Comment on Liquid Death Quietly Adds Stevia to Tea Drinks

Epicmulch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Zanz@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Stevie leaf extract is a petroleum base sweetener. It was used as an artificial sweetener , but then they found that it could be naturally occurring in small quantities and rebranded. It works like natural flavors where it can still come from petroleum so long as its naturally occurring with some source. I find it extremely bitter and soapy, just like almost every other artificial sweetener.

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  • syreus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Could you give a source? I can’t find ANY mention of stevia being “petroleum based”.

    Afaik Stevia is entirely produced from the shrub.

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  • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    sounds more like aspartame, stevia comes form the stevia plant.

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• Welt@lazysoci.al ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s the trouble with words like ‘artificial’ and ‘natural’. They mean nothing. It would be better to call them refined additives, because I expect the “stevia” would be in a refined, extracted form when added - whether substantially changed from the form present in the plant or not, this could be considered artificial, if we insist on using this word.

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  • Wispy2891@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is what bothers me the most from marketing. Uranium, arsenic and petroleum are 100% natural too

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  • udon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Careful, this drink contains chemicals!

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thanks California calm down please

      /s

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  • BangCrash@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sugar is refined.

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  • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    the oop said it came from petro, which isnt true. the substance which used to extract stevia isnt organic though, probably using an organic solvent, but they purify it to some extent. but alot of stevia brands only used the pure stevia from the plant.

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