The Conversation

Why is it so hard for drink companies to get this right? We don’t need sodas to be loaded with sugar, nor do we want them tasting like someone carbonated a chemistry experiment (looking at you, diet versions). A reduced-sugar option would actually hit that sweet spot—literally and figuratively. Some of us want the flavor without all the guilt or weird aftertaste. It’s ridiculous that this isn’t already standard. Give us choices that make sense, and stop making us choose between sugar overload or artificial sweetener land.