Talk:Coca-Cola Zero/Archive 2

Caffeine-less version?

I’m drinking right now something which is called “Coca-Cola Zero sans caféine” (without caffeine, in French). This appeared recently in France (at least, around Paris).

The label is very similar in structure to the one [here] (mine is a 1.5 liter bottle). However, the Coca-Cola logo and the “swish” below it are in a uniform gold color, without border; the “zero” is constant-weight, and between it and the “swish” are the words “sans caféine” in the same gold. Below the switch is the message “le goût de Coca-Cola(r) avec zero sucres et zero caféine”. (The words “coca-cola” are the usual red logo, and the two zero are white; the rest is gold sans-serif, but I can’t tell if the font is the same as the “zero”.)

Other than the caffeine, the list of ingredients seems identical to the one given for “French” coke in the article. I can’t tell any difference in the taste, but then again I can’t tell the difference between normal, zero and light coke anyway.

If anyone cares, the bar code on the bottle reads “5449000169358>”. I don’t remember seeing this in shops earlier than, say, a month ago, but there’s a “© 2009 The Coca-Cola Company” mention on the label.

Someone might want to add some of this info to the article. bogdanb (talk) 19:33, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Vanilla in Canada?

Page claims Coca Cola Zero Vanilla is available in Canada. I haven't seen it, and I've been looking. And www.coke.ca doesn't seem to mention it. Is there any source for this, or has anyone actually seen it? --Steven Fisher (talk) 17:36, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Marketing/ Saban

I am removing this line, possibly vandalism. "The first creator of the idea was Shlomo Saban in Israel in the year 2001." None of the references in the paragraph refers to Saban, and I found no results of a google search for the name and Coke Zero except sites that seemed to be taking text from here. Needs reference to stay. 99.43.32.160 (talk) 03:46, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Diet Coke

What's the difference between Coke Zero and Coke Light? It's surprising that the article can't give that basic fact. 163.1.215.49 (talk) 15:51, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

I agree--how it differs from Diet Coke should be mentioned early in the article, if not in the lead. Aristophanes68 (talk) 16:46, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Different sets of flavor extracts, principally. The artificial sweeteners may also vary, but the exact combos vary from one country to another, and in some countries are the same for both Coke Zero and Coke Light..

As I understand it, Coke has 3 different diet cola flavoring formulas around the world; Coca-Cola Zero, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, and Tab (yes, it's still produced in some markets).

Tab, created in reaction to the popularity of Diet Rite, the first diet cola, was originally intended to be sweetened with cyclamates and saccharin, but concerns over the cyclamates lead to them being removed (cyclamates were actually banned in the US and UK in 1970). Tab sales dropped mostly due to the health concerns.

Diet Coke was then introduced in the early 80s, using saccharine as its sweetener. After aspartmae was approved for use, it was reformulated with a sccharine/aspartame blend and later to all apartame. It was an all-new formula, not the same flavor extracts as either original Coke or Tab. Because the idea that "diet"="low calorie" doesn't translate well, it became known as Coke Light in the non-English-speaking world. Whether it's just aspartame or blended with other sweeteners depends on the country; the use of other sweeteners, including the aforementioned cyclamates, is why Coke Light can taste different from US Diet Coke. (Of infamous note, the popularity of Diet Coke on its US introduction is what prompted Coca-Cola Company officials to explore the idea of using its flavor formula with sugar; the result was the infamous New Coke debacle.)

Coca-Cola Zero, on the other hand is the original Coca-Cola flavor formula using artificial sweeteners, along with preservatives to act as stabilizers. It's certainly marketed as such in many areas. It tastes far more like that to me, and I drink a lot of Coca-Cola. (It's actually the only diet cola I drink willingly.) But that may also be from the US using different sweetener combos for Diet Coke (which is all-aspartame) and Coke Zero (which is aspartame and acesulfame potassium). Regardless, that's just my opinion, which doesn't belong in the article. oknazevad (talk) 21:34, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

However, the article should mention the sweetener(s), which it currently fails to do. This matters, because people with certain conditions need to avoid aspartame. 68.50.211.111 (talk) 16:03, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

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Something weird I noticed

According to the introductory paras, Coke Zero is marketed as tasting indisguishable from standard Coke. But according to the recent announcement of the Coca Cola company in the UK, Coke Zero has a unique taste but is currenty being reformulated to taste more similar to standard Coke. I guess the marketing (and maybe also the taste and the formulation) differs from country to country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.189.237.101 (talk) 21:19, 19 April 2016 (UTC)