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[KiNeSiS]

And if no one likes it, we can joke about it being Coca-Cola Vita.

Says the Koopa Troopa

 

[KiNeSiS]

I drink to much soda and would like a healthier variation I applaud Coca Cola for this now make it vanilla and Pepsi follow suit. Crystal Pepsi Natural wise from your gwave!

 

[Guevara]

^ I'd pay $3 for a natural vanilla and cane sugar coke.

 

[Nokagi]

Coca Cola Life- Taste so good you'd swear you were going down on mother nature herself.

 

[Loki]

Why do they need cane sugar AND Stevia to sweeten this?

 

[morningbus]

Why do they need cane sugar AND Stevia to sweeten this?

Stevia cuts the calories and cane sugar makes it more palatable.

 

[Damon Bennet]

Germany has this since 2011.

I like Stevia and I like fritz, but I tried this once and it was not for me. Hope coke life is better.

 

[vas_a_morir]

Stevia sounds like a white trash female name.

"Now, for your exotic entertainment welcome to the stage Sssstevia!"

 

[rocksteady1983]

I like the script/handwritten font they use for "life".

 

[Bladenic]

I'll try this.

 

[soundscream]

I'll keep searching for Mexican Coke.

Go to a major food/big box store in an area with a high Hispanic population, I can almost guarantee they will have it.

 

[lil smoke]

Stevia cuts the calories and cane sugar makes it more palatable.

Stevia also allows you to use less cane sugar in general, because it's like twice the sweetness of sugar. So the idea is that you use less can sugar and just a droplet of stevia, and boom, less sugar, same sweetness.

 

[OnkelC]

Fucked it up with Stevia.

Also: Should have been Coca Cola Vita

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

 

[okdakor]

Never tried it, but whenever someone hails something as the next big thing and it's not out after several years I get sceptical.

Maybe they needed time to find the perfect formula... Their first goal is to make it taste good, so I hope they really worked on it to find the right balance and cut some stevia's effects.

 

[Zippedpinhead]

Sign me up! Anything to get real cane sugar back into my cola soft drink of choice! (even if it is with that Stevia stuff)


Snarky Aside:
The name makes me wonder just how much fans of Kamitani's work the Coca-cola people in Atlanta are...

#TeamLife

 

[Zoe]

And real sugar doesn't give you a sweet tooth and craving for sugar? Yeah okay.

I'd like to see your study that links stevia to sugar addiction. And mind you, stevia isn't an artificial zero calorie sweetener. It is just as natural as cane sugar.

I think the idea is that stevia will give you a sweet tooth, but 99% of the products off the shelf will only be sugar or HFCS.

 

[arab]

mmm green

 

[The Main Event]

I'm in day one.

 

[FinKL]

I'm convinced this is a response to those "Diet Coke is bad for you" image the media has portrayed recently.

I'd try it out, and would possibly switch to it depending on how much sugar was in it.

 

[Monty Mole]

Wish it was just all cane sugar instead of partially stevia, stevia has that nasty aftertaste.

Coke is all cane sugar. In Europe. It's you Americans obsessed with HFCS.

 

[Account Attempt #4]

I love stevia. Drop dat shit in my coffee daily. Hopefully they've left out the REALLY bad shit that comes in diet drinks. Fucking aspartame.

 

[charsace]

cane sugar means I'm in. This should be way better than the coke we get right now in the US.

 

[Bren McGuire]

Coke is all cane sugar. In Europe. It's you Americans obsessed with HFCS.

I think they are mostly using beet sugar in Europe because of the high protective duty on cane sugar. It's still saccharose though.

 

[Escape Goat]

Stevia sounds like the name of a disease no one recovers from.

I thought it sounds like some kind of medication you see advertised on TV that includes side effects such as bleeding from the anus, thinning of the stomach lining, heart attack, dysentery, AIDS, genital warts and whooping cough.

 

[nilbog21]

That sounds amazing, and greatly needed..

 

[Manu]

Guys, I tried it. It tastes just like Coke Light (Diet Coke). No big deal.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Guys, I tried it. It tastes just like Coke Light (Diet Coke). No big deal.

diet coke taste with all the calories of a regular coke?! i'm in!

 

[Plinko]

Can you tell me how sugar, a sweetener derived from plants is real. While stevia, a sweetener derived from plants is "fake sugar" that should not be used? What makes one good and one bad? Have you even ever tasted stevia?

Because of the taste. Ask 1000 people what "real sugar" is and I guarantee you they all know what I was talking about.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Sign me up! Anything to get real cane sugar back into my cola soft drink of choice! (even if it is with that Stevia stuff)

Drink Mexican coke you wuss

 

[5amshift]

Fully organic? $2.00 a bottle.

