Americans get Pepsi diet without aspartame – AD.nl

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25-4-15 – 05:21 Source: AP © ap.

Pepsi is in the United States the sweetener in the light variations replacing coke. Americans now drink more aspartame in their Diet Pepsi, but after the summer sucralose, also known as Splenda.

The reason for the change in the ingredients list is the decline in sales of diet drinks. According Pepsi has aspartame gotten a bad name and that is the main reason for the declining popularity. Also, competitor and market leader Coca Cola sells

less cola sweetened: in the past three months alone, 20 percent less. This company has no plans to stop aspartame.

The National Health Service says that aspartame is safe, but American consumers think otherwise. Sucralose does not suffer from a negative image. Pepsi cola tested with the new sweetener and expanded according to the company recognize the taste of cola drinkers but the mouthfeel something else. The change is made only in the United States and not in other countries.