Nutrition Facts:
Serving Size: 1 can
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Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 0g
Total Fat: 0g
Sodium: 70mg
Total Carb: 0g
Protein: 0g
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diet Barq's (correct
capitalization, per the can) is
Barq's root beer addition to the ever-expanding line of
diet sodas (which, in turn, is perhaps
directly proportional the the ever-expanding
waistlines of
Americans). I purchased some when it was on sale, at the local
Harris Teeter.
In a few words: It's pretty miserable, for two major (albeit
subjective) reasons.
First of all, it is unbearably sweet. Root beer tends to be sweet anyway, but with the addition of
aspartame (
NutraSweet), it becomes
jarringly so. Not even
Diet Mountain Dew is this
saccharine. Secondly, it is
caffeine-free, yet is not explicitly labelled as such on the box. Now, this wouldn't normally be so bad, as most root beers don't contain caffeine anyway. However, coming from a brand of root beer whose
motto is "The One with Bite", due in part to the
caffeine content of its regular product, this is a serious
disappointment to the consumer who doesn't know it, until opening a can and spying the small "No caffeine - Low sodium" text below the lip of the can.
In my opinion, this is, at very least, somewhat misleading.
In other words, if you want a decent diet soda, my advice to you is to stick with something else. I hardly feel this stuff is fit for
consumption.