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Coca-Cola sales surge after Diet Coke reboot
Coca-Cola Co beat Wall Street estimates with quarterly results on Tuesday, citing more demand for Coke Zero Sugar and new flavors under its Diet Coke brand as overall revenue topped expectations by around $300 million.
[...] The company said the launch of its popular low-calorie Diet Coke in sleeker tins and flavors including ginger-lime and feisty cherry drove Diet Coke volumes up 3 percent, marking a return to growth for the brand in North America.
[...] The strong results come as Coke diversifies its portfolio to include more low-sugar drinks with fewer calories to appeal to consumers reaching for healthier produce, while simultaneously spending more on marketing its core Coca-Cola brands.
Meanwhile, at Experimental Biology 2018:
Increased awareness of the health consequences of eating too much sugar has fueled a dramatic uptick in the consumption of zero-calorie artificial sweeteners in recent decades. However, new research finds sugar replacements can also cause health changes that are linked with diabetes and obesity, suggesting that switching from regular to diet soda may be a case of 'out of the frying pan, into the fire.' [...] The team fed different groups of rats diets high in glucose or fructose (kinds of sugar), or aspartame or acesulfame potassium (common zero-calorie artificial sweeteners). After three weeks, the researchers saw significant differences in the concentrations of biochemicals, fats and amino acids in blood samples.
The results suggest artificial sweeteners change how the body processes fat and gets its energy. In addition, they found acesulfame potassium seemed to accumulate in the blood, with higher concentrations having a more harmful effect on the cells that line blood vessels. "We observed that in moderation, your body has the machinery to handle sugar; it is when the system is overloaded over a long period of time that this machinery breaks down," Hoffmann said. "We also observed that replacing these sugars with non-caloric artificial sweeteners leads to negative changes in fat and energy metabolism."
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Wednesday April 25 2018, @03:03PM (3 children)
If I had to choose between caffeine and carbonation (and I often do), I would take carbonation. Though, a lot of them are vile tasting.
Probably healthier for me in the long run, though.
The first hit on the search is https://goavitae.com, [goavitae.com,] which does have a sparkling version. I will have to see if I can find this the next time I am at the store.
I think it is more a marketing problem. I suspect the typical marketing groups looking for non-coffee caffeine and non-sweet carbonated beverages are quite different.
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(Score: 2) by HiThere on Wednesday April 25 2018, @05:46PM (1 child)
My dentist would disagree with you. I was told to avoid carbonated beverages, sweetened or not, because the carbonic acid dissolved the teeth without waiting for bacteria to do the work. This created small pits that bacteria found just ideal to live in.
OTOH, he doesn't like coffee or tea because they stain the teeth, and are difficult to clean off. But that's not a direct damage.
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(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Wednesday April 25 2018, @06:44PM
That is a very good point. Carbonic acid is not be good for your teeth. I wonder if its better or worse than the sugar in a sugary beverage. And a carbonated beverage with lemon or lime is a double-shot of acid without the sugar.
Certainly the combination of the two is no good. But just like people that like sugary beverages will drink them regardless, I like carbonated beverages and I will drink them regardless. Be they alcoholic or otherwise.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday April 25 2018, @05:59PM
See my post below. What I had found was half a liter of Avitae, non-carbonated. Just water, 45mg caffeine, and presumably minerals, at a 50% discounted price of $0.75.
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