date:Dec 20, 2012
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Unlike traditional diet sodas that use only artificial sweeteners and have zero calories, Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. says its 10-calorie sweetener mix has just enough high-fructose corn syrup to overcome any reservations people might have about the weak or cloying taste of diet drinks. And by taking away most the calories a can of regular typically has about 150 calories the company is washing away much of the guilt.
Dr Pepper isn't alone in trying to redefine the image of diet soda.