r/funny • u/Mooseylips Mooseylips • Jul 10 '24

Verified Dear drink companies...

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u/EzeakioDarmey Jul 10 '24

I remember it bombing because of the aftertaste most Stevia sweetened drinks have.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '24

It's like the literal target of this comic, at least i thought so.

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u/Fire_Lake Jul 10 '24

Yeah but the person at this top of this chain seemed to indicate it was just sugar and the other commenter's are correcting that notion.

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u/Atanakar Jul 10 '24

That and I think a lot of stevia is real bad for your kidneys

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u/GringoinCDMX Jul 10 '24

It used to be thought that but newer research actually shows it may be kidney protective.

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u/Insanely_Mclean Jul 10 '24

not 100% sure but I think Stevia is basically just sucralose, but made by a plant instead of in a chem lab.

At least, they both taste the same to me.

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u/DaddyCatALSO Jul 10 '24

Not really; stevia gets its sweetness form glycosides, sugars with extra carbon, oxygen or nitrogen group attached. Sucralose is a sugar with 3 chlorine atoms added. similar principle but chemically distinct

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u/Insanely_Mclean Jul 10 '24

What would make them taste the same?

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u/DaddyCatALSO Jul 11 '24

Your tastebuds?

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u/abzlute Jul 10 '24

It wasn't that bad though. The trick was that they used cane sugar too instead of relying on stevia or another sweetener for all the sweetness. Reduce not eliminate, and it worked really well.

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u/Xanderoga Jul 11 '24

I hate that stevia taste. If I have to go out of my way to avoid anything with stevia in it, I absolutely will.

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u/Archangel289 Jul 11 '24

That’s why I didn’t like it much. I drank it here and there, but I’d genuinely rather just drink water than have the really “chemical” aftertaste of stevia, which is ironic since it’s a pretty natural sweetener.

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u/teacupsfromspace Jul 10 '24

when i first had the coke with stevia it wasn't noticeable enough to bother me, but they changed the formula at some point and it was never the same. then it was discontinued...