# Table Sugar - Any Non-Nasty Substitutes?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-sugar-any-non-nasty-substitutes/249286>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 8, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-sugar-any-non-nasty-substitutes/249286 "2004-06-08T15:05:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-sugar-any-non-nasty-substitutes/249286/21 "2004-06-09T02:36:48Z")

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Yeah, I’m another one who DEFINITELY doesn’t think Splenda tastes like sugar. I can always tell when there’s splenda in something because of the weird aftertaste I get from it. But…yeah, I guess if you really must cut back on sugar it’s better than the alternatives.

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**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-sugar-any-non-nasty-substitutes/249286/22 "2004-06-09T02:46:05Z")

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> [@lavenderviolet](#):
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> Yeah, I’m another one who DEFINITELY doesn’t think Splenda tastes like sugar. I can always tell when there’s splenda in something because of the weird aftertaste I get from it. But…yeah, I guess if you really must cut back on sugar it’s better than the alternatives.

I really can’t deal with that aftertaste. If the non-sugar sweeteners don’t work, then I’ll just get used to drinking my coffee unsweet.

Maybe I should just stop drinking coffee…

…and beer

…and stop smoking

…and start exercising…

\<shudder\>

😛

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-sugar-any-non-nasty-substitutes/249286/23 "2004-06-09T16:30:40Z")

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> [@lavenderviolet](#):
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> Yeah, I’m another one who DEFINITELY doesn’t think Splenda tastes like sugar. I can always tell when there’s splenda in something because of the weird aftertaste I get from it. But…yeah, I guess if you really must cut back on sugar it’s better than the alternatives.

I hate _all_ sugar substitutes because of the chemical taste, except Splenda. We rarely use real sugar since we started buying Splenda. It’s more expensive but for me it’s worth the price.

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**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-sugar-any-non-nasty-substitutes/249286/24 "2004-06-09T16:38:12Z")

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I want to know what **Fritz** thought of Splenda (I think it’s great stuff).

**Fritz?**

Oh, **Friiiiitz…**

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**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-sugar-any-non-nasty-substitutes/249286/25 "2004-06-09T16:42:44Z")

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I did try Splenda this morning, and it sort of tasted OK when I was drinking the coffee, but it left a lingering aftertaste. For a couple of hours, it felt as if I had ingested something…wrong…

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