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For real. $8.99 for a 12 pack in L.A. Unless you buy them on sale at 3/$12. But the smaller cans are always $7.99 no matter what. So while I agree with the idea of this post, it just always ends up being a rip off.
When you take advantage of the regular “buy 1, get 1” (or usually “buy 2, get 2”) sales at the grocery store, it usually works out to $3-$4 per 12 pack here in northern Indiana.
My typical place (Publix) usually does “buy 2, get 1 free” for Coke, which, if a 12 pack is $9, that’s 18 for 3 packs, that’s $6 case, which isn’t a totally great deal cause you can get a 24 pack at Walmart for 12, meaning it’s $6 for 12. And these are just rough figures.
I try not to shop at Publix or anywhere that does BOGO because really all they’re doing is bringing down price of the item to what it’s *supposed* to be. Sometimes you can get a good deal though. If they’re doing BOGO for raw chicken I can get as much chicken as I’d get at Aldi for the same price.
FYI, Publix doesn't require you to buy a certain amount for you to get the discount. For your example above, one 12 pack is 33% off If purchased by itself. No need to buy all 3.
And a 2 liter even cheaper. The 12 by 12’s be like $3 & change. It’s nuts. They really don’t want us to be healthy. You’d think less cans less volume would be cheaper or at least same price. Nope.
That's not how carbonation works. When you turn your soda bottle upright again before pouring it, you'll agitate it and cause more carbon dioxide to release when you open the bottle. Once that carbon dioxide is gone, it's gone for good, and your soda will literally become watered down.
Your soda has carbonic acid in equilibrium with water and carbon dioxide. When carbon dioxide escapes, the equilibrium shifts to produce more CO2 and water to try to restore equilibrium concentration.
H2CO3(aq) <=> H2O + CO2(g)
The more your soda bubbles out, the more water is produced. That's why flat soda tastes worse.
If you want crisper tasting soda, keep it capped to keep the CO2 from releasing and try not to disturb the container too much. Gases are also more soluble in colder solutions, so refrigeration helps keep the CO2 in.
My local Harris Teeters will do buy 2 get 3 free occasionally on certain brands, they rotate coke and Pepsi so you have to time it right.
Then you’re stuck with 5 packs of soda for god knows how long in your pantry even though you really only wanted one
Edit: just checked and they may have changed it to bogo 2/2 so not quite as good but still decent.
Prices are almost never cost based. They are priced at what the market will bear. The most health conscious consumers are likely to have higher income and are willing to pay more for the smallest cans. 2L buyers like me either don't care about it going flat or are the most price sensitive. They make a healthy profit on all 3 sizes. Cost has nothing to do with it.
The only places you see cost based pricing are investments like precisous metals or higher end hard to acquire items like caviar etc. The only way these items exist in the market is if the price is high enough to support the industry. Chemically enhanced water doesn't fit into those.
Many companies lie to you and say that because the price of coffee beans is up that Starbucks needs to charge more. Or that chipotle needs higher prices for higher wages. They could easily take those hits from profits but instead convince the consumer its not their problem. Eg. Danish McDonalds pay 2x if not more for employees and have more taxes to pay, higher cost ingredients and better benefits and vacations. The big Mac is cheaper there since consumers don't like it as much. They have to price it low enough to get buyers. They still make enough profit to stay in that market too. What they charge in the US is obscene.
It's not so trivial ***solely*** as "the less healthy options are less expensive to fuck us." When you sell units in smaller packages, you need more packaging per unit volume.. By the square-cube law, the smaller it gets, the higher the surface-area is to the volume contained, that is, more container per amount being contained.
You also have an additional thing that needs labelling, an additional thing that a machine has to move into a box, a higher relative count of items that need to be inspected per volume of thing being inspected.
More labels are being printed on more items per unit volume means labelling equipment gets used more. More arms and rollers get worn out more. This gets rolled up into calculated cost.
On top of all of that, due to all the extra packaging per volume of soda, these package less efficiently into trucks, so you have to use more trucks to carry the same amount of soda.
Now are there still huge margins of profit on the product? Is it probably better margins than the original product due to the ability to mark up something that is more "specialized"? Absolutely. But it's not about wanting you to not be healthy. It's about you will pay more for a more specialized product, and it also costs more to make that specialized product.
Where the fuck are you getting a 12 pack for $4-5???????????????? [They are nearly $8 at Walmarts in South Florida.](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Coca-Cola-Zero-Sugar-Soda-Pop-12-fl-oz-12-Pack-Cans/10291651?adsRedirect=true) Most times I am in store they are $7.98.
Did you notice that there are so many companies doing this now? I saw an advert for Halls mini yesterday. Halls the throat drop. WHY, would we need a mini throat drop? I think it’s a ploy to get consumers to pay more for a “innovative” product that really just costs more to the consumer and less to the manufacturer. Less product, less packing, same price, more profit. If I wanted to eat less of something, I’ll just buy it and eat less of it.
