Diet Pepsi or Pepsi Max

wazza

Not sure if this is in the right place.

This applies also to coke cola product.

am not keen on having my children drink soft drinks loaded with sugar etc. So i tend to limit their intake over the weeks. the drinks i normally buy are the diet variants but at the same time not keen on the sweetners etc. they contain

Just want to know what the difference between diet pepsi and pepsi max. they both claim to have no sugar.

Just for information my children normally drink diluted orange quash

wolfehouse

watch out for the caffeine.

I don't know the difference exactly but i can tell you that i felt 'addicted' to pepsi max without realising it. i haven't had that problem with diet coke. (but i do notice the difference in my mood and behaviour after drinking a can).

Broke_Student

Diet pepsi and pepsi max are both low calorie diet soft drinks. I believe they both use the same sweetner, the difference is in taste. Pepsi max is targetted more at men (as they do not want to hold a can saying 'diet').

It is the same situation with diet coke. Coke Zero is coke's version of Pepsi Max. It also uses sweetner and is targetted more at men. Coke zero may use a different sweetner to other diet carbonated soft drinks.

Some important points to note:
- It is not just the sugar content that normal coke is criticised for. The acidity is also a problem. The diet drinks are still acidic and still rot teeth.
- The sweetners used instead of sugar may also have their own health problems. There is alot of debate over long term effects and how much you can safely drink so you will have to do your own research and make your own judgement.

marklefty1

Hi Wazza
Why would you want to give either to your kids?

We have brought our kids up, who are now teenagers without cans of pop in the house, we have lemonade occasionally which makes our 13 year old go hyper.
They take bottles of tap water to school.

Best cheapest form of drink money can buy water, thats got the least sugar content and depending where you live less chemicals.

Dont bow down to there peer pressure you see the benefits in the end!

Techno

I prefer pepsi max as it isn't as sweet tasting as diet pepsi - you should be able to get caffeine free versions though
But I agree with marklefty1 - water is the best especially if it's cold (and we pay a fortune for our tap water so don't pay out even more for the bottled stuff) - put icecubes and a slice of lime or lemon in too

bargainboy

marklefty1 wrote:

Hi Wazza
Why would you want to give either to your kids?

We have brought our kids up, who are now teenagers without cans of pop in the house, we have lemonade occasionally which makes our 13 year old go hyper.
They take bottles of tap water to school.

Best cheapest form of drink money can buy water, thats got the least sugar content and depending where you live less chemicals.

Dont bow down to there peer pressure you see the benefits in the end!

totally agree with ML here my kids only get fizzy juice if there is nothing else ( ie when abroad on holiday ) my Daughter is lactose intolerant and she drinks fresh orange/apple juice or water and sometimes drinks robinsons diluting juice, my Son drinks milk, water,fresh orange juice or dilututing juice.

one thing for sure is DONT let any one off your kids drink yogurt drinks willynilly as they will have to get filings/ extractions as what happened to my 5YO son just after Xmas.