I have been seeing ads for "C2", which is Coke with "only half the carbs".

Doesn't diet soda have NO carbs? What is the point of this?

The Coke with low carbs isn't diet. It is closer to regular Coke. ( That way you don't get the diet taste and you can cut your carbs and calories a little without giving up the taste) It is sort of in the middle.

Diet Coke has 0 calories and 0 carbs.

C2 has 70 calories and 18 carbs.

Coke Classic has 140 calories and 39 carbs.



C2

It's all about taste. I, personally, can't stand the taste of diet soda. I did, however, like Pepsi 1, which was this same sort of thing.

Ah,okay that makes sense. I only drink diet soda, sugar soda makes me sick and gives me a headache. Given that, I didn't realize the taste was so different. I guess if you are trying to cut carbs that would be a problem.

Thanks guys

Well this appears to be a tasteless thread....

I drink the diet caffeine free, does the C1 cut caffeine? Considering that Coffee is not allowed on the Atkins' diet due to the similar rush of energy between caffeine and sugar, one would think that they would come out with more caffeine free or low caffeine cokes.

The after taste of diet colas is an acquired taste.

Groooaaannnn oh David, that was horrid!

I don't know anything about the Atkins diet other than that it can cause kidney failure. I'd rather be fat than dead.

Cause kidney failure? So can highly caffeinated soda.. (or lots of caffeinated soda).

That C2 is nasty tasting stuff. Yuck! We here in this household tried it and gave it two thumbs down.

The aftertaste of the Nutrasweet stuff mixed with the sugar turned my stomach. Ew, Yuck, Nasty.

Funny side story: I was checking peanut butter to see which ones are healthiest and one of them had this "Carb Smart" version of their peanut butter (Jif or Skippy, it was, I think). I checked it out: same amount of fat, carbs, sodium, EVERYTHING as in their regular peanut butter!! They're just cashing in on the "low carb" craze and claiming their product is now low carb, even though it always has been relatively low.
That's like cookies advertising that they don't have trans fat. Well, they never did have trans fat in the first place! Again, just cashing in on the latest in public opinion.

Along the same lines, Subway now sells "carb controlled" cookies. Ok, they're controlled, but at what amount? High? Low?

Isn't consumerism fun? and misleading too.

Its a real shame that these sorts of shams are done - These are Cons - legal ones, ut misleading in so many ways.

Elexina

Hershey's did the same thing when we were in the fat-free craze. They marketed "fat-free" chocolate syrup. Chocolate syrup has ALWAYS BEEN fat free.

Now they just say "as always, a fat free food".

I think before I drank C2 I would just
go ahead and cut my consumption of Coke
in half. The taste of Coke is one of the
few things I fear giving up. I love it
far too much. But, the fad is low-carb,
and they are smart enough to go for it
while the market is hot.

Pretzel bags have the huge sign BAKED not fried!
well duh... haven't they always been baked?

I think the regular Coke and the 'baked' pretzels sounds like a winning combo. LOL

Sagus likes the C2. I don't drink any soft drink and neither do my sons.

I tasted the C2 once, took one swallow, and poured it down the sink. I didn't like it at all.