The taste is the nastiest thing in the world!

Yuck!

Really bad pun

LOL!

What have I unleashed?

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No wonder that lady can't get a date. She doesn't swallow! ;-p

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It's the mucus that binds us!!

Yeah I can't stand the taste of most artificial sweeteners. I used to be sugar addicted, but I've drastically cut back on sugar. So now my sugar sensitivity has increased and I really don't enjoy soda like I used to, but I'll never go for diet sodas. I wish they'd make a version regular sugar, but just cut the amount of sugar instead of using substitutes

Carbs in general really. I find they stoke my appetite.

I hate it when they sneak artificial sweetener into something. For example, I don;t usually like instant oatmeal anyway but had a craving for maple and brown sugar. So I bought some., That foul taste hit me in the back of the tongue. I read the label and BAM. There it was. SUCRALOSE. Why do we need sucralose in oatmeal? I also bought some Swiss Miss hot cocoa and it was in that, also Sunny Delight, certain yogurts,and other items. They don't put it on the front of the label anymore. You have to read all the labels even if it's something that never had artificial sweeteners before. The taste stays in my mouth for a couple of hours no matter what I do. BLEGH!

They put it in so many things that are NOT even sugar free because it creates cravings. The food manufacturing industry is EVIL. I know right away now if sucralose is in something. I am allergic to it. It is now known that it is MORE dangerous than sugar and that it destroys the gut biome. Do your research. I even found a probiotic electrolyte formula from CVS pharmacy (CVS label) that had sucralose! Made me sick. Bastards!

I have done some research on these sweeteners, but not a lot. You are right though. They put all kinds of chemicals in processed food, and maybe even in whole foods as well. Preservatives, things to help maintain color and freshness etc... You really have to pay attention if you want to avoid some of these things.

That might explain why I'm finding I dislike more and more things that I used to like. I'll have to start reading labels more. Sucralose is actually one I don't mind too much, at least in some things. I can taste it in some things but not in others. My wife is diabetic so she has to really avoid sugar. One of the things she loves is Bryers sugar free chocolate ice cream which is sweetened with Splenda which is sucralose and I really can't taste it at all. Tastes just like regular ice cream to me, but that's an exception for sure. At least with sucralose it's a sugar alcohol, and not an artificial sweetener, so there's not all the negative health effects like with aspertame.

Stevia is my only alternative option. In addition to the health risks of sucralose, find the environmental damage unacceptable. It has been found that nothing bio-degrades this substance, including water treatment plants. It doesn't just poison humans...it poisons everything.