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I can taste sucralose. It's very irritating, because it rings out as a clear bitter note with a definite aftertaste, but none of my peers have the problem, and

I can taste sucralose. It's very irritating, because it rings out as a clear bitter note with a definite aftertaste, but none of my peers have the problem, and so I look like a hypochondriac.

wil421 7y ago
I can taste it in Lemonade, sweet tea, or coffee but not as much in some diet colas. I stay away from it but accidentally drink it from time to time. To me it’s so overpoweringly sweet and weird tasting I can get past it. When I was a teenager we tried to make Kool-aid with it when we were out of sugar and I never forgot the taste.
antidaily 7y ago
Years ago, I used to put a bunch of Splenda in my coffee. I can't believe I could stand the taste of it after trying it again recently. So sweet and chemically.
klyrs 7y ago
I'm the same. It seems to pierce any flavor profile. It's not the first thing I taste, but it quickly overwhelms other flavors and IMO ruins whatever it's in. I rarely read ingredients lists, but when I do, it's after tasting sucralose.
tyfon 7y ago
I can taste all these "sweeteners" and they all taste bitter to me. Cola Zero actually makes me wretch. I just drink normal Cola but moderation is key. I have very few other sources of sugar and I eat mostly healthy home cooked (by me) food. Lots of vegetarian food too.
- dnhz 7y ago
  I love diet coke. Aspartame doesn't taste as close to sugar as sucralose does, but it has no lingering aftertaste.
  - phonypc 7y ago
    Opposite for me. Coke zero is preferable to diet coke. (Neither are good.)
    - tyfon 7y ago
      In Norwegian we have a proverb, "Smaken er som baken" which roughly translates to "The taste is like the butt", and it is implied that they are all different :) I know people who prefer Zero or Diet to regular, but not many.
    - TylerE 7y ago
      Coke Zero isn't bad - especially from a fountain it isn't lightyears from the real deal. Diet Coke tastes like counterfeit battery acid.

I can taste sucralose. It's very irritating, because it rings out as a clear bitter note with a definite aftertaste, but none of my peers have the problem, and so I look like a hypochondriac.

wil421 7y ago

I can taste it in Lemonade, sweet tea, or coffee but not as much in some diet colas. I stay away from it but accidentally drink it from time to time. To me it’s so overpoweringly sweet and weird tasting I can get past it. When I was a teenager we tried to make Kool-aid with it when we were out of sugar and I never forgot the taste.

antidaily 7y ago

Years ago, I used to put a bunch of Splenda in my coffee. I can't believe I could stand the taste of it after trying it again recently. So sweet and chemically.

klyrs 7y ago

I'm the same. It seems to pierce any flavor profile. It's not the first thing I taste, but it quickly overwhelms other flavors and IMO ruins whatever it's in. I rarely read ingredients lists, but when I do, it's after tasting sucralose.

tyfon 7y ago

I can taste all these "sweeteners" and they all taste bitter to me. Cola Zero actually makes me wretch. I just drink normal Cola but moderation is key. I have very few other sources of sugar and I eat mostly healthy home cooked (by me) food. Lots of vegetarian food too.

dnhz 7y ago
I love diet coke. Aspartame doesn't taste as close to sugar as sucralose does, but it has no lingering aftertaste.
- phonypc 7y ago
  Opposite for me. Coke zero is preferable to diet coke. (Neither are good.)
  - tyfon 7y ago
    In Norwegian we have a proverb, "Smaken er som baken" which roughly translates to "The taste is like the butt", and it is implied that they are all different :) I know people who prefer Zero or Diet to regular, but not many.
  - TylerE 7y ago
    Coke Zero isn't bad - especially from a fountain it isn't lightyears from the real deal. Diet Coke tastes like counterfeit battery acid.