Mid-calorie sodas coming from Coke and Pepsi

By at 12:53 am Wednesday, May 5

Coke and Pepsi are debuting "mid-calorie" drinks that contain a mix of high-fructose corn-syrup and Splenda. These are meant to sit between the hyper-sugared normal stuff and the diet stuff with the funky aftertaste.
The new drinks contain the standard high-fructose corn syrup that sweetens regular soda but in smaller amounts. The corn syrup is supplemented with Splenda, a no-calorie, no-carbohydrate sweetener made from sugar.

The result is a soda with fewer calories than regular but more than no-cal. For instance, Pepsi says a 12-ounce can of Edge has 20 grams each of sugar and carbohydrates, and 70 calories, compared with regular's 41 grams each of sugar and carbohydrates, and 150 calories.

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