Diet Coke

Diet Coke (also known as Diet Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Light or Coke Light; the latter two are usually found in European countries) is a sugar-free soft drink produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company. It was first introduced in the United States on August 9, 1982, as the first new brand since 1886 to use the Coca-Cola trademark. INC

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Diet Coke was sweetened with aspartame after the sweetener became available in the United States in 1983; to save money, this was originally in a blend with saccharin. In other countries, in which cyclamates are not banned (as they were in the U.S. and the United Kingdom in 1970), Diet Coke or Coca-Cola Light may be sweetened with a blend containing cyclamates, aspartame, and acesulfame potassium.

In 2005, under pressure from retailer Wal-Mart (which was impressed with the popularity of Splenda sweetener), the company released a new formulation called "Diet Coke sweetened with Splenda". Sucralose and acesulfame potassium replace aspartame in this version. Early sales were weaker than anticipated; however, Coca-Cola did little advertising for the brand, investing money and advertising in Coca-Cola Zero instead. By late 2009, some distributors had stopped supplying Diet Coke sweetened with Splenda.

Diet Coke does not use a modified form of the Coca-Cola recipe, but instead an entirely different formula. The controversial New Coke, introduced in 1985, used a version of the Diet Coke recipe that contained high fructose corn syrup and had a slightly different balance of ingredients. In 2004, Coca-Cola introduced Coca-Cola C2, which it claims tastes much closer to Coca-Cola but contains half the carbohydrates. In 2005, the company introduced Coca-Cola Zero, a sugar-free variation of regular Coca-Cola.

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Name	Launched	Discontinued	Notes
Diet Coke	1982		The first version of Coca-Cola without sugar.
Caffeine-Free Diet Coke	1983		The first version of caffeine-free Diet Coke and the first extension of the Diet Coke formula.
Diet Cherry Coke/Diet Coke Cherry	1986	Australia: 2007 Israel: 2023	Available in the U.S. AND THE U.K. (as of 2023) Discontinued in Australia in 2007 & In Israel in 2023
Diet Coke with Lemon	2001	2005 in the USA	Only available in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Hong Kong, The Netherlands, South Africa, Spain and Israel. The version sold in Continental Europe uses the Coca-Cola Light brand. Was available for a time in Australia.
Diet Vanilla Coke/Diet Coke Vanilla	2002	2005 in the USA	Only available in Hong Kong, New Zealand (only 300mL and 600mL), Australia, Canada and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Diet Coke with Lime	2004	2018	Available in the U.S., the U.K., Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Canada and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Was available for a time in Australia.
Diet Raspberry Coke	June 1, 2005	2006	Only available in New Zealand, and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Diet Coke Sweetened with Splenda	2005	2011	Sweetened with Splenda. Diet Coke with Splenda contains 2.83 mg of caffeine per fluid ounce. The drink contains acesulfame potassium; aspartame was used previously as sweetener.
Diet Coke Black Cherry Vanilla	2006	2007	Only available in the USA and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Coca-Cola Light Sango	2005		Only available in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Diet Coke with Citrus Zest	2007		Only available in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the United Kingdom.
Diet Coke Plus	2007	2011	Available in many European countries, U.S. and Brazil
Diet Coke Ginger Lime	2018	2021	Available in U.S.

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