Price of full sugar vs 'diet' drinks
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i thought with sugar tax all full fat varieties of soft drinks cost more than their diet brothers. however in Waitrose full sugar 500ml bottle of Orangina is £1 whereas diet is £1.37.
any reason for this? (other than a job lot of soon to be out of date full sugar that needs shifting)
yes its been a slow day...
any reason for this? (other than a job lot of soon to be out of date full sugar that needs shifting)
yes its been a slow day...
Most full fat soft drinks reduced sugar and bumped up the sweeteners to avoid the tax, Barr ruined Barr Cola and Red Kola with the sweeteners.
Coke and Pepsi are the only ones out the the big brands that still only use sugar iirc, that's why the full fat ones are more expensive than the diet ones.
Coke and Pepsi are the only ones out the the big brands that still only use sugar iirc, that's why the full fat ones are more expensive than the diet ones.
ZedLeg said:
Most full fat soft drinks reduced sugar and bumped up the sweeteners to avoid the tax, Barr ruined Barr Cola and Red Kola with the sweeteners.
Coke and Pepsi are the only ones out the the big brands that still only use sugar iirc, that's why the full fat ones are more expensive than the diet ones.
must be the case with my orangina its only 20kcal per 100ml. sure a bottle of full fat would have been 150+ back in timeCoke and Pepsi are the only ones out the the big brands that still only use sugar iirc, that's why the full fat ones are more expensive than the diet ones.
And I now notice 330ml cans of Coke are becoming rarer. Many chains and supermarkets now stocking either plastic bottles or thin 250ml ones that are no use to man or beast. I despair!
- edited, because I typed 'come' instead of 'Coke' and I don't think the two should be mixed.
- edited, because I typed 'come' instead of 'Coke' and I don't think the two should be mixed.
Edited by janesmith1950 on Friday 16th August 06:52
janesmith1950 said:
And I now notice 330ml cans of come are becoming rarer. Many chains and supermarkets now stocking either plastic bottles or thin 250ml ones that are no use to man or beast. I despair!
Yep, the JS Local near work doesn't stock cans of full fat Coke but they do have cans of diet, however they stock 500ml bottles of full fat Coke and diet, problem is I find the 500ml bottle too much, preferring a 330ml amount. Gecko1978 said:
Consultation now in progress about adding to dairy based drinks
EFA.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwzekdznldo
They better not reformulate chocomel, yop or shaken udder, bstards.
All because a load of fatties have no will power. Ruin it for everyone.
Yazoo and frijj are already undrinkable pale imitations of the rich gloop of my 90s childhood, now they want to ruin the few nice ones.
All because a load of fatties have no will power. Ruin it for everyone.
Yazoo and frijj are already undrinkable pale imitations of the rich gloop of my 90s childhood, now they want to ruin the few nice ones.
Edited by theplayingmantis on Tuesday 29th April 17:07
k about with Rose's Lime Cordial.theplayingmantis said:
i thought with sugar tax all full fat varieties of soft drinks cost more than their diet brothers. however in Waitrose full sugar 500ml bottle of Orangina is £1 whereas diet is £1.37.
any reason for this? (other than a job lot of soon to be out of date full sugar that needs shifting)
yes its been a slow day...
Orangina isn't full sugar anymore.any reason for this? (other than a job lot of soon to be out of date full sugar that needs shifting)
yes its been a slow day...
Like everything (apart from Coca Cola original) - they succumbed to the sugar tax and dropped to below 5%.
Even Pepsi has now blended sugar with artificial sweetener.
RobbieTheTruth said:
theplayingmantis said:
i thought with sugar tax all full fat varieties of soft drinks cost more than their diet brothers. however in Waitrose full sugar 500ml bottle of Orangina is £1 whereas diet is £1.37.
any reason for this? (other than a job lot of soon to be out of date full sugar that needs shifting)
yes its been a slow day...
Orangina isn't full sugar anymore.any reason for this? (other than a job lot of soon to be out of date full sugar that needs shifting)
yes its been a slow day...
Like everything (apart from Coca Cola original) - they succumbed to the sugar tax and dropped to below 5%.
Even Pepsi has now blended sugar with artificial sweetener.
but still the new full fat would expect to be more than the actual diet. will have a look in waitrose. edit no i wont didnt relaise it was 2019 post!
assume french orangina is still proper stuff...
pepsi is travesty used to prefer it to coke, now undrinkable swill, that said the pepsi max/diest strawberries and cream is drinkable and reminds one of the old chip shop odd sized cans of ones youth of pepsi tropical and pepsi strawberry, albeit with the sweetener let down taste kicking in after a bit.
HTP99 said:
Has this "sugar tax" actually reduced the intake of sugary drinks?
Of course not. Because it has nothing at all to do with our caring government overlords being concerned for our health, but everything to do with their rich pals at Big Food Co. lobbying them to stamp out natural sugar use and instead get them to use their sugar-flavoured chemicals that they can manufacture for buttons and make themselves and all their shareholders very rich.Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff