• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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      4 months 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.

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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        4 months ago

        sure, it’s a slightly different flavour and you might find that a bit weird, but it’s not nasty. It’s just a matter of getting used to it, i basically only drink sugar free soda and now i find that regular sugared soda tastes a bit strange and slightly too sweet.

      • raynethackery@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        My perception with artificial sweeteners is that my body knows something is wrong. It tastes sweet but it can’t extract any energy from it.