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Adding sugar to things makes them taste sweeter. Sweeter does not always mean tasting better. However, in cases where sugar actually makes things taste better

• dragontamer 8y ago
  It should be emphasized that "unsweet" simply means that I want to add my own sweetener. If the sugar is already added, then I rarely can add it to my taste. Ex: Starbucks coffee can be pre-sweetened, or taken black. I'll take it black, and then head over to the side and add cream + sugar myself. Its very normal, and I think most people don't see any problem with this. ----------- Where people get confused is... practically any situation outside of coffee. Super-bland and plain Cereal can taste better if you add some sugar on the top, or raisins yourself. Yogurt can be sugar'd up to taste. Then you get to meats, and it gets a bit confusing. BBQ Sauce is basically Ketchup + Sugar, and adding it before cooking allows for caramelization. But you can also add BBQ Sauce afterwards and allow meats to taste sweeter. Once you realize how adding sugar helps bland foods taste better, you'll start to add sugar yourself. And that's perfectly fine and normal! Chances are, you'll add less sugar if you do it manually, than what the stores will do. A spoonful of sugar helps the Yogurt go down. Just because you bought plain yogurt doesn't mean you have to eat it plain. It means that you can add condiments to your preferred taste.