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> Virtually all artificially sweetened soft drinks in the Uk are sweetened with aspartame A quick look at a few soft drinks I could think of, and their UK swee
by agurk 2y ago
> Virtually all artificially sweetened soft drinks in the Uk are sweetened with aspartame
A quick look at a few soft drinks I could think of, and their UK sweeteners:
Fanta: Aspartame, Acesulfame
Coke Zero: Aspartame, Acesulfame-K, Enzymatically Produced Steviol Glycosides
Pepsi: Acesulfame K, Sucralose
Irn Bru: Aspartame, Acesulfame K
Tizer: Acesulfame K, Sucralose
Old Jamaica Ginger Beer: Sucralose
Lipton Iced Tea: Steviol Glycosides from Stevia
Ribena: acesulfame K, Sucralose
There seem to be no clear winners, with the most noticeable finding that multiple ones are usually used.
- rsynnott 2y agoAcesulfame-K and friends is normally used in small amounts with aspartame; individually they both taste bloody awful, particularly Acesulfame K, but together they taste borderline acceptable. Must say I wasn't aware there was so much sucralose in use.
- reedf1 2y agoA personal guilty pleasure is sugar-free red bull. Sorbitol, Sucralose, Ace-k unfortunately.
- rsynnott 2y agoHuh, how much sorbitol do they put in it?! I thought that one was mostly only used in low-volume applications, because in large volumes, it's a laxative (AIUI this is why you rarely see sugar alcohols used as sweeteners in drinks.)