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I've yet to find a fake sugar that doesn't taste like bile and sadness. Stevia is the best of them, but it's still basically like choosing to eat the most appealing-look turd when there's a literal banquet available at the very next table (real sugar)
Huh. Stevia is one I cannot stand. And Monk fruit. Wish I couldn't taste those, they wreck anything they touch.
Pretty much all monk fruit sweeteners you can by in stores are a straight up scam, the main ingredient is always an artificial sweetener with monk fruit as a second ingredient.
Stevia is the worst, IMO. It's got a strange mouth feel.
You know how eating tortilla chips will cut up your mouth a little? They irritate the tongue and throat, making them feel a little gritty? Anything with stevia gives me that "tortilla chip mouth" sensation, even when I haven't been eating tortilla chips.
Every other artificial sweetener tastes like cancer. Stevia tastes like sand.
Have you tried monkfruit yet? It's the closest thing I have found to real sweetness that doesn't taste like total aids. You just have to use very little of it as it's super strong
I have. It's definitely one of the least egregious and doesn't have that painful disgust bile taste of the others, but I found it have a... I dunno, "musty" flavor to it? So I also don't like it, but in a different kind of way than the rest.
Have you found a brand that is just monk fruit? I've only ever seen monk fruit sweeteners that are cut with another artificial sweetener like Erythritol or Allulose, you probably haven't had pure monk fruit
Agreed. Sometimes I'll accidentally take a sip of Coke Zero and it takes me a second longer to tell it's not my drink. So it's way better than most, but still terrible.
sugar is pretty fucking bad anyway. sweeteners are a trap.
Erythritol tastes just like sugar, slightly less sweet
I do not agree with this, I'm sorry. I think while yes sweet similar to sugar, it has a slightly menthol and aggressively metallic taste.
That being said, I am a supertaster unfortunately, so that may be contributing to my difficulty with fake sugars.
Yeah this is my experience, luckily I love the menthol and metallic taste in erythritol while I hate all other sweeteners (except sugar)
Fair enough, I'm definitely not a supertaster, so maybe that's why I can't taste it.
Erythritol has a cold minty aftertaste for me, but a 50:50 mix with stevia eliminates that taste.
JFC erythritol is dangerous. Blood clots, wipes the gut microbiome.
Better off with sugar.
Do you have sources for these claims?
Stevia is terrible for your gut microbiome, it should not be legal.
I have to admit, a lot of R&D goes into designing a good sugarfree alternative to sugary drinks. Case in point, especially for my fellow Germans: Spezi Zero (obviously Paulaner) tastes really good, but Almdudler Zero tastes pretty bad compared to normal Almdudler.
Never heard of Spezi, Paulaner, or Almdudler. But so I can have a happy fantasy I'm just going to assume that they're all excellent and have managed to nail fake sugar in a way America hasn't yet
In the US, Paulaner Spezi is called Paulaner Sunset.
Never seen that in my 41 years in the states.
It's fairly new, they've just started trying to establish it. If you do see it, I strongly recommend you to give it a try!
I think it's a taste that I just forced myself to acquire lol
I almost never have sugary drinks now
I wish I were able, but I just find the taste truly repugnant and can't imagine forcing myself through that.
But sugary drinks, cola specifically, are by far my biggest vice and dietary concern. Deeply, deeply addicted, tbh.
If you like ginger beer, and pineapple, home fermented ginger beer and tepache de piña are both really easy to make - they do have sugar but less than coke, and have probiotics, and about as much alcohol as kombucha.
I do like diet Coke but mostly try to be very moderate and when I want something sweet & fizzy, these homemade sodas are so good.
Not pineapple, but yes ginger. Maybe I'll look into this one, thanks for the rec and good looking out!