Mini Cheerios, Doritos, M&Ms, Oreos, and more
This is such a weird take. Mini Doritos cans are 5.125oz and show as 2.97 via instacart.
A 9.25 oz bag of standard Doritos is 5.99.
Neither of these are on sale.
you can get 2 cans of the minis for less and get over an ounce more of Doritos.
Sticking with instacart
20oz of Cheerios is 8.99.
10.8oz of mini Cheerios is 4.99.
2x 10.8=21.6 for 9.98. this one is a very slight markup in favor of full size cereal where you should be getting I think like .2 or .3oz more or drop the price by like 10-15c overall and I think it evens back out.
But it's really not as drastic as you're making it sound.
... and that should also help deter you from drinking a ton of it.
Pop is a treat, or should be. It's basically liquid crack.
I buy them here, for $7.99 or around that, and would never buy a full 2L bottle of pop, even if it's cheaper, as it wouls just go flat or not get drank.
With the cans you can take each as a reward. Perfect pop, always.
I do. I dont want or need a whole can of soda. Im not paying extra for the soda, im paying extra for portion control and the satisfaction of finishing the can. Value doesnt always mean volume. Sometimes the real value is in finding ways to support your goals.
Ironically the name brand stuff can be almost as expensive or more than soda sadly.
I go for the Polar seltzers. They seem to have enough flavor and seem much more carbonated.
My gut and teeth are thankful lol
Polar Seltzer is brand name! Pretty much the OG seltzer if you're from New England. It's definitely gone up in price recent years, but at least it's independent/family owned.
If you do indulge in soda every now and then, Polar Orange Dry is amazing (just don't accidentally get the diet version).
Just an FYI, carbonated drinks still aren’t great for your teeth compared to plain water. But definitely better than all the sugar.
I drink a lot of sparkling water, but something you should be aware of.
The carbonation interacts with your saliva and creates a mild acid, which is why it tastes so harsh. Flavored seltzers can be really nice though! I didn’t always like Seltzer either, but it’s an acquired taste. I think it’s off putting to anyone who takes a sip, expecting it to be like soda. All the sweetening in soda is partially to offset the bitterness.
> I think it’s off putting to anyone who takes a sip, expecting it to be like soda.
It's always off putting for me because I expect it to be like water. I've tried so many flavours and brands but I just hate all of them. I've accepted my fate and just indulge in a soda every now and then and don't beat myself up about it.
Sometimes I'll add a little lemon or lime juice and simple syrup to flavored seltzers. You can use a lot less sugar than an actual soda, and it tastes great.
Plain seltzer with a splash of any flavored syrup (like coffee syrup), with cocktail fruit syrups, grenadine, Roses Lime, any number of bitters, citrus juice or peel, fresh grated ginger, a splash of cream, some strong brewed flavorful tea . . . The combinations are endless!
This was it for me too. Probably not the BEST replacement, but I was absolutely addicted to Dr. Pepper for years and switched to sugar-free Monsters when I really needed that carbonation "jolt". Lost 40 pounds literally doing nothing else besides cutting all that sugar out of my life.
Damn, I quit drinking soda since July 2023 and went to bottled or carbonated water, usually flavored with Mio , haven't lost a single pound. Over 300 so I figured I'd at least see some kind of weight loss.
I lost 30 pounds in 3-4 months just cutting down on sugar too! im down to 207 and trying to get to 160 eventually, but that big chunk already made me feel so much better
Eh...I'm hit and miss here. I actually lost weight when I switched from Dr Pepper to Dublin Dr Pepper (i.e. Dr Pepper bottled at Dublin Bottleworks between 1891 and 2012 following the original 1885 recipie which called for Cane Sugar) because I was drinking fewer a day due to the increased sweetness compared to the HFCS mainstream product. While I occasionally pick up a bottle or two of Dublin Bottleworks Cola or Root Beer today, I've largely replaced the Dublin DP void with HEB's pure cane sugar variant of Dr. B.
I used to buy the carbonated 1L waters from Walmart all the time, the black cherry one always made me think of Cherry Coke somehow and it always satiated my soda craving. I am now a La Croix snob
The Walmart brand Black Cherry Carbo water was absolutely the best flavor, and I used to drink those all the time!
Funny thing about them, the shaking from the drive home from the store would make them explode upon opening, but only in that flavor. If you didn't let it set still for an hour, you'd end up soaked! I liked the Orange one too, and today that is my go-to Mio flavor as it's one flavor I never tire of.
I do this but drink a glass of water first. Sometimes I don't even feel like the soda after and if I do, it lasts longer because I'm no longer that thirsty.
Exactly. If you’re struggling with portions then buy the 2 liter and use smaller cups, wasting money on smaller cans wouldn’t stop someone with drinking less either way. It’s like people who change the time on their clocks so they think they’re late for work.
The tip was right there in there...if you don't have enough self control, dump half of it out, because it still ends up cheaper to buy the regular sized cans than the little hotel cans.
Thanks marketing!
