Talk:Tab (soft drink)

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I have changed the picture. --Jon Revelle 08:16, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

This article needs a better picture.

  • Heh. Sorry about that; the lighting was crummy and I'm using this camera from around 1993, so have mercy. On the plus side, it's Public Domain. -Litefantastic 22:46, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Edited the 2nd paragraph for clarity and conciseness (concision?). -- Cooper


Can one still get a cup of the stuff, for free even, at any of the World of Coke's or Coca-cola Museums? Also, I heard that they still distribute it because it's an ingrident in some alcoholic cocktails. True? Ewlyahoocom 19:19, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Yes! I was at World of Coke in Atlanta, and they did indeed have TaB! And TaB has a rabidly loyal following, so if Coke ever discontinued it, they would get alot of letters and emails and calls from a VERY vocal minority. [[User:JonMoore|— —JonMoore 20:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)]] 19:35, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

I don't understand how one could say that TaB has no aftertaste--it tastes like toothpaste! Diet Coke does *not* have an aftertaste, in comparative terms relative to TaB.

I can't say that I entirely disagree. Diet Coke doesn't have much taste at all! weetbixkid 19:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Better image at http://www2.coca-cola.com/presscenter/img/imagebrands/downloads/lg_tab.jpg From coke's legal page pertaining to images: USAGE RIGHTS: These photos are for editorial use only in newspapers, news magazines, trade publications and broadcast media. All images remain the property of The Coca-Cola Company. Under no circumstances can these images be used for any personal or commercial purpose.

  • Object. The current image is just fine, and it's in the public domain. -Litefantastic 20:22, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
    • What happened to...nevermind. -- Tflynn17 16:05, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Tab Xtra

In the 1990s CCC released a new drink called "Tab Xtra". I was suprised not to find any info on it here, but doing a quick google search for it seems to show that it was only sold in Scandinavia. Anyone know more about this? --Kvaks 11:02, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

No. I'm intrigued, though. -Litefantastic 15:09, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
Translated from the Coca-Cola.no web site:
Tab X-Tra was released in Norway in 1994 as a sugar free alternative for coke drinkers. Norway was the first country in which Tab X-Tra was released, and today the product is only available in Norway, Sweden and Iceland.'
It does not say in which countries it has been sold in the meantime. While writing this I found that the drink does actually have an wikipedia article: Tab x-tra. Here's a picture of a bottle. --Kvaks 13:42, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
No, I don't think Tab X-tra should be merged into this article. -Litefantastic 17:37, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lousy picture

This article STILL needs a better picture. A picture of two cans chilling in the snow on some guy's deck doesn't cut it for an encyclopedic entry. --Dino213aa 20:26, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

How so? It's a photo of TaB in cans. What more do you want??

[edit] Which came first, Tab or Fresca?

Both diet drinks from Coca-Cola. Both 1963. Which was first, though?  ProhibitOnions  (T) 19:28, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes. The article asserts "It was the first diet soft drink brand produced by the Coca-Cola Company." If Fresca came before Tab, this isn't true. ProhibitOnions (T) 19:02, 17 December 2006 (UTC)


The "problem" could be easily solved by calling TaB a "diet cola" (same catagory as Diet Rite) as opposed to "diet soft drink," since Fresca is not a cola. Blueerica 18:13, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The origins of the name

I find the story about the origins of the TAB name to be quite dubious, considering that it is stated in the intro that the inventor was Michael Tabb. Either that, or that Michael Tabb thing is nonsense. Can someone clear up the confusion? Andri Egilsson 10:50, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

The Michael Tabb thing is most likely fiction. The origins of the name have been confirmed by several articles, including this Atlantic Monthly article from 1963 http://home.epix.net/~tjwagner/tabarticle.html. Also, the user who added that added the Michael Tabb name to another article in a similarly dubious manner. I have removed the reference from the Tab article. However, I find no substantiation for the idea of there being an Urban Myth about "Totally Artificial Beverage" other than one questionable web page. Bubbas Brain 13:48, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

The 250,000 computer-generated letter combinations is a tad high. The number of 4-letter words containing one vowel is 5 (number of vowels) * 21^3 (number of three-consonant combinations) * 4 (number of vowel positions) = 185,220.--Hieronymus Illinensis (talk) 16:35, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TaB in popular culture

Just curious as to why so much under this section was deleted. Select, seemingly random references to TaB in popular culture were removed. While others of seemingly equal randomness remain. 67.53.78.15 06:05, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inconsistent: Tab vs. TaB

The article spells the name both "Tab" and "TaB." All of these should be changed to one or the other (including the title). So which is it officially? --Fez2005 23:09, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Officially I think its TaB. If you go to any grocery store and look at the price thingy, you'll notice it says TaB.

Bing-A-Bong 03:44, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

It's irrelevant how a logo is styled, otherwise we'd have SONY, vodafone, ebaY, etc. Even if Coca-Cola insisted on this spelling in normal text, which they don't, WP:CAPS is pretty clear about this -- it would be "Tab". ProhibitOnions (T) 07:00, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Advertisements

A few weeks ago, Keith Olbermann managed to comment on an old TaB advert colleague Cris Collinsworth had done during his playing days, and pretty much ragged him over it. Would this be mentioning as it ended up turning the whole Football Night in America pregame that week into almost an hour of product placement? WAVY 10 Fan (talk) 18:47, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Messy wording

"Tab was the second diet cola overall, after Diet-Rite Cola, though the latter was initially sold as a diet aid, not as a mass-market product [1]; its popularity with the general public surprised its maker, Royal Crown Cola."

The last part "its popularity with the general public surprised its maker, Royal Crown Cola." is somewhat ambiguously written. Someone could read that and confuse the "its" meaning Diet Rite with meaning Tab and think Tab was originally an RC product. I'm not really sure how to reword it. The whole thing seems like it's trying to fit too many things in one sentence. I'm not even sure it's all strictly relevant to Tab.76.226.123.243 (talk) 06:11, 7 April 2008 (UTC)