Green Coke

[Ravenshire]

I've always wondered why diet pop of all varieties never attempts to emulate the viscosity of the sugared form of their beverage.

There is a definite change in the 'texture' if you will, from 12 ounces of liquid with 18 teaspoons of sugar in it to the diet variety with no dissolved hardly anything in it. In a food industry literally awash in various thickeners, I have never understood why no bottler has addressed the 'mouth feel' issue.

I think it's mostly because diet soda drinkers (usually) only drink diet soda and regular soda drinkers (usually) only drink regular soda so the "mouth feel" issue is mostly moot.