If you’re a big fan of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, you may want to brace yourself. The recipe for your beloved drink is changing
Coca-Cola has confirmed that it is tweaking the beverage to make it taste more like regular Coke.
The product’s can will also look different — all red, rather than red and black.
The move comes as Coca-Cola focuses its resources trademark products. The company hopes the updated version of Coke Zero will attract more consumers.
The new version, which will replace the current one, is rolling out in the United States this month. It will hit Canada in September
Coca-Cola has already updated the product in some international markets.
The beverage giant did not say exactly how it was changing the recipe in the United States. However, it did note that the new version should taste “more refreshing and delicious.”
Coca-Cola first launched Coke Zero in 2005
In 2017, it tweaked the product’s recipe and rebranded it as Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. At the time, the change was also upsetting to some drinkers. One Twitter user begged the company to “bring back Coke Zero,” adding “#CokeZeroSugar is gross.” Another called the new iteration “awful.”