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Apart from health issues of sweeteners or sugar.

I really hate the taste of every single one of the artificial sweeteners.

The aftertaste lingers forever with its weird notes of wet cardboard and a chemical set for schoolchildren (don't ask me how i know).

And i always wondered how one could get accustomed this stuff.

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Coke had Coca-Cola Life which was roughly half sugar and half Stevia, and I remember somewhat liking it. They discontinued it due to low sales.

It surprises me nobody has developed a sugar substitute yet that actually tastes like sugar with no aftertaste. I know nothing about chemical/food engineering but it must be a tough nut to crack.

The problem is generally that good sugar substitutes are laxatives. There is even an enantiomer of glucose. Which chemically behaves almost like normal sugar. It tastes exactly the same. But since your body can't break it down like normal sugar it's a laxative.

I think this is the reason why all sugar substitutes we actually use are MUCH stronger then normal sugar.

I prefer it to sugar. Even dark chocolate chips made with stevia taste better to me than dark chocolate chips made with sugar.

I have generally felt this way for decades. But the other day I tried some sugar-free Sees candy, and I have to say I didn't mind it at all. I would definitely consider buying some for myself sometime, and I hope they make more flavors (I tried the dark chocolate with walnuts).

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