 

[Magni]

I'm currently in Chile not toooo far from Argentina, heard about this a few months back. I still need to try it though.

I liked Pepsi Raw when I tried it in Norway while living there in 2011, but apparently it's not sold anywhere anymore (except maybe Australia?).

 

[Winterfang]

I like the Green Color.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Fully organic? $2.00 a bottle.

A 20oz chilled bottle of coke is already ~ $1.69 at most convenient stores so $2 isn't much of a stretch

 

[Raistlin]

Coke is all cane sugar. In Europe. It's you Americans obsessed with HFCS.

We aren't obsessed with it, most prefer the original formula.

It's a question of regional costs. And as mentioned, pretty sure it's beet sugar in your neck of the woods

 

[shinobi602]

Is it the eco-green wrapper? The droplets of soothing condensation sliding down the glass? The shot focused on the lone bottle sitting in ample waves of rustic grass? Or maybe it's the bottles inconspicuously placed next to the freshly picked flowers, so you know this Coke is fresh off the farm?

Marketing: it's either clever or we're all idiots.

Damn you get out of my head!

 

[The Real Abed]

Drink Mexican coke you wuss

Mexican Coke and Mexican Fanta is the best.

Fuck HFCS.

I would be very tempted to try this at least once. Then again, I'm no Brad Jones.

 

[Dr.Acula]

Where's my Xylitol pop?

If you haven't had it, it's a sweetener that gives "cool mint" candies their cooling minty properties, it's safe for diabetics... and it may cause mild diarrhea is large quantities. Two outta three ain't bad.

 

[Yoshichan]

How much aspartan? That shit kills you.

 

[skybald]

Yeah have you tried it?

It tastes like a sweeter more concentrated version of sweet and low. Chemical-y

It is as much a 'chemical' as sugar.

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

 

[Alligatorjandro]

will probably taste like shit

 

[mightynine]

It's like Coke and Pepsi just forgot all about C2 and Edge.

 

[Secretarial Dog]

As soon as I saw this new Coke logo, the Saudi Flag came in to my mind.

My brain saw a resemblance. Maybe has to do something with the Coca Cola font which is indeed an arabic writing, when flipped horizontaly. And mixed with the green colour I had to think about the Saudi flag. Stopped buying and drinking this crap as soon as I understood the meaning of the arabic font, many many years ago.

 

[BossLackey]

There's actually going to be a middle ground called Coca-Cola Comatose.

Then it's going to be cool to call it C3

 

[CornBurrito]

Where's my Xylitol pop?

If you haven't had it, it's a sweetener that gives "cool mint" candies their cooling minty properties, it's safe for diabetics... and it may cause mild diarrhea is large quantities. Two outta three ain't bad.

Xylitol always seems to upset my stomach.

 

[Haly]

As soon as I saw this new Coke logo, the Saudi Flag came in to my mind.

My brain saw a resemblance. Maybe has to do something with the Coca Cola font which is indeed an arabic writing, when flipped horizontaly. And mixed with the green colour I had to think about the Saudi flag. Stopped buying and drinking this crap as soon as I understood the meaning of the arabic font, many many years ago.

Is this some Da Vinci code shit.

 

[CornBurrito]

My brain saw a resemblance. Maybe has to do something with the Coca Cola font which is indeed an arabic writing, when flipped horizontaly. And mixed with the green colour I had to think about the Saudi flag. Stopped buying and drinking this crap as soon as I understood the meaning of the arabic font, many many years ago.

So you stopped buying a beverage because the logo on it made you think of an arabic flag, and flipped backwards the text looks even more arabicy? How xenophobic can you get?

 

[Funky Papa]

Germany has this since 2011.

Fritz Kola is repugnant.

 

[3N16MA]

Pepsi Black was released a few years ago in Japan. It's regular Pepsi with half the sugar and some added lemon. It hasn't been reviewed well in the States but maybe if they cut out a little less sugar than half there would be a happy medium somewhere.

Too bad Pepsi sucks.

 

[Secretarial Dog]

So you stopped buying a beverage because the logo on it made you think of an arabic flag, and flipped backwards the text looks even more arabicy? How xenophobic can you get?

The saudi flag has nothing to do with it.

When you flip the "Coca Cola" font horizontaly, you can see the arabic language written in arabic. And the meaning is disturbing to me, that is why I have never touched this disgusting brand ever again since many years.

And seeing the logo now with green background, my brain automatically started a resemblance to the Saudi Flag which I found interesting to share and not of the reason to boycott it.

ps: Im not an arab.

 

[TheExodu5]

I wouldn't mind trying a half-sugar Coke. Not a fan of Stevia at all though...the aftertaste lingers on for hours.