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Diet Pepsi with aspartame may not totally disappear

FILE - This Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, shows a can of Diet Pepsi, center, and other Pepsi varieties, posed for a photo in Philadelphia. The artificial sweetener in Diet Pepsi is about to change from aspartame to sucralose, but fans of the old formula may still be able to get it. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE - This Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, shows a can of Diet Pepsi, center, and other Pepsi varieties, posed for a photo in Philadelphia. The artificial sweetener in Diet Pepsi is about to change from aspartame to sucralose, but fans of the old formula may still be able to get it. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) FILE - This Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, shows a can of Diet Pepsi, center, and other Pepsi varieties, posed for a photo in Philadelphia. The artificial sweetener in Diet Pepsi is about to change from aspartame to sucralose, but fans of the old formula may still be able to get it. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

By Associated Press 2 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – The artificial sweetener in Diet Pepsi is about to change, but fans of the old formula may still be able to get it.

PepsiCo said earlier this year it would replace the aspartame in Diet Pepsi with sucralose, another artificial sweetener many know as Splenda, in response to customer feedback. That change is set to take place in the U.S. starting this summer.

But during a call to discuss its earnings Thursday, PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi said “for those consumers who still love Diet Pepsi with aspartame, we’ll figure out how to make it available online.”

A representative for PepsiCo declined to elaborate on Nooyi’s comment.

Whether there’s lingering demand for Diet Pepsi with aspartame remains to be seen. Seth Kaufman, vice president of Pepsi, has said that the reformulated drink might have a “slightly different mouthfeel,” but that people will still be able to recognize the drink to be Diet Pepsi.