So what exactly IS the difference between Diet Coke and Coke Zero? None perhaps? Are they taking the piss?

Question

I've never had 'male issues' about buying Diet Coke so why rename the same stuff and try to flog it off as something new?
Do they think we're stupid?

Well said, Paul B

Wardles- does that tiny difference matter?
Not to us blokes it doesn't.

What? No caffiene?
Diet Coke it is then.

Answer 1

Yes, they are taking the piss of Diet Coke drinkers and re-bottling it as Coke Zero...

Answer 2

Diet Coke was reduced calories, Coke Zero is zero calories. Maybe you should have researched this a little bit before you wrote this question.

P.S. They still do sell Diet Coke as I bought some last night, it's just that most shops are buying Coke Zero rather than Diet Coke.

P. P. S. Well, whether you are bothered about this difference or not, you asked "why rename the same stuff" and that's not what they've done.

Answer 3

There is 1/2 a calorie less per 100ml compared to diet coke. But I think it's meant to be diet coke for men. If you notice all the people on the advert are men.

Answer 4

ok, here is the difference....The idea behind Coke Zero (I think) is zero calories, as opposed to Diet Coke, which (if I remember the jingle correctly from years ago) has “just one calorie”).
Also Diet coke is the "New Coke 2" Formula and Coke Zero is the original Coke Formula. also Coke Zero has no caffeine.

Answer 5

Diet Coke has aspartame (Nutrasweet), and Coke Zero has sucralose (Splenda). The Nutrasweet has a destinctive aftertaste and the Splenda tastes just like sugar, so Coke Zero tastes much like regular Coke.

Answer 6

It could well just be a PR thing, makes one wonder what was in Diet Coke (maybe it was only reduced sugar and not zero sugar). Personally I'll take sugar over these artificial sweeteners any day!

Answer 7

The DIFFERENCE is really which CHEMICAL are you going to drink today!?!! AND IS IT SAFE?

Diet Coke was sweetened with aspartame as soon as it became available in the U.S., 1983; however, to save money, this was originally in a blend with saccharin. Coca-Cola switched the formula to 100 percent NutraSweet, later switching back and doing without the NutraSweet trademark. Diet Coke from fountain dispensers still contains some saccharin (to preserve sweetness)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_coke

Coke Zero is a low-calorie variation of Coca-Cola Classic sweetened with aspartame and acesulfame potassium (also known as Ace-K).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_Zero

Non-nutritive sweeteners are also sometimes called low-calorie or intense sweeteners because their sweetness is so potent -- ranging from 200 – 600 times the sweetness of sucrose. That means a little goes a long way. And this is why sweeteners such as aspartame, sucralose and saccharin can taste sweet but contain virtually no calories.

Aspartame is a low-calorie sweetener made primarily of two amino acids, aspartic acid and phenylalanine. Amino acids, including the two amino acids in aspartame, are the building blocks for proteins and are found widely in nature in both plants and animals.

Acesulfame potassium (also called acesulfame K or ace-K) is a non-nutritive (low-calorie) sweetener with a clean, quickly perceptible sweet taste. Its excellent stability under high temperatures and good solubility makes acesulfame K suitable for numerous products. Approximately 200 times sweeter than sucrose, acesulfame K is not metabolized by the body and therefore does not contribute calories.

Saccharin is a popular non-nutritive (low-calorie) sweetener that has been used for over a century. It is used in a wide range of low-calorie and sugar-free foods and beverages, including tabletop sweeteners, baked goods, jams, chewing gum, canned fruit, candy, dessert toppings and salad dressings. It also is used in cosmetic products, vitamins and pharmaceuticals.

Sucralose is a non-nutritive (low-calorie) sweetener that is structurally similar to sugar but 600 times sweeter.
http://www2.coca-cola.com/makeeverydropcount/low-calorie_sweeteners.html

Sucralose is an artificial sweetener known by the trade name Splenda.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splenda

NutraSweet is the company that makes and sells aspartame, an artificial sugar substitute.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NutraSweet

Answer 8

Coca-Cola recently launched its new Coke Zero. Showing all the sledgehammer subtlety you associate with vast multinationals, they've blown their biggest marketing campaign in 20 years to tell us that we can now get Diet Coke with no sugar in it. The lucky recipients of this marketing onslaught are us men. Apparently, we just won't buy anything with the word "diet" in it, due to its offensive, nancy-boy undertones.

Answer 9

No they are highly advertising it so school kids see it (and naive adults) and go 'oooo coke brought a new brand out with a different colour an its got no sugar'. Look at pepsi when they brought out pepsi max after bringing out diet pepsi basically its all in the name and advertisement

Answer 10

cos every other soft drink that is diet now has zero on it so i guess they followed suit/copied probably to take the emphasis off the word diet for some politically correct reason.