It seems all sizes of Schweppes Tonic Water (as well as American Dry) have been reconstituted with paler yellow bottle marking and the dreaded words “FAIBLE EN CALORIES” or KALORIENARM” on the label.
This new light version is disgusting and ruins a G&T. That would be fine were the original ‘Fat Line` still available, but it ain’t. Coop and Denner are only selling the reduce calorie version.
It’s enough to make me stop drinking - well, quit G&Ts at least…
Top tip: don’t use Schweppes 
It’s just dumb. The high calorie content of a gin and tonic has never been the tonic - it’s the gin.
If people are worried about calories, they ought to chose another drink.
I prefer Schweppes to Fever Tree.
Depends on the gin, for me. Schweppes does tend to go with the slightly earthier gins. There’s a Swiss tonic I had in a hotel which was good but I can’t remember the name.
Fever Tree is (again, for me) better with the citrus-y or floral-y gins.
I’m not a lush, honest… 
Are you sure? I think I’ve seen the normal Schweppes quite recently. The 0 sugar version is a bit weird but I didn’t taste the reduced calorie version.
Both 0%and ‘full-fat’ Schweppes tonic available down here in Geneva, both in the Coop and Migros, not been in Denner recently so not sure about them.
Migros online also has both types.
Perhaps there’s just a temporary supply hiccup in your area?
I thought Kalorienarm Schweppes has a bit of sugar though (as well as Süssungsmittel) but I might be wrong.
If people are drinking enough gin and tonics to worry about excessive sugar consumption then instead they really ought to be considering how much gin they are drinking as that’s likely to be far too much!
My m-i-l is buying the 0 sugar Schweppes for gin and tonics because she has diabetes. It’s acceptable, but I prefer the classic version. OP is onto something though, they came up with this new label “Kalorienarm” which will probably replace the “full fat” version.
Obviously it has it’s uses for diabetics but this new tonic seems like marketing bllsht.
There has been a lot of evidence that many mainstream artificial sweeteners can cause more health problems than they solve.
This one contains less sugar than the normal version and less “dangerous” sweeteners than the usual suspects - in this case it’s Acesulfame potassium and Sucralose.
Schweppes is a business. Sugar costs money. Several countries have imposed taxes on sugary beverages. Sweeteners are cheaper than sugar. And of course they can market the lower-calorie claims. Sounds like a no-brainer for margin expansion IF they can keep the taste acceptable to most consumers.
Maybe, but the margins on sugary fizzy drinks are massive - they are basically carbonated water and sugar so I’m sure the manufacturers can manage the costs with real sugar.
This tonic is made in Switzerland - there is no sugar tax here.
Schweppes already make a tonic (slimline) with an artificial sweetener (Aspartame) which has recently had a bad press with possible cancer causing possibilities.
The sweeteners in the new version don’t have this cancer association (but they do have other possible health risks).
It’s a bit like the alternative to Marlboro Cigarettes - Marlboro Lights. Just as bad for you as people inhale more deeply with the Lights but people buy into the “less unhealthy” marketing bumpf.
I think you are wrong and I’ve given my reasoning.
I don’t know. But why then would they change the recipe? And do you really believe that companies are ever happy with their margins?
Anyway, I consume maybe one liter of Schweppes per year.
Did you read any of my post about the recent findings about the current sweeteners health scare?
Why would that explain to remove sugar and add whatever “good” sweetener from a full sugar version?
It’s still got sugar in there - but less of it - and so “more healthy” (sugar has a bad press too now as it’s considered one of the number one causes of obesity).
I tell you, it’s all marketing.
I am not sure if there will be any benefits though; how much Schweppes does anyone really drink? I can think of only two instances; with gin (who would drink plain gin anyways) and maybe for some summery mocktails. So it’s always in combination with something else.
They should have kept the “full-fat” version.
I don’t think that matters. It’s marketing and consumers will buy into it whether it serves any real purpose or not.
Look at all the UPF High protein stuff on sale now - You’d get more protein, without the additives with a can of tuna or a tub of cottage cheese but that’s not cool and trendy.
Cocktails:
Negroni,
Gin Martini
Gimlet
etc
Must try! 
But again, these are cocktails. I just don’t know anyone who would order a “gin on the rocks”.
No worries, your palates will adjust.
The sugar reduction is probably the result of the Declaration of Mailand, where certain beverage producers and big retailers agree to reduce the sugar content by 10% by the end of the year. As a consequence the reduction will either be permanent or an intermediate step on the path to additional reductions.
Participants include Coca Cola, Nestle, Danone, Migros and Coop.