Lunch time experiment.

[mikekn]

For lunch I bought a bottle of Diet Coke, Diet Coke with Splenda, and Coke Zero and did a side by side taste test.  Diet Coke is still Diet Coke - I don't like it but I'm used to it.  The Splenda version does a good job of tasting the same without the aspartame after taste.  The new Coke Zero uses less aspartame and a different mix of the ingredients that are in Diet Coke.  To me it tastes like a flat Coke.  I don't notice the aftertaste, but neither is there much of the Coke bite.  Overall, my favorite of the three is the one with Splenda.  Some day I need to try the Coke Zero, Splenda and regular Coke together.

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[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

Nutrasweet causes headaches. Fortunately when they put it in a food product, they also put on that bold warning to Phenylketeneurics (sp?) that's easier to find than "aspartame" in an ingredients list.

[mikekn]

Ok, that was my guess.

I did notice that both Diet Coke with Splenda and Coke Zero contain another sweetner that I'm not familiar with: acesulfame potassium (ace-k)

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

You'll often find acesulfame potassium in foods with artificial sweeteners because it makes the other sweeteners taste sweeter. http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/acekbroch.cfm (http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/acekbroch.cfm) is a pretty decent overview of it. And so far, no headaches :)

[mikekn]

Cool, thanks.