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Artificial fucκing sweeteners in everything everything tastes like shıt now.

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  • #92
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,798 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    I put aspartame up there with MSG in the 'people think it's bad for you but it's been proven it's not when taken in normal amounts' category. It's like saying coffee is bad for you if you drink 10 cups a day. Well duh. MSG and aspartame are bad for you if you abuse them, otherwise they're perfectly fine in normal amounts.


  • #93
    Eleven Benevolent Elephants
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 426 ✭✭Eleven Benevolent Elephants


    It should be compulsory for food and drinks companies to clearly indicate the presence artificial sweeteners on the front of the label

    The ingredients are often unclear and obscure and I find myself googling obscure ingredients on the label only to find it's an artificial sweeteners.


  • #94
    Eleven Benevolent Elephants
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 426 ✭✭Eleven Benevolent Elephants


    Has Jones's Soda survived in Ireland?


  • #95
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,557 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    100% agree. I can't stand aspartame - a horrible shallow taste with a bitter aftertaste.

    When aspartame was under development in the 1970s, there was mounting evidence that suggested that it was a carcinogen but this was surpressed in order for the US FDA to approve it as "Nutra-sweet". Stevia is just meh.

    It's pretty ridiculous that you can't even get a normal Sprite in McDonalds or elsewhere now. I actively avoid drinks with artificial sweetener.


  • #96
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Amazing how aspartame ever got on the market. Political jiggery pokery from Reagen and Rumsfeld (Rummy got a $12 million bonus for successfully lobbying it, huge amount back then) and the FDA.

    Junk-science tests by Searle and Monsanto, an independent test found that it caused brain tumours and cancers in rats.
    It has only been on the market since the 80s so in reality we are the real guinea pigs here.


    https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nzpbkx/the-story-of-how-fake-sugar-got-approved-is-scary-as-hell


    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-rumsfeld-and-the-s_b_805581?guccounter=1


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  • #97
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    I was wondering why 7up seems to taste so weird now but this is definitely it. It's not something i've noticed really in any other drinks, but definitely 7up


  • #98
    paw patrol
    Registered Users Posts: 2,314 ✭✭✭paw patrol


    i used to like chocolate , it doesn't taste great anymore.
    my kids will never know chocolate and lucozade.


    it's quite sad


  • #99
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭blinding


    paw patrol wrote: »
    i used to like chocolate , it doesn't taste great anymore.
    my kids will never know chocolate and lucozade.


    it's quite sad
    Will their taste buds get to like this stuff now ?


  • #100
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    Surely the optimum mindset when it comes to fizzy drinks is to only drink them occasionally (one or two cans worth a week maybe?) but when you do drink them they are the full sugar ones which actually taste satisfying? The rest of the time just drink water as we are supposed to. The odd cup of tea or glass of sparkling water is fine too. Full sugar fizzy drinks did exist too in the seventies and eighties but people didn't drink litres of them per day. They were mostly a treat at Christmas etc. Even in the nineties growing up we only got fizzy drinks for birthday parties or a glass of Country Spring on a Sunday!


  • #101
    Homelander
    Registered Users Posts: 4,339 ✭✭✭Homelander


    the purple tin wrote: »
    Amazing how aspartame ever got on the market. Political jiggery pokery from Reagen and Rumsfeld (Rummy got a $12 million bonus for successfully lobbying it, huge amount back then) and the FDA.

    Junk-science tests by Searle and Monsanto, an independent test found that it caused brain tumours and cancers in rats.
    It has only been on the market since the 80s so in reality we are the real guinea pigs here.


    https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nzpbkx/the-story-of-how-fake-sugar-got-approved-is-scary-as-hell


    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-rumsfeld-and-the-s_b_805581?guccounter=1


    Pretty sure those research efforts have been debunked repeatedly in the debate.

    There's no massive Lizard-people conspiracy over Aspartame.


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  • #102
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Homelander wrote: »
    Pretty sure those research efforts have been debunked repeatedly in the debate.

    There's no massive Lizard-people conspiracy over Aspartame.


    Okay, you drink away at your Pepsi Max, Lizard Boy.
    I'll listen to the experts rather than some randomer on Boards, if you don't mind.


  • #103
    Homelander
    Registered Users Posts: 4,339 ✭✭✭Homelander


    the purple tin wrote: »
    Okay, you drink away at your Pepsi Max, Lizard Boy.
    I'll listen to the experts rather than some randomer on Boards, if you don't mind.

    "The experts" being a handful of people going against the scientific grain from incontestable studies.

    I suppose you also think that masks stop you breathing and Covid-19 is a Government conspiracy.


  • #104
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Homelander wrote: »
    There's no massive Lizard-people conspiracy over Aspartame.

    [QUOTE=Homelander;114641360 Covid-19 is a Government conspiracy.[/QUOTE]


    You have way to much time on your hands.
    Seek help, Lizard Boy.


  • #105
    Homelander
    Registered Users Posts: 4,339 ✭✭✭Homelander


    The classic response from idiots who are incapable of admitting they're wrong.

    "You have too much time on your hands".

    In response to a post I made, that's literally half the length of your quoted post.


  • #106
    paw patrol
    Registered Users Posts: 2,314 ✭✭✭paw patrol


    blinding wrote: »
    Will their taste buds get to like this stuff now ?


    that is an interesting question, i've no idea tbh and never considered that.


    they do like chocolate cake made in the bakery so maybe they will


  • #107
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Homelander wrote: »
    The classic response from idiots who are incapable of admitting they're wrong.

    "You have too much time on your hands".

    In response to a post I made, that's literally half the length of your quoted post.


