• cm0002@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      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

        • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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          1 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.

      • Thorry84@feddit.nl
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        1 month ago

        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.

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          1 month ago

          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”

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            1 month ago

            Mexican coke has cane sugar instead of corn syrup, which is the main factor in it being better.

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              1 month ago

              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.

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    1 month ago

    Holy shit, one kilo of butter from 60kg of coal?!

    That’s some pretty spenny butter for “agreeable taste”