Thanks Diet Pepsi, you just lost a customer-need suggestions

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  • RosieRose7673
    RosieRose7673 Posts: 438 Member
    elphie754 wrote: »
    I love Diet Pepsi - sucralose has been in Diet Pepsi for months, so you must not drink much of it anyway. I did not notice a taste difference when they made the switch, but there is definitely a taste difference between caffeinated and caffeine free. You might have been noticing that rather than the change in sweeteners.

    It's the sweetner. I had been drinking diet iced tea for the past few months and literally bought Diet Pepsi again last night. I used to drink it all the time though.

    You said you drank your "usually" (sic) Diet Pepsi, but now your story changes to say you haven't drank it for a few months.
    elphie754 wrote: »
    At work last night and I grab my usually Diet Pepsi

    Diet Pepsi was sweetened with sucralose 3 months ago, and even twice that time (6 months ago). Tea would not taste like Diet Pepsi.

    Here is the actual difference, though, compared to what you normally drink:
    elphie754 wrote: »
    (although this time caffeine free)

    So even though you are adamant that it is the sucralose you are tasting, you have admitted that the only difference compared to what you last consumed is that this time, it was caffeine free. Do what you will with that revelation- I don't own stock in PepsiCo, so it makes no difference to me. At least now you have an opportunity to understand what you are tasting differently.
    This is what I heard too! I didn't notice much change. It tastes almost exactly the same to me.

    I do know that the caffeine free version tastes a lot different to me.

    Source: I drink a ridiculous amount of Diet Pepsi! Lol my job only stocks Pepsi products and it's like heaven. :smiley:

    Anyways, tastes change and some people can taste differences more than others!
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    Coke Zero for me
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Coke zero is now available in a caffeine free form, but I think it tastes different. And I hate that taste. But, I have no clue if there is a similar difference between diet pepsi and diet, caffeine free pepsi (when I order a diet coke and the waiter asks if diet pepsi is ok, I ask for water...).
  • michelleepotter
    michelleepotter Posts: 800 Member
    I see that it's been mentioned several times, but Diet Dr Pepper is the only one I actually like. I'll drink Diet Coke, but I don't really like it, and if it's all that's available I'm tempted to not even have diet. :frowning:

    For all the people saying to just quit soda, yes, water is awesome. I spent a lot of time learning to actually enjoy drinking water, to the point where I crave it more than anything else. But some of us don't want to never drink soda again. I don't. I'd rather be able to enjoy it when I feel like it, and diet makes that easier. It's not poison, anymore than having the occasional cookie or potato chip is. So get over it, already.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    auddii wrote: »
    Coke zero is now available in a caffeine free form, but I think it tastes different. And I hate that taste. But, I have no clue if there is a similar difference between diet pepsi and diet, caffeine free pepsi (when I order a diet coke and the waiter asks if diet pepsi is ok, I ask for water...).

    I drink a lot of Diet Pepsi, but I do not like the taste of caffeine-free Diet Pepsi. It is definitely a different taste.

    Fun story about soda tastes - Did you know that the New Coke (for those that remember or have heard about it) was made from the flavor of Diet Coke? Coke and Diet Coke were always different flavors, intentionally. Coke's consumer research found that consumers liked the taste of Pepsi best, then Diet Coke, and that Coke tasted the worst of the 3. So they made the flavor of Diet Coke into a caloric version because they already had the flavor and it tasted better than Coke. They replaced Coke with this New Coke. It only lasted a couple months, but only because of nostalgia. Most consumers (including the leader of a movement to bring back the original Coke) in blind taste tests preferred the Diet Coke / New Coke flavor over the original Coke (now known as Coke Classic), but fought against the New Coke because they just didn't want to see a change.
  • songbird13291
    songbird13291 Posts: 120 Member
    A friend of mine is allergic to aspartame, so we always check what's used in the diet soda we buy for her.

    There are now two versions of Diet Coke, one with aspartame and one with Splenda. If you want to avoid the version with sucralose, cans with that version are marked with a yellow swirl.





