# Does NutraSweet taste like sugar to mice?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 30, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-nutrasweet-taste-like-sugar-to-mice/191867 "2003-07-30T07:31:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![imperative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@imperative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imperative)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-nutrasweet-taste-like-sugar-to-mice/191867/1 "2003-07-30T07:31:58Z")

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Just wondering 😉

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-nutrasweet-taste-like-sugar-to-mice/191867/2 "2003-07-30T08:04:20Z")

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I would imagine that it would taste sweet to most mammals that are capable of perceiving sugar as tasting sweet.

I have often wondered if insects mistake it for sugar. (sorry for the hijack)

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**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-nutrasweet-taste-like-sugar-to-mice/191867/3 "2003-07-30T10:30:57Z")

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My experiments indicate that you can’t fool insects with _NutraSweet_, which, BTW, doesn’t even fool me, ugh, hate the stuff.