How can companies make so many different diet sodas that taste good, but have apparently 0-5 calories?

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How can companies make so many different diet sodas that taste good, but have apparently 0-5 calories?

2006-06-13 09:31:20 · 2 answers · asked by Alexandra S 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science

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Diet drinks are flavored with "sugar" like substances that are not digestable by the human GI tract. However, their structure closely resemble that of sugar so as to trigger the "sweet" taste receptors. So they taste sweet but do not contain digestable calories.

2006-06-13 11:56:57 · answer #1 · answered by Dave 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I don't think Diet sodas taste good. Yuck.

2006-06-20 03:21:29 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