Zero marks to zero calorie cold drink
Oh! I am watching my weight. I’ll have a diet cold drink. My kid was asking for cold drink and I couldn’t say no to him, so I gave him a diet cold drink. One large burger, one large fries and one diet cold drink please! - said by everyone, everyday A normal 300 ml cold drink contains approx. 120 calories with 40 gm of sugar while a diet cold drink contains zero calorie with zero sugar and offer the same taste. No wonder, anyone would choose a diet cold drink (also called zero calorie or low-calorie cold drink) over conventional cold drink. But, don’t you smell something fishy! How come something is sweet without having sugar? Simply because it has another kind of sweetener known as artificial sweetener. While sugar is a plant-based product, these artificial sweeteners are chemicals and most commonly used ones are Aspartame and Acesulfame K. Artificial sweetener – they don’t have calories but defini...
