Huh. Stevia is one I cannot stand. And Monk fruit. Wish I couldn't taste those, they wreck anything they touch.

Have you tried monkfruit yet? It's the closest thing I have found to real sweetness that doesn't taste like total aids. You just have to use very little of it as it's super strong

Stevia is the worst, IMO. It's got a strange mouth feel.

You know how eating tortilla chips will cut up your mouth a little? They irritate the tongue and throat, making them feel a little gritty? Anything with stevia gives me that "tortilla chip mouth" sensation, even when I haven't been eating tortilla chips.

Every other artificial sweetener tastes like cancer. Stevia tastes like sand.

Erythritol tastes just like sugar, slightly less sweet

Agreed. Sometimes I'll accidentally take a sip of Coke Zero and it takes me a second longer to tell it's not my drink. So it's way better than most, but still terrible.

sugar is pretty fucking bad anyway. sweeteners are a trap.

I now have a new reaction image to drop along my unsuspecting group chat. Thanks.

I do now!

How else should it be pronounced?

Oh my god. How did I not know this? I’m pretty sure this is what ruined my December.

In the US the current ingredients list for Coke Zero is:

CARBONATED WATER, CARAMEL COLOR, PHOSPHORIC ACID, ASPARTAME, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (TO PROTECT TASTE), NATURAL FLAVORS, POTASSIUM CITRATE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, CAFFEINE, STEVIA EXTRACT.

whereas for Diet Coke it's:

CARBONATED WATER, CARAMEL COLOR, ASPARTAME, PHOSPHORIC ACID, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (TO PROTECT TASTE), NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, CAFFEINE.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is the case. I think diet coke is aspartame sweetened.

Source: diet coke tastes like shit, coke zero is actually kind of okay.

thats probably because they put literal acid in it (phosphoric acid)

I got the bad end of that stick, I much prefer sugar (my parents and siblings are obese and I have to fight it)