Why does coke zero taste gross?

Question

Why does it taste like diet, but the commercials say it taste like regular? I can understand the taste confusion with diet coke. Practically identical. But regular coke tastes so different its unreal.

Answer 1

It has lots of fake sugar (aspartame or something like that), which doesn't taste like the real sugar they put in regular coke.

Answer 2

It is because the sugar has been replaced with an alternative to sugar. I know it tastes disgusting. I also heard that it can give you cancer.

Answer 3

It's better than diet coke.  If you can drink regular, then don't bother, but for us who have to drink diet, it's better than some of the others.

Answer 4

It has artificial sweetener ( fake sugar) know as aspartame.

http://chilt.webs.com/aspartame.htm  

Answer 5

the reason for the taste difference, reg coke is sweetened with high fructose corn syrup. the diet drinks are sweetened with aspartame or some artificial type sweetener.