DiningBuzz! - Dr. Pepper 10, the diet soda for those who don't like diet sodas.

Launched with massive "Male-Centric" advertising, a lot of sizzle for a modest steak, the product far exceeded my expectations. To me, the 10 calorie dollop of HFCS masked the frequently unpleasant aftertaste of aspartane (which is unlikely to kill me quicker than other forms of self-abuse and rears its head in almost every diet soda I've tried). "10" actually tastes like the old familiar beverage of my youth, at 10, 2 and 4, Dr. Pepper.

I'm spent much of my life in the birthplace of Dr. Pepper, not far from the museum/soda fountain that celebrates the beverage, and it's a flavor as familiar to me as that of a good cup of coffee, and now I can once again drink the wine of youth with clear conscience anda satisfied palate.

No, it's not a great pinot noir, but sure beats Diet Coke or those soapy offerings from Pepsi.

Tried it. Didn't care for it. Still has the diet soda aftertaste.

From their website, artificial sweeteners bolded by me (sorry for the caps, but I am not retyping this):

CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CARAMEL COLOR, PHOSPHORIC ACID, ASPARTAME, SODIUM BENZOATE, CAFFEINE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE

So it's HFCS and not one but two artificial sweeteners.

I enjoyed it. Tried it for free thanks to Sheetz, and their My Sheetz card. I haven't purchased it since, but I did enjoy it. :)

As far as diet sodas go, my favorites are Diet Dr. Pepper and Diet Moxie. I'll have to try Diet Big Red sometime, as Big Red was my favorite many years ago, along with RC Cola. Anybody remember those RC bottle caps where you could win money based on what was written inside? If I found "10¢" I was king for a day.

As far as diet sodas go, my favorites are Diet Dr. Pepper and Diet Moxie. I'll have to try Diet Big Red sometime, as Big Red was my favorite many years ago, along with RC Cola. Anybody remember those RC bottle caps where you could win money based on what was written inside? If I found "10¢" I was king for a day.

Diet Moxie?

Diet Moxie?

Oh yeah, Moxie is great, but apparently only really popular in the North East. I always buy some when I go back to New Hampshire. I think there are several FT threads devoted to Moxie.

Love those regional sodas. Like Green River in Chicago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_%28soft_drink%29

Or Ale-8-One from Winchester, KY: http://ale8one.com/

Oh yeah, Moxie is great, but apparently only really popular in the North East. I always buy some when I go back to New Hampshire. I think there are several FT threads devoted to Moxie.

I'll have to see if I can find some to try. :)

I am drinking OOgave ginger ale now, and have been enjoying Zevia sodas when I want a soda of late, the root beer zevia is quite good.

Good God, I don't know how you drink Moxie, it's not even popular in the Northeast haha

I find Diet Verner's Ginger Ale quite tasty with my favorite spirit, and I am a Southern boy at heart

Tried it. Didn't care for it. Still has the diet soda aftertaste.

I did not like it either, but DPSG will have a "Ten" version of most of their drinks: Sunkist, Canada Dry ginger ale, 7-Up, and A&W. FYI, drinks with less than 5 calories to report as "0 calories", while those with 50 calories or less need to round to the nearest 5 calorie increment, per the FDA.

but sure beats Diet Coke or those soapy offerings from Pepsi.

Have you tried coke Zero? That stufff is amazing. It tastes just like regular coke. I wonder if this Dr. pepper uses the same chemicals that coke Zero does.

Have you tried coke Zero? That stufff is amazing. It tastes just like regular coke. I wonder if this Dr. pepper uses the same chemicals that coke Zero does.

What's odd is that while I don't like Coke Zero, I do like Dr. Pepper 10.

What's odd is that while I don't like Coke Zero, I do like Dr. Pepper 10.

Same response. Coke Zero simply doesn't light my fire in the fashion of the "Real Thing", whereas there's just enough sugar (HFCS) in DP10 to mask the artificial aftertaste (almost).

Same response. Coke Zero simply doesn't light my fire in the fashion of the "Real Thing", whereas there's just enough sugar (HFCS) in DP10 to mask the artificial aftertaste (almost).

I figured my lack of enjoyment of Coke Zero was because I've been drinking Diet Coke too long and no longer cared for Coke Classic taste.

Moxie is great, but apparently only really popular in the North East. I always buy some when I go back to New Hampshire. I think there are several FT threads devoted to Moxie.

Moxie is horrific, it is used in the northeast to burn the barnacles off lobster boats. Truly sickmaking. That new Dr. Pepper 10, though... I liked it a lot.

Thanks everyone... Now I'm going to have to pick up some of the Dr. Pepper 10... I'm craving it now.

I'm looking forward to trying Dr Pepper 10 - I love Diet Dr Pepper - in fact it is my migraine go-to cure! ice cold, it just seems to really help with them.

I don't like coke zero at all, but love diet coke!

