Who invented diet coke and where and when was it invented?
Diet Coke was introduced by the Coca-Cola Company in 1982. Originally, it contained saccharine as a sweetener (which is odd because saccharine is one of the most bitter substances on earth). In 1983 they switched to aspartame as a sweetener. This drink was developed by the laboratories of Coca-Cola. It was not invented by one person. The first Diet soda was called No-Cal and was a ginger ale distributed in New York. The first “popular” and widely distributed diet soda was Diet-Rite (1958)by Royal Crown and can still be found today. Coca-Cola released Tab in 1964 and was that company’s first diet drink. BTW; diet sodas do have fewer calories than regular sodas. However, the ingredients they use are actually worse for you than the regular kind. Soda was originally used as a tonic, a quick “pick-me-up” drink, for hot and tired people. It was served in small 5-6 ounce servings and only used occasionally. Today we drink far too much soda. Two 16-oz. sodas per day for one year is the caloric