  • tlflag1620
    tlflag1620 Posts: 1,358 Member
    auddii wrote: »
    Coke zero is now available in a caffeine free form, but I think it tastes different. And I hate that taste. But, I have no clue if there is a similar difference between diet pepsi and diet, caffeine free pepsi (when I order a diet coke and the waiter asks if diet pepsi is ok, I ask for water...).

    Ha, when a waiter asks me if Pepsi is ok, I tend to look at them like they've grown a third head. "No!" I want to shout. "When is Pepsi EVER ok???" But I'm from Texas. IMHO, the proper response when someone asks for a Coke is to ask what kind, and generally the correct answer to that is Dr. Pepper. Coke is acceptable too, but Pepsi is for Yankees. :tongue:

    Must be true - I'm originally from Boston and when I used to drink soda I'd ask for a Pepsi. If they asked if coke was okay, I'd say "give me a Sprite then" lol.

  • jdhcm2006
    jdhcm2006 Posts: 2,254 Member
    tlflag1620 wrote: »
    auddii wrote: »
    Coke zero is now available in a caffeine free form, but I think it tastes different. And I hate that taste. But, I have no clue if there is a similar difference between diet pepsi and diet, caffeine free pepsi (when I order a diet coke and the waiter asks if diet pepsi is ok, I ask for water...).

    Ha, when a waiter asks me if Pepsi is ok, I tend to look at them like they've grown a third head. "No!" I want to shout. "When is Pepsi EVER ok???" But I'm from Texas. IMHO, the proper response when someone asks for a Coke is to ask what kind, and generally the correct answer to that is Dr. Pepper. Coke is acceptable too, but Pepsi is for Yankees. :tongue:

    Must be true - I'm originally from Boston and when I used to drink soda I'd ask for a Pepsi. If they asked if coke was okay, I'd say "give me a Sprite then" lol.

    I do that too. When I drank soda, it was Pepsi or Sprite. But now I drink sparkling water because it's no calories and I cannot stand the taste of diet soda.
  • RosieRose7673
    RosieRose7673 Posts: 438 Member
    auddii wrote: »
    Coke zero is now available in a caffeine free form, but I think it tastes different. And I hate that taste. But, I have no clue if there is a similar difference between diet pepsi and diet, caffeine free pepsi (when I order a diet coke and the waiter asks if diet pepsi is ok, I ask for water...).

    Ha, when a waiter asks me if Pepsi is ok, I tend to look at them like they've grown a third head. "No!" I want to shout. "When is Pepsi EVER ok???" But I'm from Texas. IMHO, the proper response when someone asks for a Coke is to ask what kind, and generally the correct answer to that is Dr. Pepper. Coke is acceptable too, but Pepsi is for Yankees. :tongue:

    Oh goodness! Haha! Maybe I've waited on you during my old serving days!

    I worked at a restaurant about 8 years ago that only had Pepsi. People would always ask for coke and when I asked if Pepsi was okay, some of them had the same reaction as you! Too funny!

    To be fair, I act the same way but with Pepsi!
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Diet A&W rootbeer - caffeine free. I drink this because I have reflux....very low acid.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    When they switched, my mom had to change from caffeine free Diet Pepsi to caffeine free Diet Coke. She couldn't stand the sucralose taste either. I've had a few regular Diet Pepsis since, but I've never noticed a difference, probably because 90+% of the time I go for Diet Dr Pepper.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    I've always been a pepsi fan, but aftertaste of the new diet formula has me making a whiskey face, and I haven't even tried caffeine free. I now driek Diet Dr Pepper, Coke Zero, Cherry Coke Zero and Diet Dew. I hope they don't switch the Diet Dew to all splenda. I might die. Not even being dramatic. It's a real possibility, I think.
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    Yep, I hate sucralose, too. I was so unhappy when Pepsico switched to it. Pepsi Max still uses aspartame (last I heard) but I think it has more caffeine so be aware of that (because of your pregnancy :wink:)

    I like Diet Dr Pepper and Coke Zero with Vanilla. If you are looking for non-caffeinated, the Diet A&W Root Beer is a good suggestion. My husband likes Dr Pepper 10, and I like the A&W 10 (they have 2 grams of sugar or something like that, and aspartame)
  • sunflowerhippi
    sunflowerhippi Posts: 1,099 Member
    edited June 2016
    Well congrats on the little one.

