What drink contains more caffeine, Diet Dr. Pepper or Diet Coke?

Splenda has been added to a new type of Diet Coke product in 2005 called Diet Coke Splenda. Pepsico. uses Splenda as well in its Pepsi One product. Mountain Dew contains Splenda as well. Other products that use Splenda include Dr. Hansen's Diet Sodas and all Dr. Rite soft drinks.

Dr. Pepper products that contain caffeine are:

• Dr. Pepper

• Diet Dr. Pepper

• Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper

• Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper

The following Dr. Pepper products are aspartame-free: Regular Dr. Pepper, Caffeine Free Dr. Pepper, Dr. Pepper Vanilla, and Dr. Pepper Cherry Vanilla.

According to the official website of Dr. Pepper, the shelf life of diet products containing aspartame or aspartame/AceK blends is 3 months. All plastic bottles have a shelf life of 3 months. Sugar products (sugar or high fructose) that are in a glass/can have a shelf life of 9 months.

Dr. Pepper was created sometimes during the early 1880's and first served in 1885. Coke was created a year later and made its first sales on May 8th, 1886.

Yes, Diet Coke actually contains more caffeine than the regular Coke. A can of Diet Coke contains about 42 mgs of caffeine, while a can of regular Coke contains 32 mgs of caffeine.

The most popular soft drink in the US without a doubt is Coca Cola. In second place comes it's diet version of Diet Coke. In third place comes Pepsi. In fourth place is Mountain Dew and at 5th place comes Dr. Pepper. For a complete list of the top ten most popular drinks in the US, check out this website: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42255151/ns/business-us_business/t/sweet-americas-top-brands-soda/#.UFrZi6Puj_Y.

The amount of caffeine in Diet Coke is as followed:

• In one can of Diet Coke (330 ml) there is about 40 mgs of caffeine.

• In a 500 ml bottle of Diet Coke there is about 60- mgs of caffeine.

• In 1.5 liter bottle of Diet Coke there is 180 mgs of caffeine.