Diet Rite is a brand of no-calorie soft drinks distributed by the R.C. Cola company (now part of Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc., which in turn is part of Cadbury-Schweppes plc). Diet-Rite Cola was the first commercial diet soda, introduced in 1958. It was initially released as a dietetic product, but was marketed to the general public as a healthful beverage in 1962. The original formula was sweetened with cyclamate and saccharin. A soft drink is a drink that contains no alcohol. ... Royal Crown Cola has gone through several renamings throughout its history, but is now known again as RC Cola. R.C. Cola (or Royal Crown Cola) is a cola soft drink developed in 1905 by Columbus, Georgia pharmacist Claude A. Hatcher. ... Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. ... Cadbury Schweppes plc is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in London. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion because: If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ... Cyclamate is an artificial sweetener that was discovered in 1937 at the University of Illinois by graduate student Michael Sveda. ... The chemical structure of saccharin. ...

By 1969, the Food and Drug Administration banned cyclamate, forcing the beverage to be reformulated. Diet-Rite was reformulated in 1983 to eliminate sodium, making it the first sodium-free diet soda. In 1987, with saccharin losing popularity with the public as a possible carcinogen, Diet-Rite was once again reformulated, this time replacing the saccharin with NutraSweet brand aspartame and eliminating caffeine. In the 1990s, several fruit-flavored varieties of Diet-Rite were introduced. In 2000, the line was reformulated yet again, this time to replace aspartame with Splenda brand sucralose and Sunett brand Acesulfame potassium. It became the first major diet soda in the United States to use neither aspartame nor saccharin as a sweetener. In 2002, some flavors were slightly adjusted and the brand name lost the hyphen, becoming Diet Rite. In 2005, "Pure Zero" was added to the name. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States is the government agency responsible for regulating food (human and animal), dietary supplements, drugs (human and animal), cosmetics, medical devices (human and animal), biologics, and blood products in the United States. ... Cyclamate is an artificial sweetener that was discovered in 1937 at the University of Illinois by graduate student Michael Sveda. ... In pathology, a carcinogen is any substance or agent that promotes cancer. ... Aspartame is the name for an artificial, non-carbohydrate sweetener, aspartyl-phenylalanine-1-methyl ester; i. ... Flash point N/A RTECS number EV6475000 Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) Infobox disclaimer and references Caffeine (sometimes called mateine when found in mate, and theine when found in tea) is a xanthine alkaloid found in the... Diagram illustrating structure of the sucralose molecule Sucralose is a non-caloric sweetener known by the trade name Splenda. ... Chemical structure of Acesulfame potassium Acesulfame potassium is a calorie-free artificial sweetener, also known as Acesulfame K or Ace K, and marketed under the trade names Sunett and Sweet One. ...

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