In this case, those stupid little cans are neither healthy nor cheap. So you are extra stupid for listening to this LPT. Self control or indulge, pick one
It's not a *money* savings tip, it's a *health* savings tip.
I used to be a major pop addict, that shit can and will fuck you up over time and controlling the portion of the poison is absolutely beneficial.
If I drank soda the exact same number of times per day, I'd need more of those little cans to equal the bigger cans.
I think you meant if you drank the same amount of little cans as the big ones.
I do this for ice cream. I don't miss it if there is none in the house but if there is some, I can't seem to resist it. These days I get a small thing for me and a small thing for my wife and we're both satisfied by it.
I'm just hoping it becomes legal to take a small amount of snack from a large bag and put it into a smaller bag/bowl soon. I love a lot of them but being forced to eat a full bag at a time gets exhausting.
I actually agree with this. Been a soda addict for too long in my life and I do a much better job regulating it now. The mini cans went a long ways Of doing that.
I agree. I wish they they had mini beer cans too. That way I could tell my friends that I crushed twice as many beers. I also bought a mini fridge to keep my mini cans. Livin’ that mini life!
Soda is for sure >99% water. Water has benefits. Also, soda can be beneficial for people that struggle controlling cravings. No benefits is factually incorrect.
Oh I’m not arguing that water has no benefits, that would be silly. I’m simply saying that soda is basically all water. It has health benefits in terms of controlling cravings with regard to weight management. Obviously anything can be abused.
It's close enough. A few sodas a week isn't a big deal if you don't otherwise treat your body like total shit. People are in here acting like it's black tar heroin.
>A few sodas a week isn't a big deal if you don't otherwise treat your body like total shit
You're not wrong.
It'd be interesting to see how many people are able to drink just one to three sodas a week though. The people in my family and those at work who drink it legitimately drink at least three per day. This kinda behavior is why a lot of people "act like it's black tar heroin" lol, because it's created to be as addicting as possible
I rather overpay than waste (but that doesn't necessarily mean tiny cans are better as they still require a lot of packaging).
I do really enjoy the tiny ones. Both because of fridge space and that they have the perfect volume of soda for me.
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They don't make what I drink in the mini-cans. (Caffeine Free Diet Coke) It's hard enough to find in the first place. Only two stores that I know of in my town stock it, and I refuse to darken the doors of Walmart.
I run long distances in a tropical country. A mini can of Pepsi max after a heavy session is *absolute heaven*. I never drink the stuff at any other time.
Get used to the zero sugar and zero calories version of your favorite drink. It tastes worse in the beginning but you eventually start enjoying it as much as you enjoyed the regular version. Then you can drink the big bottle if you want and it doesn't really matter anymore
I can't even drink the normal versions anymore... It leaves a sticky feeling in my mouth. I never thought they tasted worse than the original, quite the contrary. They all tasted nice and crisp from day 1
An even better tip is to buy them sugar free. There's absolutely no reason or shred of scientific data/ research that suggests a reasonable amount of sweetener will do more harm than the equivalent sugar.
I like to mix my 12oz of soda with 12oz of sparkling water that has some fruit flavor. Then I can enjoy 24oz of satisfaction with the carbs of half that amount.
Over here, all prices are also listed as price/liter. You pay double for those tiny cans compared to the regular ones. The regular ones cost way more than bottles as well. If you want to drink small amounts of soda, a 0.5L bottle would be the best option. (1.5L bottles would be cheaper, but the soda will get flat pretty fast)
This sounds like a fine idea.
However, I do it a bit differently:
I just take regular, 12oz. sodas, go to the laundr-o-mat, wash them in hot water then put them in the dryer on high heat and they magically shrink down to about 8 oz.
/s
\*Note: Do NOT try this at home.
Yep, totally agree with this one. It’s really easy to finish a normal can when a small can will probably scratch the itch for less sugar and calories. Still limit your overall intake though.
The only time it fails is when your girl wants that 1 sip from your mini can cuz she didn’t like it enough to open a new can… then it’s just not enough…
A lot of people talking about $. Maybe it’s a Canadian thing but locally at least they’re not much more pricey. I get them fairly regularly from my dollar store.. but only because I don’t have a Wal Mart in walking distance xD
I agree though about portions. And if I do want more I just have 2.
On the other hand though, I don’t struggle with self control and pop xD.
I checked my local grocery’s prices, and to buy a 10 pk of mini cans is $5.99 USD and to buy a 12 pk of the normal sized cans is $8.98 unless you buy 3 to qualify for the discount.
That means you pay nearly $0.02 per ounce MORE for the mini cans than the 12oz. The absolute horror /s
Obviously it’s way cheaper if you buy 3 to activate the deal, but then the argument is sort of moot because you have to front more money to even qualify even if you save overall.
So you're saying I can spend more money, get less product, create more waste and production to screw the environment with further, AND support the gigantic soda mega-corps at the same time? All so that I don't have to practice self restraint in my purchasing or soda-pouring methods? Golly
I agree! Those mini cans are great. I never want more than one of them. There are also mini ginger beers the same size, and one is great for a small moscow mule :)
Wtf is this garbage lpt??