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  • #108
    Eleven Benevolent Elephants
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 426 ✭✭Eleven Benevolent Elephants


    I bought a tub of yoghurt in Tesco.

    I wasn't diligent enough to check the label...... Sweeteners . It's going straight into the bin.

    Why do yoghurts have to be sweetened anyway, with sugar or sweeteners? It's so hard to find a proper natural dairy yoghurt that's full fat.


  • #109
    Capra
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭Capra


    I don't drink a lot of soft drinks but I would always get a coke with a big mac meal or that type of thing. And I would occasionally have a can of coke, either coke zero or real coke.

    In the last couple of months it tastes absolutely horrible to me. Not just the way diet coke always tasted crap, but it actually tastes like there is something wrong with it. And it's not just Coca Cola. I tried a few of the knock off brands from Lidl/Aldi and they taste the same to me too. A really horrible and unpleasant chemical like taste.

    Do taste buds change suddenly to the extent that I would start disliking something I used to enjoy that much? Or has the sugar tax meant that all soft drinks are now being produced in a different manner? If it has then it is working because I will never be buying another can of that stuff again.


  • #110
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    I’ve only had 4 soft drinks in the last 6 months. Can hardly remember what they tasted like before.


  • #111
    Away With The Fairies
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭Away With The Fairies


    It's the sweeteners that make the drink taste bike. All the drinks have sweeteners now except original coca-cola.

    Edit: I love the new drink Enerzaid, can be bought on their website. They gave the two fingers to lucozade and created a glucose drink with sugar.


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  • #112
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    I like diet coke better than real coke!


  • #113
    Man Vs ManUre
    Registered Users Posts: 5,062 ✭✭✭Man Vs ManUre


    You must have the coronavirus if you suddenly don’t like the taste of coke.


  • #114
    AllForIt
    Registered Users Posts: 8,265 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    I grew out of drinking soft drinks by my late 20's.


    It's all hard drinks for me now.


  • #115
    NSAman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,386 ✭✭✭NSAman


    See where it is made.

    The difference in the taste of cokes is amazing. If made in Northern Ireland it tastes woeful. It could be to do with the water they use.

    Different countries have different tasting coke.

    When I say coke I only drink Diet Coke / Coke Zero / Pepsi Max.


  • #116
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Mod:

    Threads merged.


  • #117
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,657 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    barney shamrock wrote: »
    What the hell has happened Cadburys?
    A tasty treat for decades ruined overnight by a US takeover and the addition of palm oil.
    Coca butter costs money. Money that could be going to shareholders. Nestle use worse chocolate too.


    Nestle took over Rowntree Mackintosh and replaced coca with sugar

    After Eights, Aero, Quality Street, Rolo, Kit Kat, Smarties, Yorkie became insipid muck.



    Irish Cadbury's tasted nicer in the old days because they used Irish milk.

    The UK made stuff was meh even back then. Nowadays it's worse.
    FFS those clowns tried replacing 6 dairy milk creme eggs with 5 ovals with generic chocolate and hoped no one would notice ! That folks is how to trash a brand and alienate lifelong customers.



    Cadbury's and Rowntree Mackintosh were brands worth paying a premium for against the really nasty alternatives of old. No more. They aren't worth paying extra over compared to the better offerings from the German supermarkets.


  • #118
    Booms
    Registered Users Posts: 339 ✭✭Booms


    EBE - if you haven't tried it, look for Onken Natural Set yoghurt - the full fat one is the dark blue tub.

    Agree with everyone about the artificial sweeteners. Even mouthwash contains it now - and I haven't been able to find Original (gold) Listerene anywhere!

    The magic number seems to be 12/13g sugar per 100ml if you want the kind of soft drink we had growing up!


  • #119
    GazzaL
    Registered Users Posts: 1,395 ✭✭✭GazzaL


    Eleven Benevolent Elephants wrote: »
    I bought a tub of yoghurt in Tesco.

    I wasn't diligent enough to check the label...... Sweeteners . It's going straight into the bin.

    Why do yoghurts have to be sweetened anyway, with sugar or sweeteners? It's so hard to find a proper natural dairy yoghurt that's full fat.

    The full fat yoghurts are better for you than the low fat bull**** ones because:
    1) Certain fats are very good for you
    2) Low fat yoghurts are laced with all manner of sugar and sweeteners to make them taste somewhat palatable as they have been stripped of their goodness

    I agree it's very hard to find a proper full fat natural yoghurt. I normally buy Fage full fat Greek yoghurt.


  • #120
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    Twice in the past two weeks I have bought 1.5 litre bottles of coke which upon opening tasted flat - is there something wrong with them? First one bought in Aldi, second one in Tesco.


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  • #121
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Coca butter costs money. Money that could be going to shareholders. Nestle use worse chocolate too.


    Nestle took over Rowntree Mackintosh and replaced coca with sugar

    After Eights, Aero, Quality Street, Rolo, Kit Kat, Smarties, Yorkie became insipid muck.



    Irish Cadbury's tasted nicer in the old days because they used Irish milk.

    The UK made stuff was meh even back then. Nowadays it's worse.
    FFS those clowns tried replacing 6 dairy milk creme eggs with 5 ovals with generic chocolate and hoped no one would notice ! That folks is how to trash a brand and alienate lifelong customers.



    Cadbury's and Rowntree Mackintosh were brands worth paying a premium for against the really nasty alternatives of old. No more. They aren't worth paying extra over compared to the better offerings from the German supermarkets.
    Something else that seems to affect the flavour of Cadburys is when they stopped wrapping it in foil and changed to plastic. I think it leaves a slight aftertaste in the chocolate.


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