Food · Coca-Cola
Diet Coke
049000028911
Okay nutrition · Ultra-processed · per 100 ml
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Middle of Drinks. 48 of 88 on our shelves score higher.
This pack is on an ongoing recall
Class II. Product contains plastic material.
Council note
Ultra-processed — flavours, extras, a list a kitchen would not write. A dietitian would not make this a weekday habit. Middle of Drinks. 48 of 88 on our shelves score higher.
Watch-outs
Extra care in pregnancy
Aspartame
The pack
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
How often
Rarely
Who it’s for
Anyone comparing similar products in this aisle.
Skip if
It clashes with the notes you keep in your profile — allergens, diet, or extras you asked us to flag.
- Okay nutrition cannot be rated Excellent
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- Stacked sweeteners cannot be rated Good
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Okay
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
6 additives
Planet
Mixed footprint · 52/100
Organic
Not organic
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.
Some good signs, some industrial ones. Not the heaviest in the aisle.
Shelf price · Open Prices
$8.39
Median of 2 stores · $6.00–$9.00
- Target · US$8.39 · 2026-01-14
- Store$9.00 · 2026-01-23
- Store$6.00 · 2026-01-08
- Store$7.66 · 2026-01-08
- Store$8.39 · 2026-01-08
Why this number
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Poor · 44/100 · nutrition okay
- Nutrition quality63/100
- Ingredients39/100
- How processed16/100
- Organic0/100
What pulled it down
Okay nutrition cannot be rated Excellent
The box is middling. That is fine as a sometimes food. It is not everyday Excellent.
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
A factory recipe — flavours, colours, or many additives — cannot be rated Good. A sometimes treat, not a daily habit.
Stacked sweeteners cannot be rated Good
A cluster of extras keeps this at Poor: a sometimes product, not a habit.
An okay nutrition box
No meaningful sugar. Middling — fine sometimes.
Ultra-processed
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. A growing pile of research ties a diet of these to poorer health — not because one biscuit is poison, but because the pattern crowds out real food.
Acesulfame K
-14Intense sweetener. Limited long-term data; gut microbiome questions.
Aspartame
-14IARC Group 2B (possibly carcinogenic). Unsafe for PKU. EFSA ADI 40 mg/kg.
Phosphoric acid
-5High phosphate load is associated with bone and kidney stress.
Ammonia caramel
-5May contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), a possible carcinogen at high doses.
Natural flavouring
-5Undisclosed mixture. Usually low toxicological risk, poor transparency.
A long list of extras
-85 additives sit on this pack. One extra is a recipe. Four is a factory pattern.
Stacked intense sweeteners
-10Two or more intense sweeteners in one product is a diet-drink pattern, not a quiet recipe.
Nutrition is half the number. Ingredients a quarter. How processed a fifth. Organic is a small bonus — it cannot rescue a sugary drink or a nitrite ham. How this compares to Nutri-Score
Nutrition · per 100 ml
| Energy | 1 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 0 gLow No added sweetness to speak of. |
| Saturated fat | 0 gLow |
| Salt | 0.02 gLow Light on salt. |
| Fibre | 0 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
Carbonated water, caramel colour, phosphoric acid, aspartame, potassium benzoate, natural flavours, citric acid, caffeine.
Acesulfame KE950
−14Long-term questions linger. Fine as a rare diet drink, not as a personality.
AspartameE951
−14People with PKU — a rare condition — must avoid it. For everyone else, a sometimes extra, not a health drink.
Extra care in pregnancy · Extra care for children
Phosphoric acidE338
−5A diet of cola is a lot of phosphate — not kind to bones if it crowds out milk and greens.
Ammonia caramelE150c
−5May carry traces of a compound you don’t want a lot of. The brown is not flavour.
Natural flavouring
−5Not a toxin. A sign the recipe needed a perfume. You cannot tell what is inside from the words.
Water
No concernNo concern. The best everyday pour.
Carbon dioxideE290
No concernNo concern. It’s the sparkle, not the sugar.
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