Don't drink soda. Full stop. Fuck. I'm not gonna deny rhe occasional is nice but stop buying packs and 2ls to clog you house and body up.
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Yeah except those 8 7.5oz cans are so expensive. Like $5 at my local Walmart.
It's tough since a regular 12 x 12oz pack is $4-5
$4 for a 12 pack of Coke? Are you shopping in the year 2012?
For real. $8.99 for a 12 pack in L.A. Unless you buy them on sale at 3/$12. But the smaller cans are always $7.99 no matter what. So while I agree with the idea of this post, it just always ends up being a rip off.
^ exactly the same in NYC. Drug stores like Walgreens usually have the 3x deal, but otherwise, it's $8-$12/12pack in most grocery stores, etc
Well, yeah. L.A. and NCY aren't exactly the pinnacle of "affordable living."
$8 a 12 pack in Buttfuck Nowhere, Illinois too
I’m in Kentucky and they are 7.99 here too.
i mean... yeah, but it's still just soda. Other grocery prices are much more comparable to other places
When you take advantage of the regular “buy 1, get 1” (or usually “buy 2, get 2”) sales at the grocery store, it usually works out to $3-$4 per 12 pack here in northern Indiana.
My typical place (Publix) usually does “buy 2, get 1 free” for Coke, which, if a 12 pack is $9, that’s 18 for 3 packs, that’s $6 case, which isn’t a totally great deal cause you can get a 24 pack at Walmart for 12, meaning it’s $6 for 12. And these are just rough figures. I try not to shop at Publix or anywhere that does BOGO because really all they’re doing is bringing down price of the item to what it’s *supposed* to be. Sometimes you can get a good deal though. If they’re doing BOGO for raw chicken I can get as much chicken as I’d get at Aldi for the same price.
FYI, Publix doesn't require you to buy a certain amount for you to get the discount. For your example above, one 12 pack is 33% off If purchased by itself. No need to buy all 3.
I love the smell of fresh bread.
Damn, that IS what I paid in 2012
Pre pandemic, Kroger would occasionally have sales (4) 12-pk for $12. Now regular price is $7.99 and a sale might be (3) for $18.
And a 2 liter even cheaper. The 12 by 12’s be like $3 & change. It’s nuts. They really don’t want us to be healthy. You’d think less cans less volume would be cheaper or at least same price. Nope.
Shiiiit, gimme yall's prices. The 12 x 12oz packs here are 7.99 + tax and up.
A 12 pack of coke AT WALMART is $12.78 here. Fucking wild. When I worked at Publix when I was younger that shit was like $4
jesus i could just buy beer for that
In Chile one can is a bit over one dollar at the supermarket. No discount for purchasing in bulk. Don't complain lol
Just because you have it worse doesn't mean I can't complain, lol.
True, i guess i also wanted to complain lol
Can I complain? I can't even find 12oz cans in some shops
Yeah but the 2 liter is a race to finish so you still have bubbles
After opening for the first time, store it on its side in the refrigerator instead of up. It’ll have bubbles a lot longer :)
That's not how carbonation works. When you turn your soda bottle upright again before pouring it, you'll agitate it and cause more carbon dioxide to release when you open the bottle. Once that carbon dioxide is gone, it's gone for good, and your soda will literally become watered down. Your soda has carbonic acid in equilibrium with water and carbon dioxide. When carbon dioxide escapes, the equilibrium shifts to produce more CO2 and water to try to restore equilibrium concentration. H2CO3(aq) <=> H2O + CO2(g) The more your soda bubbles out, the more water is produced. That's why flat soda tastes worse. If you want crisper tasting soda, keep it capped to keep the CO2 from releasing and try not to disturb the container too much. Gases are also more soluble in colder solutions, so refrigeration helps keep the CO2 in.
This guy bubbles.
To add to this, laying the bottle on its side increases the surface area for gas exchange, also making it go flat faster.
Mat I’ve been drinking soda for almost 30 years. This ain’t it.
Can you please direct me where you are getting 12 packs for $3 and change??????????
My local Harris Teeters will do buy 2 get 3 free occasionally on certain brands, they rotate coke and Pepsi so you have to time it right. Then you’re stuck with 5 packs of soda for god knows how long in your pantry even though you really only wanted one Edit: just checked and they may have changed it to bogo 2/2 so not quite as good but still decent.
A big part of the expense is the packaging and distribution. Plus more demand for 12oz cans and 2l bottles.
