Comments on: Review: Sprite Green

By: Coke, Pepsi introduce drinks with Stevia-based artificial sweetener » BevReview.com

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:02:19 +0000

[...] Sprite Green [...]

By: Review: SANS Natural Diet Soda » Stevia-sweetened soda lineup from Big Red » BevReview.com

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:06:24 +0000

[...] developed as part of a joint project between The Coca-Cola Company and Cargill. Coke has used it in Sprite Green. The company goes out of their way to point out that Sans contains "zero calories, zero artificial [...]

By: Kristin H

Kristin H — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:00:56 +0000

Just had it at Jason's Deli in Houston. Didn't even know about it, never heard of it, after one sip I said WTF happened to my Sprite? Went back to change drink options and see this Sprite Green label…
EWE. Do not like.
Now the all throwback sprite I would like to try made with REAL sugar.

By: Nirav

Nirav — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:34:51 +0000

To add to my previous comment: yea, I didn't like it. It was a fountain drink, so it could've been a bad mix, but it definitely tasted artificial. I likened it to the Vitamin Water Zero's taste which also have stevia (versus the regular Vitamin Water which I think are quite good).

By: Nirav

Nirav — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:31:23 +0000

Also (surprisingly) found this today at Jason's Deli in Austin after unsuccessfully looking all over NYC for it.

By: ARA

ARA — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:54:25 +0000

I was at Jason's deli the other day and this was the ONLY non-cola option. It was brownish color in my cup, smelled like regular sprite but did NOT taste like it. It was discusting…… I hope they get rid of it and bring back the regular sprite.

By: Davie

Davie — Mon, 09 May 2011 16:57:28 +0000

Oh yeah, btw. you can make your own Sprite Green. Juice 1 lemon, 1 lime, add 1 packet (or more if you like) of Stevia Sweetleaf or Truvia and mix with bottled soda water per glass. I also made a virgin Mojito with lime juice, 1 stevia packet, some mint leaves and sparkling mineral water. Nice to sip by the pool.

Mmm. You premix the lime, lemon, and stevia and add to the bottle for a more portable drink…or just add a Stevia packet to a bottle of Perrier Lemon.

Why am I trolling on your blog? LOL

By: Davie

Davie — Mon, 09 May 2011 16:48:54 +0000

If you use regular sugar (cane sugar) frequently, Stevia based sweetners are going to have a bitter taste and licorice like aftertaste. It's made from a leaf. My GF went on this hCG homepathic diet and used SweetLeaf products. I tried the chocolate stevia drops and about puked. Next round I went on the hCG diet and I find I actually prefer the Stevia or Truvia to regular sugar. (of course I haven't had table sugar in like 9 days) Sobe LifeWater 0 Calories uses it and I liked it. I tried the black and blue berry Sobe just now. Would love to try Sprite Green.

Just remember if you consume regular sugar and stevia, stevia is going to taste like nasty bitter licorice.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:39:12 +0000

It seems like stevia's aftertaste is completely subjective. I've never experienced it, and I've tried a lot of stevia products, yet others get it with everything they try.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:32:20 +0000

Thanks for the review. I'm happy to have finally found that Coke is making a soda w/stevia. I knew they made Truvia, and was waiting for them to try putting it into their sodas. I just wanted to say that in the last 4 months, I have figured out that I cannot have aspartame or sucralose (Splenda, etc.) Aspartame was giving me headaches, mood swings, and a "foggy" mind. Therefore, I cannot have the majority of diet sodas out there, not that I really liked them anyway, just tried to "be healthy" with less calories. But alas, it's actually way less healthy to be ingesting aspartame. I was also using Splenda in my coffee & tea and started having major heart palpitations…I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I started researching all the side-effects and heart palps were one. After cutting it out for two weeks, they were gone. So I am totally anti-artificial sweeteners. Of course, I also know the harmful effects regular sugar can have, so I try to avoid it as much as possible, as I was doing using artificial sweeteners. Stevia was the only place I could turn. I have tried Zevia and love it! I also buy lemonade powder mixes w/stevia and love them. And I buy Truvia to put in my tea & coffee. I don't have a bad aftertaste at all. If anything, it's a sweet aftertaste to me. I've also branched out and begun making all my sweets from scratch using Stevia. I will say in baking with it, if you don't have at least a touch of some other type of sweetener (brown sugar, honey, agave, xylitol, etc.) along with Stevia, it is bitter. I am glad they have made Sprite Green and want to try it for myself. Even if they put a little sugar in it, at least I hope that reduces the amount of sugar as in regular Sprite, and that would be a benefit. It would be great if they can get a mix like Zevia… that's what I'm waiting for! I have not tried the Vitamin water or SoBe yet. Maybe that's what I'll try while I'm waiting for Sprite Green to come to my small Ohio town! I actually didn't even know it existed until I had a conversation with the check-out lady at Kroger, where I was buying more of the lemonade mix, and she told me about Sprite Green and how she hopes it makes its way here. I have to say that a drink with no artifical sweeteners and *less* sugar is very beneficial.