I'm looking forward to trying Dr Pepper 10 - I love Diet Dr Pepper - in fact it is my migraine go-to cure! ice cold, it just seems to really help with them.

I don't like coke zero at all, but love diet coke!

Perhaps the caffeine in it is what helps?

Perhaps the caffeine in it is what helps?

I think it contributes, certainly, but diet coke, and other caffinated beverages don't work, so I figure it must be something else as well, unique to Dr Pepper!

I think it contributes, certainly, but diet coke, and other caffinated beverages don't work, so I figure it must be something else as well, unique to Dr Pepper!

Something in one of their secret ingredients? Interesting...

Not crazy about the carbonation. Lack of diet taste and good flavor in Lipton Diet Green Tea citrus flavor.

Something in one of their secret ingredients? Interesting...

I do feel they should do a pharmacuetical trial of it! But then they might recatagorize it as a drug, and it would cost oodles!

I do feel they should do a pharmacuetical trial of it! But then they might recatagorize it as a drug, and it would cost oodles!

This is true, and we don't want that. :D

Dont forget Dr Pepper 10 is 10 calories per serving not per can. BTW Moxie is horrible.

Dont forget Dr Pepper 10 is 10 calories per serving not per can. BTW Moxie is horrible.

Not to derail the thread, but there sure is a lot of hate for Moxie here. It's probably like licorice, you either have the gene for it or you don't.

Is Texas still making Big Red? That's got to be the South's answer to Moxie.

Big Red is still alive and well in Texas. Born, as was Dr. Pepper, in Waco, in the lab of the Perfection Company, producer of artificial flavors, among the best known of which was "Grenadine" for saloons too cheap to buy the real thing, Big Red has always found a niche in the Mexican American market and apparently sells well in the LA area.

Collins Glass, ice
1.5 ounces white rum
Juice of one Key Lime
Fill w/Big Red

Reminiscent, sort'a, of a diluted version of the once well known, now forgotten, "Bacardi Cocktail", a contemporary of the Daiquiri, but made Grenadine instead of simple syrup.

Have you tried coke Zero? That stufff is amazing. It tastes just like regular coke. I wonder if this Dr. pepper uses the same chemicals that coke Zero does.

Coke Zero does certainly NOT taste like regular coke. It still has the artificial sweetner aftertaste like all diet drinks do - at least I taste it.

My new favorite diet drink is Diet A&W Rootbeer. I gave up soda a while ago and have been drinking water with lemon. I have a diet soda now and then and really don't like the diet coke anymore, but when I had a diet A&W rootbeer, it tasted so sweet, it was almost like a dessert. Now I'll have to try Dr Pepper 10 and see if it can compare.

I would not call Moxie a New England thing, but is distinctly Maine. You can buy in some places in NH and MA, but not many - mostly Maine.

I have no idea how it survives. I can count on 1 hand the people I know who actually have drank it. There is a yearly festival if anybody is interested:
http://www.moxiefestival.com/index.html

Coke Zero does certainly NOT taste like regular coke. It still has the artificial sweetner aftertaste like all diet drinks do - at least I taste it.

I second this. I'll drink Coke Zero, but it's NOT like Coke.

It will always taste different but i can deal with coke zero which is alarming since i hate all light sodas

Some people were giving these out at my campus and it was contained in what looks like a shorter can but slightly wider than the regular Dr. Pepper. Not sure if that was a promotional can or the actual retail can but the overall appearance of the drink was enticing to say the least.

The actual taste however was slightly off. I absolutely love Dr. Pepper but this low calorie version advertised to taste the same as regular Dr. Pepper really missed the bullseye on this one.

A bump to se if any of you have seen in your stores?

Pepsi Next is essentially them again trying a "mid-calorie" cola like the failed Pepsi Edge circa 2004-05 (along with Coke's C2). Seven years later still tastes the same...bad with little carbonation.

IMHO, just another reason why Pepsi is still losing market share to Coke. They roll out this mess and also Pepsi MAX (w/ ginseng and twice the caffeine) meanwhile put little marketing into Pepsi One which is their "basic" version of Coke zero.

Dr. Pepper 10 is alright, certainly better than other diet drinks.... But no soda can touch the recently discontinued Dublin Dr. Pepper, which is the original Dr. Pepper made with pure sugar cane... very far from a diet soda! But the best taste!

On a side note... does anyone have a drink that they always order on a plane but no where else? I don't know why but I always drink Ginger Ale and Cran-Apple juice on planes but would never order it to drink elsewhere. Is it just me?

A bump to se if any of you have seen in your stores?

Pepsi Next is essentially them again trying a "mid-calorie" cola like the failed Pepsi Edge circa 2004-05 (along with Coke's C2). Seven years later still tastes the same...bad with little carbonation.