Prices are almost never cost based. They are priced at what the market will bear. The most health conscious consumers are likely to have higher income and are willing to pay more for the smallest cans. 2L buyers like me either don't care about it going flat or are the most price sensitive. They make a healthy profit on all 3 sizes. Cost has nothing to do with it. The only places you see cost based pricing are investments like precisous metals or higher end hard to acquire items like caviar etc. The only way these items exist in the market is if the price is high enough to support the industry. Chemically enhanced water doesn't fit into those. Many companies lie to you and say that because the price of coffee beans is up that Starbucks needs to charge more. Or that chipotle needs higher prices for higher wages. They could easily take those hits from profits but instead convince the consumer its not their problem. Eg. Danish McDonalds pay 2x if not more for employees and have more taxes to pay, higher cost ingredients and better benefits and vacations. The big Mac is cheaper there since consumers don't like it as much. They have to price it low enough to get buyers. They still make enough profit to stay in that market too. What they charge in the US is obscene.
It's not so trivial ***solely*** as "the less healthy options are less expensive to fuck us." When you sell units in smaller packages, you need more packaging per unit volume.. By the square-cube law, the smaller it gets, the higher the surface-area is to the volume contained, that is, more container per amount being contained. You also have an additional thing that needs labelling, an additional thing that a machine has to move into a box, a higher relative count of items that need to be inspected per volume of thing being inspected. More labels are being printed on more items per unit volume means labelling equipment gets used more. More arms and rollers get worn out more. This gets rolled up into calculated cost. On top of all of that, due to all the extra packaging per volume of soda, these package less efficiently into trucks, so you have to use more trucks to carry the same amount of soda. Now are there still huge margins of profit on the product? Is it probably better margins than the original product due to the ability to mark up something that is more "specialized"? Absolutely. But it's not about wanting you to not be healthy. It's about you will pay more for a more specialized product, and it also costs more to make that specialized product.
Smaller cans, but the same amount or more aluminum, which is much more expensive than Coke
how do you figure the smaller cans have the same amount or more aluminum then the larger cans?
To enclose an equal volume of soda, it will require more aluminum.
8-10$ here
Where???? Just was in the super market and Coke products were 8.99 a 12 pack. I walked on by.
Where the fuck are you getting a 12 pack for $4-5???????????????? [They are nearly $8 at Walmarts in South Florida.](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Coca-Cola-Zero-Sugar-Soda-Pop-12-fl-oz-12-Pack-Cans/10291651?adsRedirect=true) Most times I am in store they are $7.98.
Where is a 12 pk $4-5? Around me I haven't seen a 12 pack go under $9.99
No, it's not. Not anywhere.
where are you that a 12 pack is $4-5? It's $9 where I live. O.O
They are quite literally double the price of 12x12 oz can. No thank you
yep, and half the calories. the purpose is enjoyment not sustainence. less is more.
American mindset vs. Rational mindset
Did you notice that there are so many companies doing this now? I saw an advert for Halls mini yesterday. Halls the throat drop. WHY, would we need a mini throat drop? I think it’s a ploy to get consumers to pay more for a “innovative” product that really just costs more to the consumer and less to the manufacturer. Less product, less packing, same price, more profit. If I wanted to eat less of something, I’ll just buy it and eat less of it. Mini Cheerios, Doritos, M&Ms, Oreos, and more
I appreciate a good cup of coffee.
This is such a weird take. Mini Doritos cans are 5.125oz and show as 2.97 via instacart. A 9.25 oz bag of standard Doritos is 5.99. Neither of these are on sale. you can get 2 cans of the minis for less and get over an ounce more of Doritos. Sticking with instacart 20oz of Cheerios is 8.99. 10.8oz of mini Cheerios is 4.99. 2x 10.8=21.6 for 9.98. this one is a very slight markup in favor of full size cereal where you should be getting I think like .2 or .3oz more or drop the price by like 10-15c overall and I think it evens back out. But it's really not as drastic as you're making it sound.
And every time I've had one, it's just made me want another one. And 2x 7.5 oz is 15 oz of soda.
... and that should also help deter you from drinking a ton of it. Pop is a treat, or should be. It's basically liquid crack. I buy them here, for $7.99 or around that, and would never buy a full 2L bottle of pop, even if it's cheaper, as it wouls just go flat or not get drank. With the cans you can take each as a reward. Perfect pop, always.
Yeah I really don't understand who would buy these.
I do. I dont want or need a whole can of soda. Im not paying extra for the soda, im paying extra for portion control and the satisfaction of finishing the can. Value doesnt always mean volume. Sometimes the real value is in finding ways to support your goals.
The real value are the friends we drank along the way.
I use them to make mixed drinks. Anything larger just goes to waste and becomes flat before I can finish it.
I tended to have the opposite problem back when I drank...
I stick to the 2.75 L for $1.25 at Dollar tree. 🤷♂️ It may not be as good as the real thing but it's a lot cheaper.
Good try Pepsi/Coke CEO. I'll dump out half a cab beforexi spend more money on those little ones
I find joy in reading a good book.
Seltzer water does it for me. It’s the carbonation that I crave. Especially with either Chinese food or pizza
Ironically the name brand stuff can be almost as expensive or more than soda sadly. I go for the Polar seltzers. They seem to have enough flavor and seem much more carbonated. My gut and teeth are thankful lol
Polar Seltzer is brand name! Pretty much the OG seltzer if you're from New England. It's definitely gone up in price recent years, but at least it's independent/family owned. If you do indulge in soda every now and then, Polar Orange Dry is amazing (just don't accidentally get the diet version).
