. The claims are totally false yet somehow still manage to persist on the internet. Snopes is a good site that looks at urban legends and hoax stories etc. http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

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Fizzy Pop/Soft Drinks Sugar FREE

04-07-2011, 13:29	#21
Deb Arkle Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: I'm an oik! Posts: 9,576	I prefer the diet drinks - didn't have to acquire the taste, full sugar drinks make me pull a face like this.

04-07-2011, 13:31	#22
TigerBlood Forum Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 752	Quote: Originally Posted by epicurian Quote: Originally Posted by johnF1971 My OH has recently stopped buying low sugar squashes and soft drinks because she heard/read that the artificial sweeteners in them are bad for you and can possibly cause cancer. Is there any truth in this or is this just another Daily Mail type cancer scare that she's worrying unnecessarily about? No truth in it whatsoever. No truth in it whatsoever. I think it would probably be fairer to say that in the amounts which this would be consumed by the normal person (actually even a heavy consumer) there is no risk associated with the consumption. I can't remember which program it was, but something on TV showed just how sweet aspartame and other artificial sweeteners are, you need literally just grams of the stuff to sweeten litres of water, a job which would take kilograms of sugar. As such, you just don't get enough into your system to cause any significant risk. It is however well documented that it causes headaches in individuals (no doubt propagating the myth of brain tumours further) as it is, I believe, broken down into an amino acid which does cause problems if found in too high concentration in the body. It does annoy me that aspartame is so favoured by the artificially sweetened drinks industry (gum too), when others are available (although I don't doubt someone will provide a good reason for this) as it has quite a bitter taste for me, a problem which is quite prevalent in the male population... men generally find the taste bitter, which women don't pick up on, one of the reasons that diet coke isn't drunk by men, and they had to reformulate the recipe to coke zero.

04-07-2011, 13:33	#23
Spinnt Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 84	As a diabetic, I'll take the risks

04-07-2011, 13:36	#24
alias alias Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Firefox♂ Posts: 8,304	Listen to this for 3 min. http://www.youtube.com/user/akcijak#...0E0E0490C34AD8

04-07-2011, 13:37	#25
eng123 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4,029	I will ONLY buy sugar free. I think the sugared fizzy drinks are far too sweet and I can't drink them. I think they taste horrible, not the sugar free versions of. Personal taste, not knocking those that only like the sugared versions of. Coke Zero is supposed to replicate the proper sugared version, whereas Diet Coke is meant to have it's own very distinct taste and not taste like a copy of full sugared coke.