I thought I had finally found a healthy drink I liked with no artificial sweetness and they had to go and fuck it up

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    1 month ago

    Stevia can only be added in the manufacturing process by a cyclone valve which is actually quite noisy.

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      2 months ago

      Might not be artificial, but it doesn’t look natural in sweetener form:

      The process of extracting stevia -

      Dried stevia leaves are subjected to purified water first. Then followed by a precipitation process with ferric chloride and calcium hydroxide to remove non-soluble plant materials & other impurities and follow filtration.

      Then the leaf extract goes through an adsorption resin, which is used to trap the steviol glycosides of the leaf extract.

      Afterward, wash the resin with ethanol to release steviol glycosides and decolorize the resulting solution with activated carbon to remove the colors in leaves, and then concentrated by evaporation.

      Again, go through the process of decolorization, filtration and spray-drying. The spray-dried product is then combined with similarly processed additional extracts, dissolved in ethanol and/or methanol, crystallized and filtered. Finally, after further processes of crystallization, filtered and spray-dried to obtain pure stevioside.

      Taken from here: https://foodadditives.net/natural-sweeteners/stevioside/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-1949

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        Dried stevia leaves are subjected to purified water first. Then followed by a precipitation process with ferric chloride and calcium hydroxide to remove non-soluble plant materials & other impurities and follow filtration.

        So they’re washed with soap and water? Must we use the scariest language possible here?

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      2 months ago

      That’s precisely why I use it in my coffee and have for many years. However there’s a big difference from one brand to another I’ve found. Sweet Leaf stevia drops are the only kind I’ll use now.

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        i use it too, because almost all the other brands have dextrose, which is basically actual sugar, or ehtyrithiol, which is a sweetener, but it can cause GI issues. I bought 2 boxes from amazon to try it out, its worht it. its pricey but not sugar is better.

      • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com
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        2 months ago

        It’s interesting to read people’s reactions to stevia. I don’t seem to have the same reactions/aftertaste others point out.

        I much prefer stevia over other sweeteners. I wonder if there is some sort of cilantro type thing going on.

        Edit: Turns out stevia can taste different to other people!

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          Imo stevia is one of the best of the no calorie sweeteners, but since that entire category is absolutely abhorrent that’s sort of like being called the fastest snail.

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            I think we have to allow that when you’re raised on sugar like we all were, substitutes are never going to live up.

            However lots of people throughout history didn’t have refined sugar. The ancient Egyptians for example. What would they have thought of stevia?

            I once went on a strict no-carb diet for a few months and a stevia tea at the end of the day was a very enjoyable treat that I looked forward to. Now, having gone back to a normal diet, it doesn’t taste as good.

            So I think habituation is a big part of it.

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              I mean of course, yes, but since I can’t change my environment or context all I can do is speak on my own perspective informed my own context and experiences.

              Like I’m not sure what your point is here, just that this obviously subjective topic is subjective? Yes, of course it is. And yes of course my response was likewise subjective, but given the inherent nature of the topic the idea of addending “in my opinion” to the end feels extremely unnecessary.

              So again, I don’t disagree with you, but this feels entirely non-sequitur to me.

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                I’m saying it’s even more than just subjective from one person to the next. I described how I changed my environment and context and how that had an effect. Your opinion can change.

                I think you’re upsetting yourself trying to figure out if I’m agreeing or disagreeing with you but It’s a discussion. People chip in different bits.

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          2 months ago

          I’ve had a fresh stevia leaf before, totally amazingly delicious. However i can’t stand it as a sweetener in drinks.

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          2 months ago

          Added sugar is considerably worse for you than any zero calorie sweetener. Don’t give me that IT’S CHEMICALS bullshit either. Aspartame is one of the most tested food additive world wide and it’s not found to be unsafe.

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            It is all really terrible for you in the long run. There are phycological impacts of sweetness.

            Also drinking anything heavily flavored is problematic for your kidneys and heart. A little coffee or tea isn’t a problem but if you start drinking Soda as a water replacement it will come back to bite you.

            I do agree that terms “artificial”, “chemicals”, “non GMO” and “organic” are BS. Ultimately it is more phycological than anything.

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              “its all bad in the long run” doesnt mean that one isnt significantly worse. If youre smoking, why not just do meth instead? Both will kill you.

              I dont use sweeteners because of the aftertaste but I wont deny that sugar is much worse for my health. I dont consume enough to make it an actual problem though.

