Have we applied the same scrutiny to HFCS or refined Sugar itself? Or does sugar get a pass because it was the first plant processed for its sweetness?
Comment on Liquid Death Quietly Adds Stevia to Tea Drinks
daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Stevia isn’t artificial lol
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Today@lemmy.world 2 months ago
But it tastes artificial and fucks with lots of tummies.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think anything you’re not used to has the potential to fuck with your tummy
digger@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I have yet to find a low calorie sweetener that doesn’t bother my digestive system. My wife, who lives on diet Pepsi, doesn’t believe me.
barsoap@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Liquorice (there’s also an actual root, not just the confectionery) is tummy-friendly, actually recognised as a herbal remedy over here for (mild) gastritis because antiinflammatory and antispasmodic (alongside helping with coughs and having some antibacterial properties) but too much will fuck with your blood pressure. There’s some medicinal teas over here which pretty much only contain it to taste better (otherwise makes no sense in combination with e.g. valerian). The stuff is actually sweet and pleasant, not a neutral but woody sweetness, not to be confused with North European liquorice confectionery where the predominant flavour is Salammoniac. Which are also very good… hey I grew up with the stuff, don’t look at me like that.
Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I have the exact same issue! Haven’t met anyone else with the same problem yet. Really sucks that more and more non-diet drinks are containing some amount of artificial sweetener.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
have you tried honey? Even just a drop or two will really add a lot of sweetness
isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Yeah Stevia tastes like poison to me, super bitter.
Basically all artificial sweeteners taste like either bitter or nothing at all to me. So I’m really angry when I buy a product I’ve been buying for years and it suddenly tastes like a Nintendo Switch cartridge.
>:(
Today@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Like the sweet plasticky taste of dasani.
JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fuck. I know this smell. You just triggered NES and Super Nintendo memories in me. Never played Switch but I’m assuming they’re about the same.
meowMix2525@lemm.ee 2 months ago
The switch cartridges have a bitterant added to them since they’re small enough to be a choking hazard. It’s not the smell of the construction material they’re talking about.
Dkarma@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You’re thinking of xylitol which gets mixed with commercial stevia crystals to cut the sweetness