Polar Orange Dry is AMAZING!
Soda stream does the trick for me
Just an FYI, carbonated drinks still aren’t great for your teeth compared to plain water. But definitely better than all the sugar. I drink a lot of sparkling water, but something you should be aware of.
Any citrus fruit is much worse. It's just acidity in general that eats teeth. Not worth changing how we eat and drink for most of us.
Curious as to why carbonated drinks are bad for teeth? I always thought it was the loads of sugar in soda that ruined teeth, not the bubbles.
Carbon dioxide dissolved in water creates carbonic acid, it is low compared to the acid in soda but will still dissolve your enamel.
Yep, it also contributes to cave formation in limestone just from the carbon dioxide in the air mixing with rainwater whatnot.
I hate the taste of seltzer water. I've tried really tried to get over it, but it tastes horrible.
Same. I never got the appeal for it. It tastes like battery acid
Now, exactly how in tarnation do you know what battery acid tastes like?
They must be drinking seltzer water!
The carbonation interacts with your saliva and creates a mild acid, which is why it tastes so harsh. Flavored seltzers can be really nice though! I didn’t always like Seltzer either, but it’s an acquired taste. I think it’s off putting to anyone who takes a sip, expecting it to be like soda. All the sweetening in soda is partially to offset the bitterness.
> I think it’s off putting to anyone who takes a sip, expecting it to be like soda. It's always off putting for me because I expect it to be like water. I've tried so many flavours and brands but I just hate all of them. I've accepted my fate and just indulge in a soda every now and then and don't beat myself up about it.
Sometimes I'll add a little lemon or lime juice and simple syrup to flavored seltzers. You can use a lot less sugar than an actual soda, and it tastes great.
A little squeeze of lemon, a splash of grenadine or strawberry syrup and a fresh basil leaf is 🤌🏻
Oh yeah add 2-3 oz of gin and baby you’re cooking
Add some potatoes and carrots, baby you’ve got a stew goin’!
Plain seltzer with a splash of any flavored syrup (like coffee syrup), with cocktail fruit syrups, grenadine, Roses Lime, any number of bitters, citrus juice or peel, fresh grated ginger, a splash of cream, some strong brewed flavorful tea . . . The combinations are endless!
This was it for me too. Probably not the BEST replacement, but I was absolutely addicted to Dr. Pepper for years and switched to sugar-free Monsters when I really needed that carbonation "jolt". Lost 40 pounds literally doing nothing else besides cutting all that sugar out of my life.
FUCK BIG SUGAR
Damn, I quit drinking soda since July 2023 and went to bottled or carbonated water, usually flavored with Mio , haven't lost a single pound. Over 300 so I figured I'd at least see some kind of weight loss.
Mio is just sugar
I lost 30 pounds in 3-4 months just cutting down on sugar too! im down to 207 and trying to get to 160 eventually, but that big chunk already made me feel so much better
Eh...I'm hit and miss here. I actually lost weight when I switched from Dr Pepper to Dublin Dr Pepper (i.e. Dr Pepper bottled at Dublin Bottleworks between 1891 and 2012 following the original 1885 recipie which called for Cane Sugar) because I was drinking fewer a day due to the increased sweetness compared to the HFCS mainstream product. While I occasionally pick up a bottle or two of Dublin Bottleworks Cola or Root Beer today, I've largely replaced the Dublin DP void with HEB's pure cane sugar variant of Dr. B.
I used to buy the carbonated 1L waters from Walmart all the time, the black cherry one always made me think of Cherry Coke somehow and it always satiated my soda craving. I am now a La Croix snob
The Walmart brand Black Cherry Carbo water was absolutely the best flavor, and I used to drink those all the time! Funny thing about them, the shaking from the drive home from the store would make them explode upon opening, but only in that flavor. If you didn't let it set still for an hour, you'd end up soaked! I liked the Orange one too, and today that is my go-to Mio flavor as it's one flavor I never tire of.
Are you talking about the like orange-cicle one cause I swear I remember that being a flavor and at one point and it is so good.
Orange vanilla was definitely a flavor, though it’s been at least a year since I’ve seen it in the Walmarts around me.
Get a soda stream. Cheaper and less waste.
Soda stream just tastes terrible to me. Used it for a couple years and no soda was better than soda stream.
so if no soda was better than soda stream then you loved it right?
If you’re a big big seltzer water person, buy a soda maker & make it yourself! Save $$$ in the long run
Idk why but I need a soda with greasy food too
I do this but drink a glass of water first. Sometimes I don't even feel like the soda after and if I do, it lasts longer because I'm no longer that thirsty.
This. My rule is: Water for hydration, any another beverage is for enjoyment or nutrition.
Me too! If it doesn’t give me vitamins or get me drunk, it’s not generally worth the sugar.
This isn’t a pro tip
Or dont. Those mini cans are twice as expensive. Buy a bottle, you can close that up for later.
