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Lemming6969@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoHow is this the top comment… Sodas are flavor extracts at their core. The amount of other things are just there to balance or optimize those core flavors. Sweet, salty, acidic, viscosity, color, fizz… All choices on top of the flavor extracts.
lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
they add a little nuance, but their quantity is not relevant for nutritional value, which is what OP asked about
Lemming6969@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
For which the original answer is insufficient, but I guess my clarification wasn’t eli5. The flavoring extracts do contribute calories but they are too low to be reportable by federal standards and many artificial sweeteners also have calories but are also too low to report.