Re:What Coke Contains (2013)
by function_seven on Friday September 19, 2014 @10:51PM
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Actually, the Diet Coke I have in front of me lists both acids in the ingredients. Not sure if only the diet version has both.
Re:What Coke Contains (2013)
by lobster_johnson on Friday September 19, 2014 @10:59PM
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Well, I did say Coke, not Diet Coke. Diet Coke contains citric acid (but less than phosphoric), Coke does not.
(Downvotes, really?)
Coke changes ingredients around to fit local regulations. In Europe, Diet Coke uses acesulfame potassium ("ace-K"), aspartame and sodium cyclamate. Cyclamate's effect is to neutralize some of the bitterness of ace-K and aspartame, but it's banned in the US and some other countries in the 1950s due to research determining it to be harmful. The ban is being upheld despite later research showing that the original science was flawed.