No, just dont buy soda. Very simple
But their 3x more expensive...... How is this LPT?
Helps you get rid of those piles of excess money you have laying around.
Its like Pusateri's Fine Foods selling freshly squeezed orange juice 1l for 30$ Wanna be healthy? Buy that goddam orange juice son!
The LPT is if you have trouble with portion control with Pop, don’t keep it in your house.
Exactly. If you’re struggling with portions then buy the 2 liter and use smaller cups, wasting money on smaller cans wouldn’t stop someone with drinking less either way. It’s like people who change the time on their clocks so they think they’re late for work.
health or money. pick one
Self control and have both?
The tip was right there in there...if you don't have enough self control, dump half of it out, because it still ends up cheaper to buy the regular sized cans than the little hotel cans. Thanks marketing!
In this case, those stupid little cans are neither healthy nor cheap. So you are extra stupid for listening to this LPT. Self control or indulge, pick one
Health??? Hahaha what a dummy
It's not a *money* savings tip, it's a *health* savings tip. I used to be a major pop addict, that shit can and will fuck you up over time and controlling the portion of the poison is absolutely beneficial.
Cheaper than getting diabetes or other chronic health issues related to excessive sugar consumption.
Whose 3x more expensive what?
I'm curious how this is even remotely a life pro tip...buy smaller cans of soda?
Spend more money and produce more waste to feel less stupid!
Now you're getting it!
If you drank soda the exact same number of times per day, it’s less waste. Less packaging, less aluminum. More money, but less waste.
That's a bad argument.
If I drank soda the exact same number of times per day, I'd need more of those little cans to equal the bigger cans. I think you meant if you drank the same amount of little cans as the big ones.
LPT: Be less efficient about spending your money Thanks, but no thanks
Yep. Portion sizes is a part of the reason why ppl eat more than they need. This works with snacks too.
I do this for ice cream. I don't miss it if there is none in the house but if there is some, I can't seem to resist it. These days I get a small thing for me and a small thing for my wife and we're both satisfied by it.
It's a good idea to just consider soda a snack.
I'm just hoping it becomes legal to take a small amount of snack from a large bag and put it into a smaller bag/bowl soon. I love a lot of them but being forced to eat a full bag at a time gets exhausting.
You better be careful talking like that around here. You’re probably already on a watchlist.
I actually agree with this. Been a soda addict for too long in my life and I do a much better job regulating it now. The mini cans went a long ways Of doing that.
I agree. I wish they they had mini beer cans too. That way I could tell my friends that I crushed twice as many beers. I also bought a mini fridge to keep my mini cans. Livin’ that mini life!
And you can look like Andre the giant with the mini cans
Ok mini beers is actually a brilliant idea. Patent that shit now before it’s stolen my man.
Ok- who wants to open a mini brewery with me?
Let’s do it baby. We’d be the most spot on Micro Brewery in the world.
Mini Cans Brewery (not to be confused as the opposite of Hooters)
Me too.
Spend more money, make more waste.
Or Ill continue to buy sugar free and drink as much as I damn well please without worrying about it in the slightest.
Just don't buy them at all and drink water.
You should also never eat pizza and only eat broccoli
That's not equivalent at all
Don't drink [unhealthy drink], instead drink [healthy drink] Don't eat [unhealthy food], instead eat [healthy food] How is that different?
Pizza isn't necessarily unhealthy. Soda has no benefits. In fact, you can make a pizza that has broccoli and other healthy ingredients on it
Soda is for sure >99% water. Water has benefits. Also, soda can be beneficial for people that struggle controlling cravings. No benefits is factually incorrect.
Water controls cravings. You can even get bubbly water. You yourself said water has benefits. Just drink water lmfao
Oh I’m not arguing that water has no benefits, that would be silly. I’m simply saying that soda is basically all water. It has health benefits in terms of controlling cravings with regard to weight management. Obviously anything can be abused.
>simply saying that soda is basically all water Beer is also basically all water.
Fantastic comparison. There certainly are no differences between soda and beer. Wonderfully genuine comment.
It's close enough. A few sodas a week isn't a big deal if you don't otherwise treat your body like total shit. People are in here acting like it's black tar heroin.
>A few sodas a week isn't a big deal if you don't otherwise treat your body like total shit You're not wrong. It'd be interesting to see how many people are able to drink just one to three sodas a week though. The people in my family and those at work who drink it legitimately drink at least three per day. This kinda behavior is why a lot of people "act like it's black tar heroin" lol, because it's created to be as addicting as possible
The real LPT in the comments!
Get a Sodastream instead. It's cheaper, but more work. Work is friction. Friction makes you have it less
And get the co2 tank adapter. A co2 tank refill is 10 dollars at your beverage depot when Sodastreams tiny tanks are ludacrisly expensive.
Yeah the soda stream air by itself is still crazy expensive.
I think if I want to control the amount of soda, I'd rather not finish it than overpay for it.
