To think we should be allowed two cokes as part of the Nando’s bottomless drink deal?

Do the decent thing and turn yourself in before Crimewatch pick up on it 😯

Same here. I can’t stand normal coke, disgusting sweet. Which unfortunately makes me one of those fat blokes that walks into a kebab shop and orders an extra-large doner with chips and a Diet Coke!

It is the new law that bans promotions ( 2 for 1, bottomless etc) on unhealthy food. That is food with high fat, sugar or salt. I am someone who thinks it is a good idea. People in this country eat such an unhealthy diet.

That's because it interferes with the body's insulin response and makes you crave sugar. It's nasty stuff.

It’s not just about calories though it’s about teeth too.

I’m in my forties and have never had a filling, my dad was in his fifties before he had one because he was brought up to have no drinks with sugar in and did the same for me and my sister.

My sister had some in her thirties but she drinks tea and coffee with sugar and I’ve never drank either of them.

Two of my friends have kids who have had multiple fillings before they were in their teens. One friend constantly gave her daughter coke and she was having fillings in her milk teeth!

I did that thing we used to learn as kids where you put a coin in a glass of coke and told her to put one of the milk teeth in as well and see what happens. Her daughter has had less dental problems but has had fillings since because despite cutting out fizzy drinks with sugar she still has it in hot drinks.

My teeth are also bright white as they aren’t stained from tea and coffee but I won’t gloat because I have my vices 😂.

illegal? What type of coke are you actually meaning here OP 🥸 I hope you aren’t on the white kind

I think your DH was a bit of a dill. Why didn’t he just get a second refill? I’m sure they are not standing there recording who got the first one and checking ID’s, and not are the police going to come charging in if you do get ‘busted’. A lot of drama over nothing.

Crazy. Must be the sugar tax. Ironically, diet coke is more damaging to the health because of additives and possible carcinogenics.

Sweeteners ARE bad for you. Suggest you do more research. And they are linked to gastro issues for many people and migraines. They also taste disgusting if you’re not used to them. Sugar isn’t the enemy.

Are there any sugared squashes left? Coming for a visit from Aus soon and we can’t stand artificial sweeteners. I nearly cried when I saw my beloved Ribena was filled with the shite. I’d rather my kids have sugar than artificial sweeteners.

So funny I had no idea how many people profess to be so 'sensitive' to sweeteners until I read this thread 😂
I don't like diet coke and I think (not surprisingly) sugar tastes nicer but I thought it was pretty well established now that sweeteners are not bad for you, and certainly not worse than sugar.

To me they taste like alcohol has been added, let coke taste like a vodka coke bleurgh!

Diet Coke is disgusting and worse for your health than regular coke. Sweeteners are vile and make people fatter.

I have never heard of "full fat" Coke except on MN. I didn't think there was any fat in any version of Coke. Perhaps an English thing ?

No it's not 😂
Please don't confuse "illegal" (against the law, a criminal offence) with "no longer included in a bottomless drinks promotion"

It's cos sugar drinks cost more than sugar free, so it's to avoid having to charge you the additional tax each time or losing track of who's had drinks of different prices. If you ask for two cokes you can have two cokes they're just not on the refill.

I love full sugar coke but I also think it's important to tackle childhood (and adulthood) obesity. No matter how much exercise your DH does, he doesn't need 24 teaspoons of sugar along with his Nandos. And if he really really does he can just buy another coke.

For info:

YABU coke is liquid sugar

Reading comprehension, try again.

I love that artificial sweeteners now
allow the pearl clutchers to see Diet Coke as ‘artificial shite’ in comparison to lovely natural……coke. We’ve also had the usual quota of idiots referring to ‘full fat’ soft drinks, apparently oblivious to the actual fat content of these drinks.

Soft drink companies will be out of business soon if the proportion of mumsnetters who apparently find artificial sweetener ‘disgusting’ or who get explosive diarrhoea from a single glass if Diet Coke is reflected across the general population.

The solution I guess is to buy a second Coke if desired?

I think it’s outrageous. Who are the gov to police this. Outrageous!

And I say this as some one completely unaffected. I think I love the taste of aspartame so drink Diet or Max. I am well aware it’s probably ten times worse for me than an occasional sugar hit at Nando’s.

I had 2 glasses at Nando’s yesterday even though there was a sign saying 1 only

uh on the met police are probably gonna come for me now

Who is going to police it? Just pour a second coke!

Beer doesn't have sweeteners in!

The sugar tax is

• Higher Rate:
• 24p per litre applies to soft drinks with a sugar content of 8g or more per 100ml.

Surely they know how much coke each customer drinks. Assuming it's about a litre why don't they just charge 24p more!

It’s not allowed as proper coke is not part of the meal deal for a refillable drink

this is what they should say rather than it being illegal

it’s not part of the deal for tax reasons

I did yeah. Now it's about three cans a week. Glad I reined it in!