Those have been my two favorite sodas for decades. Coca-Cola cherry and Dr Pepper. Both I think I had the first time at the end of the 90's when I went back to Poland on vacation to visit relatives. Now there are also those zero sugar variants.
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It's true which is why the "zero" sugar stuff is becoming popular because really the "sugar" was the syrup base.
I moved to diet/zero soda a decade ago and now drinking a regular pop tastes like liquid pixie sticks.
The picture shows the "zero" version of the drinks, the zero version uses sweeteners instead of syrup.
Needless to say they have a processes similar to the regular drink when being made in the factory, and have the exact same transportation chain to get to a restaurant. You can also buy powdered sweeteners from the shop and add it to a carbonated drink, but mainly as a caster sugar alt.
By definition:
The "syrup" in pop historically refers to the liquid sugar component of it, where as in modern times it's a bit more colloquial where with substitutes and whatnot it's still "syrup" in industry parlance but isn't strictly a syrup.
Aspartame, flavouring, food colouring, water, co2 - the flavoring, colouring and aspartame does not strictly constitute a "syrup" simply because it's mixed together
There needs to be a distinction between: sweetener syrup and sugar syrup. This is due to these things being different entirely. Sweeteners have low calorie content and low sugar content. Compared to sugar syrup which is a moderate calorie content and all so-called simple sugars. The use of regular sugar in fizzy drinks is considered "bad" because due to the amount of sugar dissolved in the drink, which is known for causing insulin spikes when consumed. Fizzy drinks with artificial sweeteners can also be considered bad due to allegations that the ingredient could cause cancer. It should also be stated that fizzy drinks contain acid that errode the teeth over long periods of consumption. ( https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diet-soft-drinks.html )
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