We tried a few flavored waters, but we didn't like the lingering taste of diet sweeteners.
That said, we're certainly not strangers to sugar substitutes, and are always curious about the potential merits, faults and most importantly, taste of artificial sweeteners.
Recently, additional roles of TRPV1 receptors or its variants have been proposed in the off taste of artificial sweeteners and metallic taste of Cu2+, Zn2+, and Fe2+ (Riera et al. 2007) and in the sensitization of changes in osmolarity to CAP in trigeminal sensory neurons (Liu et al. 2007).
The bitterness suppressor and sweetener enhancer should mask the bitter taste of the medicine and sweeten the chalky taste of the antibiotic.
It uses "flavor enhancers" — biotech products that are not sweet themselves but increase the intensity of sweeteners, to re-create a full-sugar taste.
The big three beverage companies are also endlessly tinkering with combinations of sweeteners and sugars to lower calories without altering taste.
Even diet sodas will cause weight gain, as the artificial sweeteners give a taste of sweetness with no calories, which will then increase your appetite for things with calories.
Red pandas can taste artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame, the only non-primate known to do so.
The Frankenstein's laboratory taste of Prohibition gin no longer needed a sweetener to hide its awfulness.
