Aspartame, or The trout That Makes It Diet

[Shorty]

How are you with tasting aspartame? Some people can't taste it, some people get used to it. Some people actually like it.

I drink diet tonic when I make gin and tonics for myself, but other than that, I am not fond of it. I can drink diet light-colored sodas (like Sprite and Mountain Dew) because they're all my dad has at his house and I kindof got used to them, but I don't love them. Generally given a choice, though (with the exception for tonic), no diet for me.

[Rantz]

I don't know if I can taste the difference. Haven't really thought about it, but I'm sure if I tried to taste the difference I could. I still prefer natural sweeteners though cause I'm a hippie.

[noxious.sunshine]

I can totally taste the difference between regular coke and diet coke.. I mean, who can't?

I much prefer diet coke over regular, though it doesn't taste that great with whiskey or cognac. And now, I'll only drink diet coke from Mickey D's or Sonic- with cherry & lime.

As far as being able to taste the actual sweetener.. Idk.. I've pretty much phased out sodas altogether (again, minus the weekends when we drink whiskey).. I stick with water or unsweetened iced tea.

[Mirage]

I think aspartame has this slight metallic aftertase. I used to dislike it, but after getting extreme amounts of free soda at work, I've grown to accept the taste of it, simply because drinking the same amount of soda as non-diet sodas would probably kill me.

Also, diet coke and coke zero tastes absolutely foul anyway. Pepsi max is the greatest tasting sugarfree cola-flavor drink. And coincidencially also what we make at my job. Not biased here, guys.

[Quindiana Jones]

Isn't it that stuff that kills you?

[Chris]

I can taste in cheap sodas, but not in Coke Zero or Coke Light.

[Mirage]

Isn't it that stuff that kills you?

[Citation needed]

[noxious.sunshine]

Everything kills you nowadays.

[rubah]

In college, I decided to Go Diet. It was hard going at first, but I got used to it. Now, drinking a sugared cola is like imbibing in the nectar of the gods *_*

[Elly]

that stuff tastes aweful... it can't be good for you, my body violently rejects anything i consume with it as an ingredient, as if it's saying " oh hell no"... same thing happens with Sorbitol, it makes me violently sick and tastes horrid...

[LocoColt04]

I don't drink soda more than maybe once or twice a month, but there are plenty of other things that use aspartame as an artificial sweetener. And it's gross. Just give me the damn sugar and I'll regulate my own intake!

Seriously, a sip or a bite of anything with the stuff makes me gag. It's so disgusting.

[Shlup]

I can taste it, but I don't hate it. Sprite Zero is okay with a meal. I hate Splenda though; I can instantly taste it and then I get sad.

[Quindiana Jones]

Isn't it that stuff that kills you?

[Citation needed]

[Question mark emphasised]

[Mirage]

Isn't it that stuff that kills you?

[Citation needed]

[Question mark emphasised]

[Whatever, bro]

[Spuuky]

Isn't it that stuff that kills you?

Do you mean Asbestos? Because that's the stuff that kills you. Aspartame doesn't kill you, it just takes like someone who hates joy, fun, and light decided to create their own "sugar" specifically to make it taste bad.

Of course, while Aspartame is bad, HFCS is all they put in American Coke now anyway, so there's no reason to drink that, either. The difference between that and real sugar (when you can find foreign Coke, like the Mexican variety) is immense.