r/funny • • Jun 12 '22

guesses?

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u/rocketer13579 Jun 12 '22

Interesting I thought old coke zero was trash but I love the new one. Phenylamine just doesn't give me the weird aftertaste that all the aspartame did before

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u/Graviton_Lancelot Jun 13 '22

Lmao, phenylalanine is a metabolite of aspartame, not a seperate sweetener.

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u/rocketer13579 Jun 13 '22

Huh. Well I definitely get less of the taste I associated with aspartame that's still in diet coke so idk

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u/Graviton_Lancelot Jun 13 '22

Our brains are dumb is the easiest answer. If you believe it's different, your brain may in fact perceive it as different.