    Sorry people are being ridiculous about when they changed sweetners because that is so important to your question somehow. I used to only drink pepsi and we just got the new version in our grocery stores last month. I would say try to do diet coke or diet dr pepper. If you like cherry soda then diet cherry coke works too. I can't do coke zero.

  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    mathjulz wrote: »
    elphie754 wrote: »
    I love Diet Pepsi - sucralose has been in Diet Pepsi for months, so you must not drink much of it anyway. I did not notice a taste difference when they made the switch, but there is definitely a taste difference between caffeinated and caffeine free. You might have been noticing that rather than the change in sweeteners.

    It's the sweetner. I had been drinking diet iced tea for the past few months and literally bought Diet Pepsi again last night. I used to drink it all the time though.

    You said you drank your "usually" (sic) Diet Pepsi, but now your story changes to say you haven't drank it for a few months.
    elphie754 wrote: »
    At work last night and I grab my usually Diet Pepsi

    Diet Pepsi was sweetened with sucralose 3 months ago, and even twice that time (6 months ago). Tea would not taste like Diet Pepsi.

    Here is the actual difference, though, compared to what you normally drink:
    elphie754 wrote: »
    (although this time caffeine free)

    So even though you are adamant that it is the sucralose you are tasting, you have admitted that the only difference compared to what you last consumed is that this time, it was caffeine free. Do what you will with that revelation- I don't own stock in PepsiCo, so it makes no difference to me. At least now you have an opportunity to understand what you are tasting differently.

    Some people may not notice much of a difference between sucralose and aspartame flavors, or aren't bothered by it. For example, my brother notices a difference but he says sucralose tastes more like real sugar.

    Other people can pick out a bit of sucralose taste in anything (like the protein powders). I can pick the sucralose flavor out of many things (without knowing that it's there, I check the ingredient list after ... usually on something that I didn't realize had switched). And some of us find it particularly disgusting. No need to pick apart the OP's words because you don't have the same experience that she does.

    My experience has nothing to do with it... the OP's explanation indicates that she has drank Diet Pepsi with sucralose regardless of whether it was 3 months ago or on a regular basis, and that it tasted differently this time when it was caffeine-free Diet Pepsi. It really doesn't have anything to do with me, I'm just the first person who noticed and mentioned these facts.
  • michelleepotter
    michelleepotter Posts: 800 Member
    auddii wrote: »
    Coke zero is now available in a caffeine free form, but I think it tastes different. And I hate that taste. But, I have no clue if there is a similar difference between diet pepsi and diet, caffeine free pepsi (when I order a diet coke and the waiter asks if diet pepsi is ok, I ask for water...).

    Ha, when a waiter asks me if Pepsi is ok, I tend to look at them like they've grown a third head. "No!" I want to shout. "When is Pepsi EVER ok???" But I'm from Texas. IMHO, the proper response when someone asks for a Coke is to ask what kind, and generally the correct answer to that is Dr. Pepper. Coke is acceptable too, but Pepsi is for Yankees. :tongue:

    Oh goodness! Haha! Maybe I've waited on you during my old serving days!

    I worked at a restaurant about 8 years ago that only had Pepsi. People would always ask for coke and when I asked if Pepsi was okay, some of them had the same reaction as you! Too funny!

    To be fair, I act the same way but with Pepsi!

    LOL, I hope no one actually yelled at you. I swear my momma raised me better than that, even in the face of being offered Pepsi. ;)
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    auddii wrote: »
    Coke zero is now available in a caffeine free form, but I think it tastes different. And I hate that taste. But, I have no clue if there is a similar difference between diet pepsi and diet, caffeine free pepsi (when I order a diet coke and the waiter asks if diet pepsi is ok, I ask for water...).

