• Vespair@lemmy.zipEnglish
    29·
    6 months ago

    I’ve yet to find a fake sugar that doesn’t taste like bile and sadness. Stevia is the best of them, but it’s still basically like choosing to eat the most appealing-look turd when there’s a literal banquet available at the very next table (real sugar)

    • RBWells@lemmy.world
      9·
      6 months ago

      Huh. Stevia is one I cannot stand. And Monk fruit. Wish I couldn’t taste those, they wreck anything they touch.

      • Zetta@mander.xyz
        4·
        6 months ago

        Pretty much all monk fruit sweeteners you can by in stores are a straight up scam, the main ingredient is always an artificial sweetener with monk fruit as a second ingredient.

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      7·
      6 months ago

      Have you tried monkfruit yet? It’s the closest thing I have found to real sweetness that doesn’t taste like total aids. You just have to use very little of it as it’s super strong

      • Vespair@lemmy.zipEnglish
        6·
        6 months ago

        I have. It’s definitely one of the least egregious and doesn’t have that painful disgust bile taste of the others, but I found it have a… I dunno, “musty” flavor to it? So I also don’t like it, but in a different kind of way than the rest.

      • Zetta@mander.xyz
        2·
        6 months ago

        Have you found a brand that is just monk fruit? I’ve only ever seen monk fruit sweeteners that are cut with another artificial sweetener like Erythritol or Allulose, you probably haven’t had pure monk fruit

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
      5·
      6 months ago

      Stevia is the worst, IMO. It’s got a strange mouth feel.

      You know how eating tortilla chips will cut up your mouth a little? They irritate the tongue and throat, making them feel a little gritty? Anything with stevia gives me that “tortilla chip mouth” sensation, even when I haven’t been eating tortilla chips.

      Every other artificial sweetener tastes like cancer. Stevia tastes like sand.

      • Vespair@lemmy.zipEnglish
        7·
        6 months ago

        I do not agree with this, I’m sorry. I think while yes sweet similar to sugar, it has a slightly menthol and aggressively metallic taste.

        That being said, I am a supertaster unfortunately, so that may be contributing to my difficulty with fake sugars.

        • blujan@sopuli.xyz
          2·
          6 months ago

          Yeah this is my experience, luckily I love the menthol and metallic taste in erythritol while I hate all other sweeteners (except sugar)

    • moakley@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      Agreed. Sometimes I’ll accidentally take a sip of Coke Zero and it takes me a second longer to tell it’s not my drink. So it’s way better than most, but still terrible.

    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
      1·
      6 months ago

      I think it’s a taste that I just forced myself to acquire lol

      I almost never have sugary drinks now

      • Vespair@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        I wish I were able, but I just find the taste truly repugnant and can’t imagine forcing myself through that.

        But sugary drinks, cola specifically, are by far my biggest vice and dietary concern. Deeply, deeply addicted, tbh.

        • RBWells@lemmy.world
          2·
          6 months ago

          If you like ginger beer, and pineapple, home fermented ginger beer and tepache de piña are both really easy to make - they do have sugar but less than coke, and have probiotics, and about as much alcohol as kombucha.

          I do like diet Coke but mostly try to be very moderate and when I want something sweet & fizzy, these homemade sodas are so good.

          • Vespair@lemmy.zipEnglish
            2·
            6 months ago

            Not pineapple, but yes ginger. Maybe I’ll look into this one, thanks for the rec and good looking out!

    • spicy pancake@lemmy.zipEnglish
      10·
      6 months ago

      In the US the current ingredients list for Coke Zero is:

      CARBONATED WATER, CARAMEL COLOR, PHOSPHORIC ACID, ASPARTAME, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (TO PROTECT TASTE), NATURAL FLAVORS, POTASSIUM CITRATE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, CAFFEINE, STEVIA EXTRACT.

      whereas for Diet Coke it’s:

      CARBONATED WATER, CARAMEL COLOR, ASPARTAME, PHOSPHORIC ACID, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (TO PROTECT TASTE), NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, CAFFEINE.

    • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      9·
      6 months ago

      Yeah, I’m pretty sure this is the case. I think diet coke is aspartame sweetened.

      Source: diet coke tastes like shit, coke zero is actually kind of okay.

      • FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        The difference in taste is from what their formulas are based on. Diet Coke basically came from Tab, where Coke Zero was a modern attempt at making Coca-Cola with zero calories.

      • potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        I thought the same, but the internet says that not only does it contain aspartame, but it always has. I feel like I’ve discovered a new Mandela Effect.

      • ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        2·
        6 months ago

        I’ve been paying more attention to my health lately and honestly going from occasional sugar free soft drinks to even more occasional full sugar drinks has been a great “perk”. The sugary version tastes better, and 300-400 extra calories per month isn’t a big deal when I’m paying attention to my actual day to day consumption.

        Besides, yeah yeah natural fallacy etc, but those non-sweetener ingredients probably aren’t stellar for your health either, and less overall volume of this stuff is probably better.

    • Holytimes@sh.itjust.worksdeleted by creator
      2·
      6 months ago

      The only drinks using sucralose is energy drinks basically. Sodas almost exclusively use aspertane.

      My understanding is that it’s cheaper and because of diet coke people expect the after taste of aspertane in a diet or low calorie soda.

  • multifariace@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 months ago

    Do you remember C2? I don’t typically choose soda as a beverage but I got one for free from a promotion at work. I always hated artificial sweetner flavor but it tasted okay. I took one sip and went to the stock room where my heart suddenly raced and I got nautious and dizzy. It was scary since I was alone in the back. I recovered after a few minutes and never again touched anything diet.