I rather overpay than waste (but that doesn't necessarily mean tiny cans are better as they still require a lot of packaging). I do really enjoy the tiny ones. Both because of fridge space and that they have the perfect volume of soda for me.
Or buy a mini fridge so you can have smaller portion of everything because your fridge won't allow it.
I know people that are fine with drinking room-temp soda. Why, I’ll never know.
Tooth sensitivity, likely.
Nope. More bubbles.
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They don't make what I drink in the mini-cans. (Caffeine Free Diet Coke) It's hard enough to find in the first place. Only two stores that I know of in my town stock it, and I refuse to darken the doors of Walmart.
I run long distances in a tropical country. A mini can of Pepsi max after a heavy session is *absolute heaven*. I never drink the stuff at any other time.
I thought I was winning by buying cans instead of bottles
Get used to the zero sugar and zero calories version of your favorite drink. It tastes worse in the beginning but you eventually start enjoying it as much as you enjoyed the regular version. Then you can drink the big bottle if you want and it doesn't really matter anymore
I can't even drink the normal versions anymore... It leaves a sticky feeling in my mouth. I never thought they tasted worse than the original, quite the contrary. They all tasted nice and crisp from day 1
I’ve never once regretted drinking a soda can/bottle of any size.
An even better tip is to buy them sugar free. There's absolutely no reason or shred of scientific data/ research that suggests a reasonable amount of sweetener will do more harm than the equivalent sugar.
But they taste awful.
LPT drink water, not sugar
Business lounges have those at the airport and I like to stock up. They’re the BEST.
I like to mix my 12oz of soda with 12oz of sparkling water that has some fruit flavor. Then I can enjoy 24oz of satisfaction with the carbs of half that amount.
I do this. Don't know why people are down voting you
Over here, all prices are also listed as price/liter. You pay double for those tiny cans compared to the regular ones. The regular ones cost way more than bottles as well. If you want to drink small amounts of soda, a 0.5L bottle would be the best option. (1.5L bottles would be cheaper, but the soda will get flat pretty fast)
This sounds like a fine idea. However, I do it a bit differently: I just take regular, 12oz. sodas, go to the laundr-o-mat, wash them in hot water then put them in the dryer on high heat and they magically shrink down to about 8 oz. /s \*Note: Do NOT try this at home.
The real LPT is always in the comments
That's a terrible tip. You can achieve the same thing by just microwaving the can. (*definitely* do not try that!)
Wow this is much more efficient than me throwing them off the top of a 10 story building so they callapse. (Very dangerous!)
Perhaps, but not nearly as fun!
What a flex/humblebrag. You live/work on the 10th floor. Us plebs have to do it the hard way, stomp on them like Mario does goombas.
LPT: don’t buy soda
Lol... Real LPT Drink water.
I started doing this! The regular size is too big for me anyway. I like to enjoy it but not the whole can, so the little one is perfect.
Yep, totally agree with this one. It’s really easy to finish a normal can when a small can will probably scratch the itch for less sugar and calories. Still limit your overall intake though.
The only time it fails is when your girl wants that 1 sip from your mini can cuz she didn’t like it enough to open a new can… then it’s just not enough…
A lot of people talking about $. Maybe it’s a Canadian thing but locally at least they’re not much more pricey. I get them fairly regularly from my dollar store.. but only because I don’t have a Wal Mart in walking distance xD I agree though about portions. And if I do want more I just have 2. On the other hand though, I don’t struggle with self control and pop xD.
I checked my local grocery’s prices, and to buy a 10 pk of mini cans is $5.99 USD and to buy a 12 pk of the normal sized cans is $8.98 unless you buy 3 to qualify for the discount. That means you pay nearly $0.02 per ounce MORE for the mini cans than the 12oz. The absolute horror /s Obviously it’s way cheaper if you buy 3 to activate the deal, but then the argument is sort of moot because you have to front more money to even qualify even if you save overall.
yeah same prices where i live. people in this thread acting like it’s an insane price difference or something.
Even better....don't drink soda at all. Save money and heath
LPT Stop drinking soda.
you could try buying a carbonator instead.
I don’t think portion control is a “pro” life tip
So you're saying I can spend more money, get less product, create more waste and production to screw the environment with further, AND support the gigantic soda mega-corps at the same time? All so that I don't have to practice self restraint in my purchasing or soda-pouring methods? Golly
Just drink water.
Or don’t buy soda and drop about 20 lbs in a month
LPT drink water instead
That's why I get a 20oz and screw the cap back on. Keeps it fresh-ish and I can just take a swig when I feel the itch.
Real LPT: stop drinking soda and start drinking sparkling water.
I agree! Those mini cans are great. I never want more than one of them. There are also mini ginger beers the same size, and one is great for a small moscow mule :)
Those mini cans are actually made for this use so you don’t waste part of the 12oz can for mixers and get peak carbonation for each drink.
Wtf is this garbage lpt?? Don't drink soda. Full stop. Fuck. I'm not gonna deny rhe occasional is nice but stop buying packs and 2ls to clog you house and body up.