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Diet Coke 500 ml PET bottle
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5 / 5 otherHalf-litre PET contour bottle of Diet Coke for Ireland and Northern Ireland, filled and distributed by Coca-Cola HBC, carrying an EAN-8 instead of a thirteen-digit barcode.
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Evidence awaiting context review
Market not established · unconfirmed
Evidence reviewed
These facts have not yet been grouped into confirmed label or edition contexts. Market and date qualifications belong to each source.
Context, dates & evidence notes · Other observations
Other observations & source differences (7)
Different sources or national labels can coexist. Differences alone do not establish a change to the product.
- Irish and Northern Irish label, 2014 supported · Compare evidence
The only uploads that photograph the barcode: upload 2 shows the EAN-8 printed "5449 1496" beside "500ml" and the operator block, upload 3 the whole back panel, upload 4 the bottle on the shelf. Also prints "best served chilled", "500ml = 2 x 250ml" and "© 2013 The Coca-Cola Company"
- Same label, 2017 print, with MADE IN GB supported · Compare evidence
Word for word the ie-2014 statement, so the normalised ingredient rows are recorded once on ie-2014. This print adds an oval "MADE IN GB" origin mark, "2 SERVINGS" and "©2017 The Coca-Cola Company". No barcode and no operator block are in frame, so no market is assigned from it
- British label, 2022-2023 unconfirmed · Compare evidence
Uploads 8 and 9 (2022-11-13) photograph the single-column panel and upload 11 (2023-05-10) the ingredient block with the OPRL "Cap On / Recycle" mark; upload 10 is the whole bottle. Neither shows the barcode, and the British sibling 5000112633719 carries the same name and size
- Front label photographed on shelf, 2025 unconfirmed · Compare evidence
Front only: "Diet Coke — REFRESHING TASTE NO CALORIES NO SUGAR" on a beige-silver wrap with a QR prize promotion. No back, no panel and no barcode in frame, so nothing but the claim wording is taken from it
- Irish label as reproduced by SuperValu supported · Compare evidence
A retailer reproduction of the label, not a photograph: SuperValu prints the same operator addresses and NI/ROI helpline numbers as the photographed pack. A third wording, keeping caffeine inside the flavourings as in 2014 but bracketing the acids as in 2023
- Coca-Cola GB brand page supported · Compare evidence
The maker's own British page, word for word the gb-2023 statement, so the normalised rows stay on gb-2023. Kept for its complete per-100 ml panel and because it shows the article is still in the British range. Covers the brand, not this pack size
- Evidence awaiting context review unconfirmed · selected
Product facts
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- 54491496 check digit OK
- Brand
- Coca-Cola
- Family
- Coca-Cola Light
- Category
- Food/Beverage, Beverages, Non Alcoholic Beverages - Ready to Drink, Drinks Flavoured - Ready to Drink
- Net content
- 500 ml
- Pack
- PET bottle
- Sold in
- 🇮🇪 Ireland[1], 🇬🇧 United Kingdom[2]
- Last observed on sale
- 2026-09-17
- Last sale evidence
- Asia Market (Dublin) shows it in stock at EUR 1.99 and Dee Bee Wholesale marks the line ACTIVE at RRP GBP 2.19, both printing this barcode, on 2026-09-17
- Made in
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- GS1 prefix
- 544 · Belgium and Luxembourg
- Status
- active
About this product
The half-litre PET contour bottle of Diet Coke sold in Ireland and Northern Ireland, and one of the few Coca-Cola articles to carry an eight-digit barcode: an EAN-8 has no company prefix, because GS1 Belgium and Luxembourg issues each number in the 540-549 range singly rather than in a block.[3] The back label names two bottlers, Coca-Cola HBC Northern Ireland Ltd. of 12 Lissue Road, Lisburn and Coca-Cola HBC Ireland Ltd. of Ballycoolin, Dublin 11, with a freephone number for each jurisdiction, and credits the recipe to The Coca-Cola Company.[4] Coca-Cola HBC describes itself as the group's strategic bottling partner for the island and fills at Knockmore Hill in Lisburn.[5] Dublin and British sellers still list the bottle by this barcode.[1][2]
Diet Coke was unveiled on 8 July 1982 and keeps that name in the United States, Great Britain and Ireland while much of the rest of Europe sells it as Coca-Cola Light.[6] The old Barcodepedia catalogued this barcode as "Diet Coke 500ml bottle" in 2009, with a producer line generated from the prefix rather than from any label.[7] Three ingredient wordings are on record for the number: the 2014 and 2017 labels declare "Natural Flavourings Including Caffeine, Phosphoric Acid, Citric Acid" under a "with Vegetable Extracts" denomination,[4][8] a 2023 British label reads "with Plant Extracts" and splits out a caffeine flavouring,[9] and the Irish sheet SuperValu publishes keeps caffeine inside the flavourings while bracketing the acids.[10] Every version declares no sugar and no calories, and warns that it contains a source of phenylalanine.[11]
Where it's sold
- Asia Market [1] Ireland EUR 1.99 · new Asia Market, Dublin, lists "Coca-Cola Diet Coke 500ml" with "Barcode 54491496", code DIETCO02, in stock at EUR 1.99, and reproduces the 2014 ingredient statement
- SuperValu [10] Ireland EUR 2.45 · new SuperValu Ireland lists "Diet Coke Bottle (500 ml)" at EUR 2.45 (EUR 4.90/l) plus a EUR 0.15 Re-turn deposit; the page prints no barcode but reproduces the same operator block and NI/ROI helpline numbers as the photographed pack
