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From what I understand, a lot of this caffeine is sold to soda makers as a byproduct of the decaffeination process used on coffee beans.

Does this mean the end of soda as well?

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> "But most of the caffeine used in soft drinks is actually synthetically produced in Chinese pharmaceutical plants."

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/03/13/289750754/wak...

I'd love a good cola that has no caffiene. (Although I also don't want it to have sugar either.)

There's a niche in the market for somethig that tastes nice, is cold, isn't full of sugar and is not caffeinated.

Kola nut has caffeine, so a cola sort naturally does too.

(my point being more that marketers probably won't call what you are looking for cola, not the pedantry)

Diet Rite is my cola of choice. No Caffeine, sweetened with sucralose instead of aspartame. They could use some help with their product packaging, it looks a lot like generic/store-brand soda :)

> There's a niche in the market for somethig that tastes nice, is cold, isn't full of sugar and is not caffeinated.

Ice water?

(and I'm saying this as a cola enthusiast)

What do you mean by 'good cola'? Coca-Cola has caffeine free variants of both Diet Coke and Coke Zero. Up here in Canada you can usually find them at major supermarket chains. If by good you mean not Coca-Cola or Pepsi... well then ya, there probably aren't many choices.

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