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Title: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Al Doggity on September 29, 2019, 06:10:26 PM
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Sorry for the delays in getting this review out. I've seen all the requests in my inbox and promise to get to them in the order they were received, so please be patient.

Orange Vanilla Coke Zero. This is a relatively new flavor that comes in regular sugar and 0 calorie sugar free versions. It should come as no surprise that both taste a lot like an orange creamsicle or an orange sherbet float. I had the regular version earlier in the summer. I thought it was fine, but did not feel the need to try it again. (Full disclosure: I am not a big Coke fan. I will almost always opt for a Pepsi instead, if I am going to have a soda.)

For the first time, I saw zero sugar version in the wild this weekend and had to give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that the sugar-free version was tastier than the original. The orange-vanilla flavoring also masked any aftertaste from the sugar substitute.  I would highly recommend giving this drink a shot, whether you're a fan of diet sodas or not.

I only saw this product for the first time on Friday afternoon, and after an exhaustive search that encapsulated more than 3 city blocks in  New York's midtown west neighborhood, I was not able to find it at any other locations. However, it appears to be easily available online.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: pellius on September 29, 2019, 06:15:36 PM
Hmm, never seen it. Hawaii is usually the last of the States to get new products. I'm not a soda drinker because I just really love ice cold water and makes up about 98% of what I drink (I sometimes have Muscle Milk or other kind of prepacked protein drinks for convenience) but I would definitely give this a try.
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Post by: tommywishbone on September 29, 2019, 07:20:41 PM
I shall investigate this matter.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: BB on September 29, 2019, 07:31:07 PM
I like it with steak or some type of red meat. It's one of those occasionally good flavors.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Slik on September 29, 2019, 07:35:47 PM
Sounds good. Hope it’s stevia and not aspartame
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: tres_taco_combo on September 29, 2019, 07:50:50 PM
I like it with steak or some type of red meat. It's one of those occasionally good flavors.

when I am dieting hard... i sometimes need a diet coke, diet dr pepper with fish -
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Al Doggity on September 30, 2019, 09:25:05 AM
Sounds good. Hope it’s stevia and not aspartame

Aspartame. But a big part of aspartame's bad rep is due to a smear job by the sugar industry when they were heavily under fire.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Irongrip400 on September 30, 2019, 09:52:49 AM
How is it with hot fries?
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: SOMEPARTS on September 30, 2019, 11:09:07 AM
Why not just drink turpentine or some other fully synthetic chemical brew?


Nevermind the fact that that would taste like total shit. People who can't taste artificial sweeteners are not to be trusted.  :-X
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Hypertrophy on September 30, 2019, 11:39:50 AM
Aspartame. But a big part of aspartame's bad rep is due to a smear job by the sugar industry when they were heavily under fire.

All artificial sweeteners are to be avoided:  https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/03/artificial-sweeteners-are-toxic-to-digestive-gut-bacteria-study.html

For the original research paper: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/2/367/htm
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Rambone on September 30, 2019, 01:05:54 PM
All artificial sweeteners are to be avoided:  https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/03/artificial-sweeteners-are-toxic-to-digestive-gut-bacteria-study.html

For the original research paper: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/2/367/htm


Ugh fear mongering BS sensationalist journalism. Every artificial sweetener study I have seen involves mega dosing mice. They’re not realistic in terms of normal human consumption and provide no useable data.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: funk51 on September 30, 2019, 01:16:25 PM
cyclamates were safer than aspartme.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Thin Lizzy on September 30, 2019, 01:20:44 PM
It’s a solid product but as said, it’s hard to find. It seems that even the biggest chains don’t know how to order. They tend to err on the side of too much variety when they should be stocking up on the stuff that people actually buy.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Primemuscle on September 30, 2019, 01:35:22 PM
I'm convinced that there is something in artificial sweeteners that is very addicting. Maybe it is because people who drink diet drinks (those with zero or close to zero calories) think they can drink as much as they want without it affecting their health. My wife drank diet Pepsi in quantity for years. She died from kidney failure. I cannot help but think there was a connection.

A thousand years ago, when I was young, I'd occasionally order a cherry coke at Bob's Big Boy on Van Nuys Blvd. in Van Nuys, CA. In those days, the drink was made/blended at the restaurant or soda fountain, using syrup and carbonated water. If you craved a good tasting Coca-cola drink, this was it. -Don't drink coke much theses days, but if I did, it would a probably rum and coke.   
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Al Doggity on September 30, 2019, 01:39:00 PM
Ugh fear mongering BS sensationalist journalism. Every artificial sweetener study I have seen involves mega dosing mice. They’re not realistic in terms of normal human consumption and provide no useable data.

