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That stuff is awful anyway. I used to drink a lot of diet coke and gave it up. Tastes like insecticide now if I try it.


That usually means it was overheated somewhere in the supply chain. Aspartame starts to break down around 30C.[1] So it doesn't take much.

[1] https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9976/40/1/35


Interesting for me it's the opposite. Since they haven't fully disappeared I get one whenever it's available. Next too it a zero is far too sweet and a normal one is gross.




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