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Hopefully this at least means it gets taken out of a lot of drinks. I cannot stand the taste of it, it's bloody horrible. An aftertaste that just lingers.
growing up i'd drink regular soda, but faced with diet soda i'd chose water for this reason. now that i can't have sugar anymore and am actually looking at diet soda, i think stevia leaf is the only good choice out there. just pricy
I'm a big fan of Erythritol - a sugar alcohol with a nearly non-existent glycemic index of like 1. It tastes great and doesn't have terrible side effects like Maltitol does.
Monks fruit from lakanto is a great source of Erythritol.
Just be careful with sugar alcohols (including erythritol)- tolerances vary, but if you overindulge it'll corkscrew your guts like nothing else and turn you into a walking biohazard. Most infamously, sugar free gummi bears are sweetened with this, and while the results are miserable to experience, they do lead to some fantastic reading material...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2JGNJ5ZPJT4YC
Erythritol is usually an ingredient in most consumer stevia producs, or dextrose. From the products I've seen anyways. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/erythritol-cardiovascular-events seems mildly concerning enough to just switch one that contains dextrose a filler instead