[Lunatic Fringe]

Look on the side of a can of Diet Coke.

Total Carbs: 0

[secret garden]

This is a stupid marketing move.

[Independentamerican]

Sad sad day..Mcdonalds might just as well stop selling hamburgers and fries and start selling tofu and rice cakes.

[Maceman]

I much prefer the taste of fiet Coke to that of regular Coke.

[snopercod]

Gimme a large order of fries and a C2. Smart, real smart.

[Mon]

Look on the side of a can of Diet Coke. Total Carbs: 0

Exactly ROFL!

[MarkeyD]

Yeah, but it tastes like cr*p!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

They already had it. It was called diet coke. If they are going to add something how about a diet Sprite or a diet root beer?

[traumer]

Add more H2O and raise the price !
No brainer...

[najida]

I can't drink the diet colas...

HOWEVER, the diet 'clear' drinks (Fresca, Sprite etc) are wonderful.

Just don't drink Diet Mountain Dew before bedtime.
It is diet, but it is loaded with caffiene!

[newgeezer]

Anyone who's ever tried it knows Diet Coke tastes nothing like real (Classic) Coke. If Coca-Cola ever gets a clue and starts selling a Diet Classic Coke, I'm running out and buying it. In the meantime, I buy Diet Pepsi.

If this "low-carb" Coke is or leads to Diet Classic Coke, this is great news and it's long overdue.

[Flying Circus]

I saw this C2 at Safeway for the first time last night. I was curious and took a look at the ingredients... corn syrup is still the main ingredient, but below that is Aspertain. I can't figure out what thepoint is? If you are willing to put up with the taste of the fake sweet why not just get Diet Coke and have zero carbs?

I was hoping they had just cut the total amount of sweetener. As I get older, Coke is getting too sweet for me and Pepsi is absolutely undrinkable.

[Petronski]

One time I accidentally got a little bit of fresh Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil in my mouth.

Tastes just like Diet Coke. [spit]

[Jim_Curtis]

I'll probably like it, cola is too sweet. It will be a huge success, people who drink it for awhile will not be able to go back to regular because it will taste sickening sweet.

Same principle as when you drink low fat milk for long enough, whole milk will not taste good.

[Fletcher J]

I think the C2 product has a good chance of doing well...

With soft drinks, there is no middle ground. You get either Diet Coke at 0 calories, or regular at 120 cal. It's like going into a restaurant, and finding that you have two choices: a cheeseburger, fries and shake combo, or a diet lunch that consists of a plate of celery.

I've tried to make the switch to Diet Coke for about 3 years now, but just can't do it. I can drink DC with a meal (especially something spicy), but the aftertaste prevents me from drinking DC without food. I stick to water (which is fine, but does nothing for Coca-Cola's bottom line).

The interesting thing is, if you take Diet Coke and mix it with some Regular Coke, the aftertaste is dramatically reduced. It only takes about 1/4 regular Coke to cover up the Diet Coke taste. I can drink this without food to mask the aftertaste, and as you can see, I'm pretty picky. That's all C2 basically is: a half-and-half mixture of the two.

I'll be curious to see if I can drink C2 plain. As it is, I sometimes "reward" myself with a regular Coke, but if I can drink C2 and enjoy it, I can make the switch and cut 60 of those 120 calories out of my diet.

Fletcher J

[Fletcher J]

I forgot to add - C2 could also be intended to be a "gateway drug" to the 0 calorie diet coke... Those that can't make the switch from regular to diet Coke in one step can now transition from regular to C2 to Diet Coke as their taste-buds acclimate... I bet the profit margin is better on Diet Coke.

lol

Fletcher J

[snowstorm12]

I thought they were going to call it coke lite or was that pepsi? It has half the calories and you don't get the flat diet taste.

Anyways diet drinks suck bigtime but I do drink them mostly but would much rather drink the real thing. Can you imagine having a diet coke slurpee YUCK. The diet coke with lime is a major improvement. Pepsi one isn't so bad either.

If anyone wants a good diet drink. There is diet sierra mist. It tastes almost exactly like regualr sierra mist, but I don't like those lemony limey drinks so it doesn't help me.

[GreatOne]

A little late to the discussion, but I actually had a can of this yesterday, and it was quite good - I didn't notice much of a difference between that and regular coke. It was definitely not Diet Coke, so I think it's a good marketing move for Coke to do this.