I seem to recall that if the total calories are below a certain point they’re still allowed to call it “zero calorie”. Diet Coke is mostly water which has no calories and all the other ingredients probably amount to like 2 or 3 calories total. Since that’s considered a negligible amount they just list it as zero
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VinesNFluff@pawb.social 2 weeks agoYeah but Coke isn’t JUST sweeteners (it’s real sugar over here u-u) and water. At least according to the ingredients list, there’s like, the extract of a weird nut (the Cola nut!), you’d think that would have some sugars and ~organic bits~ (proteins? Idk) of its own
Kinda like how juices with “no added sugar” still have some calories, idk
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sundial@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Yes there are more differences and there’s likely different recipes based on where you live. But the main one, from my understanding, is what I said in my original comment.
Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Kinda like how juices with “no added sugar” still have some calories
That’s because fruits naturally have sugar in them.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
It’s so little per serving they’re permitted to not list it.
It’s like 0 calories - they’re permitted to say that when it’s below a certain level, per serving that (I think) it’s in the error range of measurement.