Comment on Prices are out of control

• ggppjj@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think I have a mutation in a taste bud or something, but Sucralose is really a prominent and nasty taste to me in anything it’s in. Really frustrating to taste it in otherwise sugary drinks, like some of the Monster flavors.

  For reference, I also think cilantro tastes like soap. No clue if that’s an indicator or not.

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  • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think they reformulated Coke Zero and got rid of the sucralose. It uses aspartame and acesulfame potassium.

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  • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    does drinking things with sucralose make your mouth have an aftertaste like carbonated and sweet vomit? if yes then i think i have the same thing

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    • ggppjj@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s very distinct. I wouldn’t call it vomit, but it’s a lingering chemical-ey taste.

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      • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        yes exactly! in another comment i described it as a sweetened and carbonated bathroom potion made by a 6 year old. i shorthand that taste to vomit because it reminds me of how doing that little puke into your mouth after a big meal feels like…

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• shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  pepsi max genuinely makes me want to vomit. i once only had the option to take a pepsi max at a KFC, took a few sips and felt so disgusted i didn’t even want to eat anymore. threw it out, packed my food, and went to buy a coke on the way home

  are my taste buds broken? or do people really like the flavour of what i can only describe as a 6 year old’s bathroom potion of various chemicals, died black, sweetened, and carbonated

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  • Brekky@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I recently discovered that there is a similar taste reaction to aspartame than there is to cilantro. It doesn’t taste like soap, but it tastes awful to some people. I can’t drink any sugar-free or diet drinks as they all taste horrific to me

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    • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      dang! good to know

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  • laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well, you did just describe my experience with diet Pepsi pretty well…

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• dingus@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I hear this but I don’t understand. All diet soft drinks taste absolutely disgusting to me. I’ve had both Coke Zero and Diet Coke and both have that disgusting fake sugar aftertaste.

  I either get non-Diet soft drinks or I go sparkling water. I can’t do that fake sugar shit. It’s nasty.

  But the one exception for me is that I put fake sugar in my coffee. The bitter aftertaste of the coffee helps mask the aftertaste of the fake sugar.

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  • jdeath@lemm.ee ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    ah man to me coke zero has this different flavor it almost tastes like black pepper or something? some kind of zip or zest. while diet coke is def the sweetest. regular coke now (after drinking diet soda for over a decade) or any corn syrup based soda leaves a weird aftertaste that i hate. but when i was younger i hated diet taste! haha

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• PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m the opposite, I prefer diet Coke and diet Pepsi. Chances are that you don’t like aspartame.

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