IMHO, just another reason why Pepsi is still losing market share to Coke. They roll out this mess and also Pepsi MAX (w/ ginseng and twice the caffeine) meanwhile put little marketing into Pepsi One which is their "basic" version of Coke zero.
I've seen Dr. Pepper 10, along with A&W 10, Canada Dry 10, and 7 Up 10 in our stores.
Dr. Pepper 10 is alright, certainly better than other diet drinks.... But no soda can touch the recently discontinued Dublin Dr. Pepper, which is the original Dr. Pepper made with pure sugar cane... very far from a diet soda! But the best taste!

On a side note... does anyone have a drink that they always order on a plane but no where else? I don't know why but I always drink Ginger Ale and Cran-Apple juice on planes but would never order it to drink elsewhere. Is it just me?
I have 2 bottles of original Dr. Pepper in my fridge. Collectors items now?

Dr. Pepper 10 is alright, certainly better than other diet drinks.... But no soda can touch the recently discontinued Dublin Dr. Pepper, which is the original Dr. Pepper made with pure sugar cane... very far from a diet soda! But the best taste!

On a side note... does anyone have a drink that they always order on a plane but no where else? I don't know why but I always drink Ginger Ale and Cran-Apple juice on planes but would never order it to drink elsewhere. Is it just me?

"Dublin Dr. Pepper" has departed this vale of tears, the small bottler in Dublin, Texas forced by the gigantic cartel to surrender its cane sugar and halt production of the natural naturally sweetened drink. HFCS has won again! Now, I can only turn to rum, cana, cachaca, molasses or Brazilian gasoline to flavor my "con gaz".

I've seen Dr. Pepper 10, along with A&W 10, Canada Dry 10, and 7 Up 10 in our stores.

Diet Canada Dry is my drink of choice these days of stuff I can get readily commercially; it is one of the dual-sweetener (aspartame + acesulfame) ones which helps with the aftertaste, and the ginger flavor masks virtually all of the rest.

Bundaberg Diet Ginger Beer, which was easy to find when was in Australia and is basically only at a few specialty retailers here and super pricy is even better.

Have you tried coke Zero? That stufff is amazing. It tastes just like regular coke. I wonder if this Dr. pepper uses the same chemicals that coke Zero does.

Coke zero is better than US HFCS Coke, imho. There's no heavy feeling. It's even better if a little sugar is mixed in.

Coke zero is better than US HFCS Coke, imho. There's no heavy feeling. It's even better if a little sugar is mixed in.

For me, it's got a very different taste, just a better "different" than Diet Coke. I'm also not sure how you add a little sugar (as syrup, maybe?) without getting the Mentos effect and losing all the carbonation.

Pepsi Next is out now, 97 cents per 2 liter, I picked up 3 of them, it tastes ok eventhough I don't drink much soda.

Like reg Pepsi over reg Coke , like Coke Zero over Pepsi One , before the last two came out diet Dr Pepper was always considered the best diet soda , Ten has more carbs and is not an option for me.

I have 2 bottles of original Dr. Pepper in my fridge. Collectors items now?

I'd say so!!

I'd say so!!

:) Does that mean I should start looking at listing them on eBay? :D

Pepsi Next is out now, 97 cents per 2 liter, I picked up 3 of them, it tastes ok eventhough I don't drink much soda.

I prefer this by a mile over the Dr. Pepper 10.

"Dublin Dr. Pepper" has departed this vale of tears, the small bottler in Dublin, Texas forced by the gigantic cartel to surrender its cane sugar and halt production of the natural naturally sweetened drink. HFCS has won again! Now, I can only turn to rum, cana, cachaca, molasses or Brazilian gasoline to flavor my "con gaz".

That really sucks. I don't drink regular Dr. Pepper but once a year I order up some Dublin Dr. Pepper for a special occasion. Now that it's gone I won't be drinking Dr. Pepper :(

That really sucks. I don't drink regular Dr. Pepper but once a year I order up some Dublin Dr. Pepper for a special occasion. Now that it's gone I won't be drinking Dr. Pepper :(

Yet more encouragement to sell the two bottles I have in the fridge.

Yet more encouragement to sell the two bottles I have in the fridge.

you have true thick green glass bottles of Dublin Dr pepper that up till their closing they refilled on their monthly runs on the old equipment, or temple bottling co imperial sugar 'dublin dr pepper' in the small, modern thin, clear glass bottles?

you have true thick green glass bottles of Dublin Dr pepper that up till their closing they refilled on their monthly runs on the old equipment, or temple bottling co imperial sugar 'dublin dr pepper' in the small, modern thin, clear glass bottles?

Clear, thin glass bottles.

Clear, thin glass bottles.

ok got to keep those a few more decades, still on sale here :)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7077/7154905848_49412776bd_z.jpg

Those are made by temple bottling co under license from Dr Pepper Snapple group, and still made today. That bottler also makes 'spicewood springs' lemonade and I think tea or fruit punch, so they have a big imperial sugar contract as this drink is their own, and I don't think it is going anywhere(especially since it is so tasty lemonade!). This is the dr pepper takeover of the 'pure cane sugar' dublin market as they forced the old original place in dublin out with their aging gear.