Diet Coke shortage because of coronavirus?

[DP]

Splenda comes from China!

Coca-Cola says coronavirus has disrupted its supply chain, and artificial sweeteners from China could be in shorter supply if the outbreak continues to spread.

The primary artificial sweeteners Coca-Cola (KO) uses in its products include aspartame, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, saccharin, cyclamate and steviol gylcosides. In its annual report, Coca-Cola indicated that it considered sucralose — the sugar substitute better known as Splenda and used in products such as Powerade Zero and Diet Coke with Splenda — a "critical raw material" sourced from suppliers in the US and China.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/25/business/...index.html

[NewtonMP2100]

.....so less (diet)Coke heads.......????

[Sarcany]

Good opportunity to move to a less harmful sweetener, like stevia or monk fruit.

[DP]

Also, a very large percent of our meds come from the PRC. Could be shortages of those..

[Bernie]

Nothing cuts alcohol like real sugar.
Mountain Dew and Rum rocks.

[decay]

It's scary how much of this garbage people drink.

Huge warehouses in China (and other countries) with poor sanitary conditions, cross-contamination, and who knows what other toxins in the environment.

Gross.

[rz]

I'm sure I'll hear it from my wife when she can't buy her weekly hoard of DC. I've been trying to get her off that crap for years.

[Rick-o]

I'm currently weaning myself of diet pop. I'm down to one can a day, and when my stash runs out, I hope to be finished with the stuff.

A long time pop drinker here, starting out with the sugar sweetened formula when I was a kid, then graduating to the diet pop for many years.

Water is now my go to drink now, with a little milk and juice from time to time.

[freeradical]

I don't think I've ever bought more than one soda at a time, and I quit doing even that over 20 years ago.

Regular soda has something like 10-15 teaspoons of sugar per can, and all diet soda has a horrible aftertaste to me, so I simply quit drinking the stuff.

I've been primarily a water person since then.

Other stuff I drink is coffee, which is sweetened with less than a teaspoon of sugar per big mug.

I also drink some milk, beer, and wine.

[RAMd®d]

I've noticed something of a shortage at the store, and the usual sales are not present.