Coca-Cola to stop making iconic Tab diet soda

WVLA (Baton Rouge) via WFLA (Tampa Bay) ^ | Oct 16, 2020 11:16 AM EDT | Michael Scheidt

[Olog-hai]

Say it ain’t so!

Dec. 31 marks the end of not only 2020, but a part of soda history.

TaB diet soda is no more when the calendar turns to 2021.

This ends a 57-year-run as Coke’s “first-ever ‘diet’ soft drink.” …

[Caipirabob]

"Back to the Future" - 35 years ago...JEEZ...

[LIConFem]

If it was anything like scotch, I’d drink it.

Now I’m jonesin’ for Maker’s...

[Flash Bazbeaux]

Thanks for explaining it.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I remember Tab —and Fresca — were pretty big deals when they first came out. I believe I drank both exactly once. I thought they were both gone already but I did see some cases of them a few years back at some store around here. I wonder if Fresca is next?

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Today I learned that Tab still exists - at least for the moment.

[Mr. K]

mmMMMM I loved Mr. Pibb

[laplata]

“Used to drink that noxious brew back i the early 80s. It’s frikkin’ horrible”.

If it was horrible, why did you continue drinking it? Lol

I agree, it was nasty and I only tried it once.

[mountn man]

My first thought also

[RitchieAprile]

You apparently never tried Sinalco..

[sageburn]

Makers Mark is a bourbon, not a scotch.

[Gil4]

First Odwalla juices, now this. Variety is not the spice of socialism

I think this was purely capitalist supply and demand decision. Under socialism, Tab would be too big to fail.

[LIConFem]

It’s all whiskey to me.

[newzjunkey]

Damn. I much prefer Tab to Diet Coke. I’m sure that has at least some nostalgic connotation has I would share Tab with my diabetic grandmother in my youth.

[Dr. Sivana]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXAU_ZtFfUk

I remember this Tab with Willie Mays commercial in my childhood.

I even drank Tab once in a while. They should have stuck with the saccharin, aspartame just makes it another Diet Coke product.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

Yeah, I thought they quit making it 30 years ago when they came out with Diet Coke. That’s what it is, isn’t it?

[Dr. Sivana]

My great-aunt used to drink Wink, a grapefruit soda.

Wink was one of two great sodas from the old Canada Dry. It is similar to Squirt or Mexican Fresca (full sugar). The other great Canada Dry soda one was Jamaica Cola.

[kaktuskid]

Suck on a handful of nickels and it taste the same as Tab

[digger48]

a guy that my uncle went on safaris with would have a whole pallet of Tab delivered for a month long hunt

[Mears]

It was better than Moxie. 😀

[newzjunkey]

Really? I missed that they'd killed Odwalla in August. SMH.

Somehow Coke continues to push its "zero sugar" abomination which it reformulated.

They did nothing to support the Tab brand and yet it lasted 57 years. It's times like this I wish they would sell off a product and it could be kept alive as a boutique brand. Other than their Fairlife milk, which I prefer to Lactaid, I have no use for Coca-Cola. Certainly not any of their marquee brands.