• @[email protected]
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    41 month ago

    what is the deal with people saying aspartame is nasty? it tastes slightly different from sugar lol

    • @dejected_warp_core
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      71 month ago

      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.

    • @_stranger_
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      1 month ago

      It’s the creepy valley of sweeteners. It tastes like wrong sugar.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        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.

        • @_stranger_
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          71 month ago

          I ain’t no valley scientist.

      • @raynethackery
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        21 month ago

        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.