What Else Is in Diet Coke? Ingredient & Pharma Formulation Overlap

Verified crossover ingredients

See which ingredients create the connection — and where else they show up.

4 verified crossovers

Verified crossover

Citric acid

What it does in food: Acidulant
What it does in pharma: pH adjuster and stabilizer in oral and injectable preparations
Pharma role: Documented as an inactive ingredient / excipientIt helps formulate the medicine; it is not necessarily providing the therapeutic effect.

88

formulations

3

pharma companies

1

medical-use areas

Documented in medicines used for

General medicine

The medical use describes the medication, not necessarily this ingredient's therapeutic role.

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Verified crossover

Phosphoric acid

What it does in food: Acidulant
What it does in pharma: pH adjuster in oral solutions
Pharma role: Role not classifiedRole varies by formulation — check each medicine’s documentation.

28

formulations

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companies pending

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uses pending

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Verified crossover

Aspartame

What it does in food: Food additive / labeled ingredient
What it does in pharma: ASPARTAME appears in 19 FDA IID formulation listing(s).
Pharma role: Documented as an inactive ingredient / excipientIt helps formulate the medicine; it is not necessarily providing the therapeutic effect.

19

formulations

2

pharma companies

3

medical-use areas

Documented in medicines used for

RespiratoryGeneral medicinePain

The medical use describes the medication, not necessarily this ingredient's therapeutic role.

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Most documented crossover

Citric acid

Highest formulation-record count among verified crossover ingredients in this product.

Also documented across 88 documented formulations · 3 pharma companies · 1 medical uses.

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Counts below are for Citric acid only — not the whole product.

This food
Diet Coke
Ingredient
Citric acid
Documented formulations
88 records
Medical uses
General medicine
Companies
3 companies linked to this ingredient

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Where these connections show up in medicine

Medical-use categories describe the medication — not necessarily a therapeutic role for the food ingredient.

General medicine7 documented formulations
Analgesia3 documented formulations
Pain1 documented formulation

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Pharma connections

Companies associated with documented pharmaceutical formulations containing these same verified ingredients.

7 companies connected

These are formulation connections. They do not mean the company manufactures, supplies, owns or profits from this food product.

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All ingredients

8 ingredients on label

Water
Excluded from Pharma Footprint
Caramel color
Evaluated · no documented crossover
Aspartame
● Verified crossover
Phosphoric acid
● Verified crossover
Potassium Benzoate
Not scorable by design

Why this matters

Here's what we found: some food ingredients also show up in documented pharmaceutical formulations. We show the connection and the evidence — you decide what it means.

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