What they do have are possibly carcinogenic food colorings, tooth-enamel-eroding flavors, and additives, and the sweeteners like aspartame can create elevated risks of heart disease, stroke, and type-II diabetes.
Well, it's true that sweet and salty flavours go together well, but the correct answer was… white chocolate and caviar, a combination described by Swiss master flavourist, Fran Ois Benzi, as " weird but wonderful" .
As a result of this move, bottled mineral water without any sweetening agents added steadily became unfashionable, and the market, by the 1960s, had declined to an almost nonexistent level in the UK.
Carry your own sugar-free drinks when you are away from home. Good choices are bottled water, club soda with lemon or lime slices, sugar-free soft drinks, and unsweetened or artificially sweetened tea.