Those have been my two favorite sodas for decades. Coca-Cola cherry and Dr Pepper. Both I think I had the first time at the end of the 90’s when I went back to Poland on vacation to visit relatives. Now there are also those zero sugar variants.

    • 10_0@lemmy.mlEnglish
      22·
      4 months ago

      The picture shows the “zero” version of the drinks, the zero version uses sweeteners instead of syrup.

        • 10_0@lemmy.mlEnglish
          33·
          4 months ago
          1. observe the fountain
          2. if you observe the name of a well-known brand and it says “zero” somewhere around the name.
          3. put cup under and hold down button
          4. let go of button
          1. go to your search engine of choice
          2. type or tap in “how diet soda is made”
          3. clkick or tap the “Wikipedia” link
          4. scroll down to the “sweeteners” section
          5. read section and surrounding sections

          Needless to say they have a processes similar to the regular drink when being made in the factory, and have the exact same transportation chain to get to a restaurant. You can also buy powdered sweeteners from the shop and add it to a carbonated drink, but mainly as a caster sugar alt.

            • AlbumEnglish
              33·
              4 months ago

              By definition:

              a thick sweet liquid made by dissolving sugar in boiling water, often used for preserving fruit.

              In cooking, syrup is a condiment that is a thick, viscous liquid consisting primarily of a solution of sugar in water, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars but showing little tendency to deposit crystals. In its concentrated form, its consistency is similar to that of molasses.

              The “syrup” in pop historically refers to the liquid sugar component of it, where as in modern times it’s a bit more colloquial where with substitutes and whatnot it’s still “syrup” in industry parlance but isn’t strictly a syrup.

              Aspartame, flavouring, food colouring, water, co2 - the flavoring, colouring and aspartame does not strictly constitute a “syrup” simply because it’s mixed together

                • 10_0@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  2·
                  4 months ago

                  There needs to be a distinction between: sweetener syrup and sugar syrup. This is due to these things being different entirely. Sweeteners have low calorie content and low sugar content. Compared to sugar syrup which is a moderate calorie content and all so-called simple sugars. The use of regular sugar in fizzy drinks is considered “bad” because due to the amount of sugar dissolved in the drink, which is known for causing insulin spikes when consumed. Fizzy drinks with artificial sweeteners can also be considered bad due to allegations that the ingredient could cause cancer. It should also be stated that fizzy drinks contain acid that errode the teeth over long periods of consumption. ( https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diet-soft-drinks.html )

                • AlbumEnglish
                  32·
                  4 months ago

                  lmao if you say so