I blind-tested 10 no-sugar colas from Australian supermarkets and went slightly overboard with the data
A few family members and I decided to compare the no-sugar colas you can actually buy at Coles, Woolworths, ALDI and IGA.
It started as a blind taste test and somehow turned into recording ingredients, sweeteners, sodium, pH, bottle volumes, pricing and 50 individual taste evaluations across 10 colas.
There were a few results I genuinely wasn't expecting — particularly some of the cheap supermarket alternatives.
I turned all the data into an interactive thing here:
https://mindscale.com.au/labs/tools/anyaustralian/diet-cola-…
Nothing for sale, no affiliate links or sponsorship — it was just a little experiment that got wildly out of hand and I figured other Australians might enjoy exploring the results.
Would be interested to know what everyone's actual go-to no-sugar cola is.
Edit:
Appreciate the cola discussions. It was evident even in our small tester panel that taste is pretty unique. For further context this was conducted on Father's Day for fun, and some of the findings were interesting enough to give to an agent harness to visualise. Also, Ive had an agent review the comments on this chat - and it will push an update tonight around fluid weights.
The next topic will be Dairy Milk Chocolate…
Understand about testing between different brands …
But shouldn't differentiate between different stores - unless you also consider …
1.) best before date (how long has bottle been sitting on shelf) +++ been in 40+ degree heat ???
2.) batch numbers … Most majors "should'nt diffientiate between batches" - but on occasion, some batches (of same product) are more acidic/ sugar them other batches.
Just my thoughts.
Your approach certainly needs to be taken with a grain of salt (or sugar for that matter).