Apparently Coke just surprised people with a "better than expected quarterly profit...as the continued rollout of Coke Zero helped boost sales in many countries."

So it looks like Coke Zero is doing better than expected. And I'm finding the news to be quite interesting since I'm just starting to replace my usual regular Coke intake with Coke Zero. I'm one of the people that has always drank regular Coke, and find the taste of Diet Coke to be too drastically different (and too sweet) to drink it as a substitute. And yet I've still considered it just for the cut in calorie intake. But I still couldn't do it.

Then Coke Zero came along, touting that it too has 0 calories, but it has the same regular Coke taste...how perfect! So I recently gave it a shot and unsurprisingly the claims were not entirely true. Yes, cutting out all of the calories by using a different sweetner means losing the original taste. But there was a difference...Coke Zero definitely tastes closer to regular Coke than Diet Coke, and it also feels more satisfying in a way I can't explain.

And to those worried about the health risks of the substitute sweetener aspartame in Coke Zero and other diet soft drinks (as I originally was...I remember hearing all sorts of health issues were linked to it), look at this page and put your fears to rest.