Do most (if not all) diet sodas have 0 grams of sugar?!
Do most (if not all) diet sodas have 0 grams of sugar?
I ask this because I've recently decided to try and give up sodas (for a variety of reasons, most of them to try and live healthier) as I used to drink a couple cans a day. I usually make a habit of looking at the nutrition facts section of food, and on a diet coke and a diet root beer can I saw it say 0 calories (great) and 0 carbs (also awesome)...but it doesn't even list sugar.
Should I assume that means no sugar also? I looked at the ingredients also, but...there are so many big words XD I passed 10th grade Chemistry with an A this year but still...gonna need that higher level I'm taking next year. I don't see any obvious sugary things like fructose, gluscose, or corn syrup...but still. I wanna make sure.
Any ideas? It should be a simple enough answer :) Merci!
Answers: all diet sodas use some sort of sugar substitute. usually maltodextrose, or malitol, some use nutra sweet, splenda is becoming popular in soft drinks. look for words that end in "ose" or "tol". They are your "sugars" or "sugar alcohols" which is why it says zero.
But no they don't contain actual sugar. This is why they are popular with diabetics. It's the answer to the question of why you may see fat people order an excessive amount of food and then order a diet soda. Many times they are diabetic. bien sur. Source(s):
a degree in food science They may have no sugar and ) carbs, but all those chemicals are really just as bad for you, as is the artificial sweetner they use. If you are serious about living healthier I suggest you give up drinking sodas all together and drink more water.