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LOOK: Coke's newest sugar-free, low-sugar drinks

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Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/business/05/09/coke-050917.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">A Coke Sin Azucar can is photographed at Coca-Cola FEMSA&#x27;s plant in Toluca, Mexico. <cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>TOLUCA, Mexico - Softdrink lovers in North America now have more choices for their sweet fix, without sugar, one of the causes of diabetes. </p><p>Coca-Cola Sin Azucar, which literally translates to &quot;no sugar&quot; was launched in this North American country where Coca-Cola FEMSA runs one of its largest manufacturing plants. </p><p>The Sin Azucar can looks like a regular Coke can, except for the slim black band around the top lid and a similarly colored tab. </p><p>It replaced sugar-free Coke Zero here, and was formulated to taste very much like the regular variant, said Coca-Cola FEMSA corporate communications manager Juan Carlos Cortes. </p><p>&quot;Every place is different. We improve the formula,&quot; Cortes said, adding the proportions of ingredients for Coke Sin Azucar were different from Coke Zero. </p><p>Coke variants are made from water, simple syrup made from water and sugar, sugar substitute or artificial sweeteners, and a secret blend from the company that gives the product its unique taste.</p><p>&quot;If you make a switch in one of those products, you need to make sure the brand is going to get accepted,&quot; Cortes said.</p><p>&quot;So you don&#x27;t go through the new Coke kind of thing that we saw in the 80s,&quot; he said, referring to a reformulation that wasn&#x27;t received well by some consumers. </p><p>In the neighboring US, Coke also launched the 90-calorie Coke Life, which is sweetened using a blend of Sugar and Stevia.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:33.24074074074074% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BJYQiRAAgaA/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Coca-Cola (@cocacola)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-08-21T17:25:03+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 21, 2016 at 10:25am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>There was no immediate plan to bring Coke Sin Azucar or Coke Life to the Philippines, where sugar-free options include Coke Zero and Coke Light, Cortes said.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a difficult decision to make because the bottlers and the Coca-Cola Company have to get together and determine what they&#x27;re going to bring in,&quot; he said.</p>

<p>Softdrink lovers in North America now have more choices for their sweet fix, without sugar, one of the causes of diabetes. </p>

Softdrink lovers in North America now have more choices for their sweet fix, without sugar, one of the causes of diabetes.

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LOOK: Coke's newest sugar-free, low-sugar drinks

Joel Guinto,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 09, 2017 02:00 PM PHT

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