Diet Pepsi dropping aspartame on customer concerns

apnews.myway.com ^ | Apr 24, 10:56 AM (ET) | By CANDICE CHOI

[Boogieman]

Meh, safe or not, aspartame just tastes nasty. I can immediately tell if some drink has it as an ingredient, and I’ll spit it right out. Sucralose is a little more tolerable, but still has a nasty aftertaste.

I’ll just stick with sugar, I know what that is going to do to me.

[Boogieman]

TAB - for people who like the taste of licking a car key!

[Buckeye McFrog]

I was very young, and remember a commercial featuring Davy Jones of The Monkees bragging that cyclamates had been removed from Kool Aid.

[free_life]

Drink water ... not sugar and chemicals.

[Ken H]

ALL THESE SODAS
ARE YOURS EXCEPT
DIET COKE
ATTEMPT NO
CHANGE THERE

[wally_bert]

I could just about always taste an artificial sweetener, unmistakable and generally felt awful for a couple of hours.

[PAR35]

Currently have in the fridge Pepsi and Dr Pepper, both made with real sugar. Ran out reduced calorie Coke made with a mixture of stevia and real sugar. (Coke is really behind the curve on the sugar drinks). I stay away from drinks with HFCS and try to avoid artificial sweeteners.

[dfwgator]

Lou: You gonna order something, kid?
Marty McFly: Ah, yeah. Give me- Give me a Tab.
Lou: Tab? I can’t give you a tab unless you order something.
Marty McFly: Right. Give me a Pepsi Free.
Lou: You want a Pepsi, pal, you’re gonna pay for it.

[Buckeye McFrog]

and is causing some behavioral issues with marine animals

[Red Badger]

I’m a Pepper, too!.................

[Hugin]

is causing some behavioral issues with marinanimals

Sorry, I find that claim absurd. The tiny amount consumed, if it passes though into sewer water and makes it through treatment plants, would be infinitesimal when compared to the amount of water in the oceans. And how on earth could anyone determine that if marine animals are experiencing "behavior issues" (whatever that means) it is being caused by tiny traces of Splenda in the water? Sounds like typical leftist bunk "science". Ban Splenda to save the whales!

[Swede Girl]

Thank goodness they are getting rid of aspartame. Gives me and a lot of other people a terrible headache.

Hoping Dr. Pepper and root beer brands will follow.

My favorite diet soda is Diet Rite. Tastes great to me, and has no aspartame, no sodium and no caffeine.

[Moonman62]

Sucralose is a little more tolerable, but still has a nasty aftertaste.

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For me, Stevia has a horrible aftertaste.

[Chuzzlewit]

Try truvia. Same thing but tastes good. I don’t drink soda very often. But when I do drink regular not diet. Water for me. Tired of the food nazis though. Eat and drink what you like. I don’t give a damn.

[logi_cal869]

Pardon, but many seem to have a misperception about Splenda

http://www.truthaboutsplenda.com/resources/faqs.html

Due to a myriad of odd health issues, I’ve quit soda altogether save for an occasional one made with actual SUGAR and feel the better for it.

Good luck to others; quitting soda was as hard as quitting smoking for me.

[sheana]

When I was younger Tab was my fave drink. Had the bite of RC but no sugar.

[Myrddin]

Cyclamates were the "norm" in the late 60's. They tasted like real sugar without the fattening consequences. I suspect they were too good and the "sugar lobby" sponsored some fake "science" to get them banned.

[ELS]

and Equal a.k.a. Aspartame

[BeadCounter]

I’ll try to wing it, cut down on sugar but not totally including sodas, had a diet soda the other day and it tasted good. Just try to do it but sometimes my appetite gets the better of me. Sometimes I will drink tea with and without sugar.

There are some natural ways to cut down on cravings, cinnamon is one, a teaspoon in water but it’s hard to do that every day for me and it was so clumpy and powdery. One can search for those natural ways on the web, I think apple cider vinegar and honey is another but that doesn’t sound too appetizing but also works.

Anyway, sugar isn’t a food-nazi issue with me, I want to be careful of the extra-weight really.

[Red Badger]

No, it was the testing methods used that were incorrect and the laws of the times.

Since then the testing methods have been refined and the substance is deemed safe by every other country in the world, except the US.

But since the artificial sweetener industry is now a multibillion dollar affair, they don’t want them back on the market, under any circumstances, because there is no longer any patents on making cyclamates, anyone can manufacture them........

Kinda like what you wrote only in reverse..............