- Dee Bee Wholesale [2] United Kingdom GBP 2.19 · new Dee Bee Wholesale (Grimsby) lists "Diet Coke Cola 500ml Bottle" under "EAN 54491496", pack 24 x 500ML, status ACTIVE, RRP GBP 2.19 including 20% VAT, added 09/01/2012; wholesale price behind a login
- Global Trade Consortium [12] United Kingdom new Global Trade Consortium (Luton) lists "DIET COKE 500ML" with "Ean Barcode: 54491496", case 24x500ML, pallet 72, marked in stock; a trade site with no consumer price
- Freemans Confectionery [13] United Kingdom new Freemans Confectionery lists "500ML DIET COKE BOTTLES 500ML X 24" with "Barcode : 54491496", code 04COCB03, layer 12, pallet 72; prices behind a login
- Back label carries the British OPRL "Recycle — Cap On" sorting mark[9] United Kingdom
- Back label prints the Republic of Ireland freephone 1-800-317318 and names Coca-Cola HBC Ireland Ltd., Ballycoolin, Dublin 11 as an operator[4] Ireland
- Back label prints the Northern Irish freephone 0-800-317318 and names Coca-Cola HBC Northern Ireland Ltd., Lisburn, BT28 2SZ as an operator[4] United Kingdom
A listing is evidence that this barcode is sold there, on that date; a price is what that listing showed, not a recommended price. Store links may be affiliate links (how this works).
Other names for this product
Also known as
- Diet Coca-Cola 500 ml en
- 5449000019813
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Sources & research
Evidence reviewed
Asia Market
Asia Market: Coca-Cola Diet Coke 500ml
retailer · Accessed 2026-09-17
Source & attribution [1] ↗Dee Bee Wholesale
Dee Bee Wholesale: Diet Coke Cola 500ml Bottle
retailer · Accessed 2026-09-17
Source & attribution [2] ↗GS1
GS1: GS1 Company Prefix, the prefix-to-member-organisation table
registry · Accessed 2026-09-17
Source & attribution [3] ↗Coverage & research gaps (20)
Coverage measures the evidence recorded here. It does not rate the product.
- Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
- Context: 6 / 7 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
- Label photographs: 0 / 6 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
- Irish and Northern Irish label, 2014: nutrient evidence: 12 / 12 · Recorded nutrient rows linked to a source; not the number of nutrients that ought to exist
- British label, 2022-2023: nutrient evidence: 6 / 6 · Recorded nutrient rows linked to a source; not the number of nutrients that ought to exist
- Irish label as reproduced by SuperValu: nutrient evidence: 16 / 16 · Recorded nutrient rows linked to a source; not the number of nutrients that ought to exist
- Coca-Cola GB brand page: nutrient evidence: 8 / 8 · Recorded nutrient rows linked to a source; not the number of nutrients that ought to exist
- relationships · unknown: A GTIN-8 carries no company prefix: GS1 Belgium and Luxembourg issues each number in the 540-549 range one at a time, and no public source names who holds 54491496, so there is no gs1_prefix_owner row
- identity · disputed: Origin sources disagree: the 2017 label prints an oval "MADE IN GB", Asia Market's data sheet gives "Country Of Origin: Ireland" and SuperValu flags the article "Irish Made". Coca-Cola HBC fills at Knockmore Hill in Lisburn and at Ballycoolin in Dublin. Only the printed mark is recorded
- identity · unknown: Dee Bee Wholesale lists a second code, EAN 5449000019813, under the same product record; it is held here as a gtin alias. Nothing else carries that number, Open Food Facts has no record of it, and no source states whether it is an older consumer code or a trade code
- identity · unknown: No upload after 2017 shows the barcode. The 2022-2025 photographs are filed on this record but the British sibling 5000112633719 has the same name and size, so those labels are recorded as unconfirmed for this GTIN
- markets · unknown: Open Food Facts tags this barcode France, India and United Kingdom. No French or Indian label, listing or operator address was found, and every photograph shows an English-language Irish and Northern Irish pack, so neither country is listed
- markets · not_researched: Amazon: a search of amazon.co.uk returns Diet Coke 500 ml listings, including the single bottle B00VX1YKDI and several 24-bottle cases, but none of the pages read printed this barcode, so no Amazon row was added. Amazon has no Irish grocery storefront reachable here
- nutrition · unknown: The 2023 back photograph crops the panel's fat row, so only energy, carbohydrate, sugars and salt are transcribed from that label
- images · unknown: Open Food Facts upload 7 (2022-10-21) is a United States Nutrition Facts panel reading 170 calories, 43 g carbohydrate and 40 g sugars on a green pack: another product misfiled on this barcode, and not used here
- relationships · unknown: Dee Bee Wholesale names "Coca Cola Enterprises" as the manufacturer of this line while the pack itself names Coca-Cola HBC. The trade record is not used for a relation; the printed operator block is
- markets · unknown: Searched amazon.ie on 2026-09-17 for "Diet Coke 500 ml" (no results), "coca cola" (brand, 2 pages), "000054491496" (no results), plus "diet coke" and "diet coke 500ml bottle" sorted by price ascending: no listing of this article; No Diet Coke beverage of any size on the store: the brand search returns only merchandise (lip balms, LED signs, mugs, bedding, socks) and Coca-Cola Original Taste multipacks in glass (B01ET9ABXI 6 x 330 ml, B00DPKUKPC 24 x 330 ml, B0B2SB7Q2Z 24 x 200 ml, B00XA0EV16 4 x 200 ml); the "diet coke" sear
- evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
- evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
- evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
- evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
- schema · schema_gap: Review and assign legacy facts to coherent observations.
- nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
- ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
- nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
- ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
- nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
All references & source details
References
- ↑ Asia Market: Coca-Cola Diet Coke 500ml Asia Market. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-17. Record: DIETCO02. "Barcode 54491496", price, ingredients, origin field.
- ↑ Dee Bee Wholesale: Diet Coke Cola 500ml Bottle Dee Bee Wholesale. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-17. Record: 881404. "EAN 54491496" and "EAN 05449000019813", RRP, pack configuration, status, panel.
- ↑ GS1: GS1 Company Prefix, the prefix-to-member-organisation table GS1. registry. Accessed 2026-09-17. "540 - 549 GS1 Belgium & Luxembourg"; "0000001 - 0000099 Unused to avoid collision with GTIN-8".
- ↑ Open Food Facts photos: 2014 back label with the EAN-8 and the operator block Open Food Facts. pack. Accessed 2026-09-17. Record: 2-4. Uploads 2 (barcode, 500ml, operator block), 3 (whole back panel), 4 (bottle on shelf), 2014-11-12. cc-by-sa-3.0. Open Food Facts contributors. Upstream: Open Food Facts.
- ↑ Coca-Cola HBC Ireland and Northern Ireland: homepage, Wayback capture Coca-Cola HBC. manufacturer. Published 2026-06-15. Accessed 2026-09-17. "strategic bottling partner of the Coca-Cola Company"; Knockmore Hill production facility in Lisburn.
- ↑ Wikipedia: Diet Coke Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-17. Launch date and the Diet Coke / Coca-Cola Light naming split. cc-by-sa-4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
- ↑ Barcodepedia 2006-2013 via the Wayback Machine: "Diet Coke 500ml bottle" Barcodepedia. other. Published 2009-08-27. Accessed 2026-09-17. Record: 54491496. Page title and "EAN8 - 54491496".
- ↑ Open Food Facts photo: 2017 back label with the MADE IN GB mark Open Food Facts. pack. Accessed 2026-09-17. Record: 5. Upload 5, 2017-11-27, 2389 x 2564 px, filed under the French ingredients key but showing an English label. cc-by-sa-3.0. Open Food Facts contributors. Upstream: Open Food Facts.
- ↑ Open Food Facts photos: 2022-2023 British label, panel and bottle Open Food Facts. pack. Accessed 2026-09-17. Record: 8-11. Uploads 8 and 9 (panel, 2022-11-13), 10 (bottle) and 11 (ingredient block and Recycle mark), 2023-05-10. cc-by-sa-3.0. Open Food Facts contributors. Upstream: Open Food Facts.
- ↑ SuperValu: Diet Coke Bottle (500 ml) SuperValu. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-17. Record: 1016995006. Ingredients, two-column panel, manufacturer address block, price and deposit.
- ↑ Coca-Cola GB: Diet Coke The Coca-Cola Company. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-17. Ingredient statement and per-100 ml panel of the British range.
- ↑ Global Trade Consortium: DIET COKE 500ML Global Trade Consortium. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-17. Record: 10043. "Ean Barcode: 54491496", case and pallet configuration.
- ↑ Freemans Confectionery: 500ML DIET COKE BOTTLES 500ML X 24 Freemans Confectionery. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-17. Record: 04COCB03. "Barcode : 54491496", case and pallet configuration.
Further sources
Additional sources recorded for this entry, including other observations and related pages.
- Open Food Facts: Diet Coke 500 ml Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-17. Record: 0000054491496. Product record and its eleven uploads. ODbL. Open Food Facts contributors.
- Open Food Facts photo: 2025 front label on the shelf Open Food Facts. pack. Accessed 2026-09-17. Record: 12. Upload 12, 2025-06-22, 1761 x 3657 px. cc-by-sa-3.0. Open Food Facts contributors. Upstream: Open Food Facts.
Barcode & identifiers
- EAN-8
54491496- GTIN-14
00000054491496- EAN-13 / GTIN-13
0000054491496
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