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Coke Zero uses aspartame. To me aspartame tastes bitter and metallic, not sweet. Diet soda is undrinkable.
by SAI_Peregrinus 12y ago
Coke Zero uses aspartame.
To me aspartame tastes bitter and metallic, not sweet. Diet soda is undrinkable.
- danudey 12y agoLikewise. To me, it's like getting my mouth coated by an oil slick, and then it's all I can taste for an hour. I can't understand how anyone could stand it.
- kenrikm 12y agoOnce you get used to it that goes away. Regular coke tastes really weird if I have been drinking diet for a while and the same happens if I switch to diet from regular. I'm pretty sure they are all bad for you regardless.
- vedant 12y agoThe main breakdown products of aspartame are aspartic acid and phenylalanine. You may have been born with a genetic mutation that makes it possible for you to taste phenylalanine, which tastes bad.
- ejstronge 12y agoI hadn't heard about this before. Are there any published studies on aspartame breakdown and taste? It seems impressive that aspartame would be broken down quickly enough in the mouth to reliably produce a bad taste.
- vpeters25 12y agoAs a completely anecdotal fact with zero scientific value, I think i am among the people that can taste aspartame. It also gives me headaches, to the point the rare occasions I drink soda, I rather have HFCS than aspartame.
- deevus 12y agoI get a slight metallic taste from Coke Zero. However I find that Diet Coke leaves me with cotton mouth, so I switched to Zero. I used to drink Coke regularly but I was advised to stop for health reasons. I'm not morbidly obese or anything however I have a couple of medical problems that can be solved by losing a few kilos :) I don't tend to ingest a lot of sugar from other areas so switching to a non-sugar soft-drink was a no brainer.