I wish he’d make a video on how to remove aspartame from diet soda and replace it with regular sugar so I can finally drink this stupid hard mountain dew I bought before I realized they idiotically ONLY released it in nasty zero sugar flavors
I’m the exact opposite actually. I never liked the taste of regular coke, too sweet, so I’ve been drinking Diet Coke since I was a kid. Drink a couple of liters per week (although I’ve cut down since inflation has made it cost as much as liquid gold). I dislike the fake sweet flavor of Coke Zero, but I love the more refreshing taste of Diet Coke. It’s like sparkling water with caffeine.
I do realize the taste of Diet Coke varies quite a lot over the world, but in Western Europe it tastes perfect for me.
I like regular “Mexican” coke we have here in the states, ig Coca-cola reduces the sugar used in Latin-america or something.
But I can taste the aspartame immediately and it disgusts me. It doesn’t come across as a “sugar, but less sweet” it comes across as “Trying to be sugar but tastes like a metallic chemical compound instead”
To me, aspartame tastes plastic-y and reminds me of how hot asphalt smells. It has more of a chemical taste than a sweet one. Toothpaste gets a pass only because of all the mint that masks it.
Sucralose (Splenda) can taste rather like aspirin in the right concentration. Again, it’s “sweet” in a way but isn’t quite right.
sure, it’s a slightly different flavour and you might find that a bit weird, but it’s not nasty. It’s just a matter of getting used to it, i basically only drink sugar free soda and now i find that regular sugared soda tastes a bit strange and slightly too sweet.
I wish he’d make a video on how to remove aspartame from diet soda and replace it with regular sugar so I can finally drink this stupid hard mountain dew I bought before I realized they idiotically ONLY released it in nasty zero sugar flavors
I’m the exact opposite actually. I never liked the taste of regular coke, too sweet, so I’ve been drinking Diet Coke since I was a kid. Drink a couple of liters per week (although I’ve cut down since inflation has made it cost as much as liquid gold). I dislike the fake sweet flavor of Coke Zero, but I love the more refreshing taste of Diet Coke. It’s like sparkling water with caffeine.
I do realize the taste of Diet Coke varies quite a lot over the world, but in Western Europe it tastes perfect for me.
I like regular “Mexican” coke we have here in the states, ig Coca-cola reduces the sugar used in Latin-america or something.
But I can taste the aspartame immediately and it disgusts me. It doesn’t come across as a “sugar, but less sweet” it comes across as “Trying to be sugar but tastes like a metallic chemical compound instead”
Mexican coke has cane sugar instead of corn syrup, which is the main factor in it being better.
HFCS, specifically, which is very different from corn syrup.
Corn syrup is about 60% as sweet as sugar, by weight. HFCS is more sweet by weight, (if I remember right), because of the concentration of fructose.
If only Coke would take a queue from Pepsi and release cane sugar versions nationwide, I was a big fan of the Pepsi real sugar.
I’ve never really had a problem finding Mexican cokes here in Michigan. They’re not at every gas station but they are at many grocery stores.
what is the deal with people saying aspartame is nasty? it tastes slightly different from sugar lol
To me, aspartame tastes plastic-y and reminds me of how hot asphalt smells. It has more of a chemical taste than a sweet one. Toothpaste gets a pass only because of all the mint that masks it.
Sucralose (Splenda) can taste rather like aspirin in the right concentration. Again, it’s “sweet” in a way but isn’t quite right.
It’s the creepy valley of sweeteners. It tastes like wrong sugar.
sure, it’s a slightly different flavour and you might find that a bit weird, but it’s not nasty. It’s just a matter of getting used to it, i basically only drink sugar free soda and now i find that regular sugared soda tastes a bit strange and slightly too sweet.
Uncanny valley?
Googling “creepy valley” does hit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley as the first result
I ain’t no valley scientist.
My perception with artificial sweeteners is that my body knows something is wrong. It tastes sweet but it can’t extract any energy from it.