    I drink a lot of Diet Pepsi, but I do not like the taste of caffeine-free Diet Pepsi. It is definitely a different taste.

    That's me, too. Oddly enough, I like Caffeine-Free Pepsi, too. But the Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi? Ugh.
  • Tweaking_Time
    Tweaking_Time Posts: 733 Member
    My favorite is Diet Squirt

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    Then Coke Zero
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    I really liked Diet Cherry Pepsi till they went to sucralose. Now it's gross.

    I'm an aspartame kinda guy.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,741 Member
    mathjulz wrote: »
    elphie754 wrote: »
    I love Diet Pepsi - sucralose has been in Diet Pepsi for months, so you must not drink much of it anyway. I did not notice a taste difference when they made the switch, but there is definitely a taste difference between caffeinated and caffeine free. You might have been noticing that rather than the change in sweeteners.

    It's the sweetner. I had been drinking diet iced tea for the past few months and literally bought Diet Pepsi again last night. I used to drink it all the time though.

    You said you drank your "usually" (sic) Diet Pepsi, but now your story changes to say you haven't drank it for a few months.
    elphie754 wrote: »
    At work last night and I grab my usually Diet Pepsi

    Diet Pepsi was sweetened with sucralose 3 months ago, and even twice that time (6 months ago). Tea would not taste like Diet Pepsi.

    Here is the actual difference, though, compared to what you normally drink:
    elphie754 wrote: »
    (although this time caffeine free)

    So even though you are adamant that it is the sucralose you are tasting, you have admitted that the only difference compared to what you last consumed is that this time, it was caffeine free. Do what you will with that revelation- I don't own stock in PepsiCo, so it makes no difference to me. At least now you have an opportunity to understand what you are tasting differently.

    Some people may not notice much of a difference between sucralose and aspartame flavors, or aren't bothered by it. For example, my brother notices a difference but he says sucralose tastes more like real sugar.

    Other people can pick out a bit of sucralose taste in anything (like the protein powders). I can pick the sucralose flavor out of many things (without knowing that it's there, I check the ingredient list after ... usually on something that I didn't realize had switched). And some of us find it particularly disgusting. No need to pick apart the OP's words because you don't have the same experience that she does.

    My experience has nothing to do with it... the OP's explanation indicates that she has drank Diet Pepsi with sucralose regardless of whether it was 3 months ago or on a regular basis, and that it tasted differently this time when it was caffeine-free Diet Pepsi. It really doesn't have anything to do with me, I'm just the first person who noticed and mentioned these facts.

    So what? She doesn't like the taste of caffeine free Diet Pepsi. She wants something that tastes different. Why is that such a BFD?

    It is the reason that OP doesn't like the taste of caffeine free Diet Pepsi that is at issue. She says it is because of sucralose, but her explanation reveals it is because it is caffeine free. It isn't a BFD at all, and doesn't make any difference to me... like I said, I don't own any stock in PepsiCo and have nothing to gain or lose based on OP's decisions. She asked for help and I'm helping by pointing out what she is missing, despite it being right there in her own words.

    Well, I own stock in Pepsico but the only soda I drink (sporadically) now is Hansen's diet root beer so, op, try that! :)

    It's been forever since I've had a diet coke or diet pepsi or diet dr pepper (used to love that tho) so I can't say about the change in sweeteners but I remember never liking the caffeine free versions so that actually could have been it. They definitely tasted different.

  • knelson095
    knelson095 Posts: 254 Member
    I drink diet a&w root beer if I want a soda with no caffeine. It doesn't taste 'diet' to me. Otherwise it's diet dr pepper.

    Sidenote: our tastes may differ, as I actually like sucralose. I put it in my coffee every morning. I don't mind the aspartame in soda but I would never put it in my coffee. Bleh.
  • tomteboda
    tomteboda Posts: 2,171 Member
    Mello Yellow Zero is great. Actually I like all the "zero" and "ten" diet sodas.