Not only that, but that study is completely without context. Excess real sugar can cause problems with gut bacteria, as well as excess salt and carbs. If the linked study is even accurate, how do artificial sweeteners compare to those things?
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Rambone on September 30, 2019, 01:50:41 PM
Not only that, but that study is completely without context. Excess real sugar can cause problems with gut bacteria, as well as excess salt and carbs. If the linked study is even accurate, how do artificial sweeteners compare to those things?
And they'll say how there is a reduction of gut microbiota “X” when there’s 1000 other kinds of bacteria in the gut. All the aspartame studies I’ve seen would be equivalent to drinking 20 gallons of Diet Pepsi a day for 6 months. So realistic!
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: pellius on September 30, 2019, 02:03:54 PM
Not only that, but that study is completely without context. Excess real sugar can cause problems with gut bacteria, as well as excess salt and carbs. If the linked study is even accurate, how do artificial sweeteners compare to those things?

Why is sugar so inherently bad when ALL carbohydrates convert into sugar (glucose) and even amino acids will convert into glucose when no carbohydrates are consumed? It's your body's main source of energy.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Al Doggity on September 30, 2019, 02:23:44 PM
Why is sugar so inherently bad when ALL carbohydrates convert into sugar (glucose) and even amino acids will convert into glucose when no carbohydrates are consumed? It's your body's main source of energy.

The major thing about sugar- specifically in the modern western diet- is that you can get so much of it without any accompanying nutrients. When you eat more natural sources, it's usually accompanied by other stuff, like fiber and vitamins.  In the very real and practical way people consume sugar now, it's frequently the leading ingredient.

Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Anna Recksiek on September 30, 2019, 10:03:44 PM
I read something a while back that said these artificial sweeteners can mimic sugar once ingested and pull you out of keto...
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: pellius on October 01, 2019, 02:30:17 AM
The major thing about sugar- specifically in the modern western diet- is that you can get so much of it without any accompanying nutrients. When you eat more natural sources, it's usually accompanied by other stuff, like fiber and vitamins.  In the very real and practical way people consume sugar now, it's frequently the leading ingredient.



Sure. I understand the concept of "empty calories" but Americans eat so much that I doubt they are nutrient deficient.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: joswift on October 01, 2019, 05:55:20 AM
I read something a while back that said these artificial sweeteners can mimic sugar once ingested and pull you out of keto...
stop reading stuff like that...
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Thin Lizzy on October 01, 2019, 06:49:09 AM
Sure. I understand the concept of "empty calories" but Americans eat so much that I doubt they are nutrient deficient.

I believe the issue is chronic high blood sugar. Fat fucks who don’t exercise never deplete their glycogen stores and as a result there’s nowhere to put the glucose so it stays in the blood and eventually causes problems.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: The Keto Kid on October 01, 2019, 06:55:31 AM
Artificial sweeteners mess up your gut biome.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: dan18 on October 01, 2019, 07:00:24 AM
soda sucks............... terrible for you  only ginger ale once and awhile
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: anvil on October 01, 2019, 09:50:39 AM
Geez Louise Al, dog piss would be better for you than that shit.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Al Doggity on October 01, 2019, 09:53:03 AM
Geez Louise Al, dog piss would be better for you than that shit.


No, it wouldn't. Read, get out a little and stop being dramatic.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: anvil on October 01, 2019, 09:54:32 AM

No, it wouldn't. Read, get out a little and stop being dramatic.

Okay then.  I suppose I'm biased anyway since I love the taste of dog piss.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: deadz on October 01, 2019, 11:11:20 AM
ALL of those types of products are GARBAGE!
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: dan18 on October 01, 2019, 11:16:05 AM
Okay then.  I suppose I'm biased anyway since I love the taste of dog piss.

I think the bouquet from lab piss is far superior to all others though Doberman pinscher have a wonderful aromatics  ;D
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Tbomzisback! on October 01, 2019, 10:31:15 PM
I need this in a caffiene free version
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Primemuscle on October 01, 2019, 10:59:12 PM
Geez Louise Al, dog piss would be better for you than that shit.

Urine is an aqueous solution of greater than 95% water. Other constituents include urea, chloride, sodium, potassium, creatinine and other dissolved ions, and inorganic and organic compounds. Urea is a non-toxic molecule made of toxic ammonia and carbon dioxide.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: oldtimer1 on October 02, 2019, 04:06:32 AM
I drink mainly water.  Other than that it's beer, wine and an occasional hard liquor.
Title: Re: Latest Junk Foodity Review: Orange Vanilla Coca Cola Zero Sugar
Post by: Powerlift66 on October 02, 2019, 06:05:35 AM
https://www.eater.com/2019/10/1/20893969/coke-energy-coca-cola-drink-us-launch

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