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            Aspartame gives me headaches. Like “I can’t interact with people” headaches. I’ve tried it a few times and it’s always directly afterwards.

            That said Stevia gives me a reaction like I had 5x the same amount of sugar, so I just have to remember if I’m adding it to something don’t use much or I’ll be hyper and then crash terribly. But at least I don’t get headaches.

            Sugar gives me no problems if I have it in moderation. I generally drink water, but if I have a soda, I have one and I’m done. It’s a treat, not a way of life. Drink water people, it’s actually good for you.

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        2 months ago

        You do realize manufactures have to wear gas masks when pouring in that junk right?

      • tal@lemmy.today
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        Stevia does have a bit of an aftertaste, but it’s fine for me in, say, coffee.

        IIRC, the major limiting issue with aspartame is that it’s not heat-stable to the degree that sugar is, so there are a bunch of products that are made with sugar that you can’t make with aspartame, problem for baking.

        kagis

        Yeah:

        https://www.fda.gov/food/food-additives-petitions/aspartame-and-other-sweeteners-food

        Aspartame is not heat stable and loses its sweetness when heated, so it typically isn’t used in baked goods.

        There is no one alternative sweetener that has all of sugar’s properties, just without the calories, which is what people really want.

        Stevia has the aftertaste. Aspartame isn’t heat stable. A lot of the sugar alcohols – like xylitol, which is really common in sugar-free candy – are laxatives, so if you eat that whole bag of candy, you are going to have horrendous diarrhea. You gotta use a patchwork of alternative sweeteners to replace sugar, based on the properties of a particular sugar use.

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    i have no issue with stevia other than it tastes fucking awful. just a terrible aftertaste that makes me never want to consume it ever, in any configuration.

  • Ze_Rosie_Ro@lemmy.cafe
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    2 months ago

    My fiance loves liquid death because it didn’t have anything for sweetness aside from the agave. Now all he’s gonna taste is the stevia. :(

  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Before this picture I thought Liquid Death was literally water in a can.

    Had no idea they added stuff.

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      2 months ago

      Yeah the slogan goes “Don’t be scared. It’s just water.” So same here, I thought it was just water lol.

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    I hate this brand, we now pay 6$ for water from a stupid can instead of having water bottles at festivals for 1-2$, the dude who owns it is friends with insomniacs owner, ruined the water supply at every festival. Redbull is typically cheaper than water now at 4$.

    No ppl dont think you’re drinking alcohol like they claim its for, that has never been a valid reaon to grab it, we all know its water, someone asking you for some water should be the first clue ppl dont think its alcohol.

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      Cans are actually recyclable. That’s the benefit. The rest is marketing.

      Red Bull doesn’t give you wings either.

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      Where the fuck were you getting $2 water at festivals? I remember paying $5 for anything to drink back when the Mayhem Festival was still a thing.

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      Insomniac like the video game company? Are they problematic? Or am I misunderstanding?

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      Forget your water backpack or theres a fat line? Liquid Death is there to empty your wallet, or you can die to dehydration.

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      The reason venues live the cans is that that can’t be recapped after opening, so they are harder to refill so you keep buying more instead of reupping in the bathroom.

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        Also to keep people from throwing full bottles of capped water at people and hurting them

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        They throw away caps either way, but like 50% of ppl are nice and let you keep them

  • ArtemisimetrA@lemmy.duck.cafe
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    The only benefit this company offers with their beverages is the non-alcoholic-but-not-NA-beer tall-boy. My recovering alcoholic friend brings these to parties if he knows people will be drinking and just hold one and I’ve watched him go sober through so many situations where he’d probably have had a drink before. Not that these are the only options for that, though, obviously.

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    Are they? These seem to be completely different products to me. One has caffeine and artificial sugar whereas the other has neither. I’d have a hard time believing these are the same products and not just similar ones with confusing names

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      2 months ago

      Those are both their Dead Billionare product and they do both have caffeine. In the old can design it was just listed somewhere else not shown

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      That’s the trouble with words like ‘artificial’ and ‘natural’. They mean nothing. It would be better to call them refined additives, because I expect the “stevia” would be in a refined, extracted form when added - whether substantially changed from the form present in the plant or not, this could be considered artificial, if we insist on using this word.

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        This is what bothers me the most from marketing. Uranium, arsenic and petroleum are 100% natural too

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        the oop said it came from petro, which isnt true. the substance which used to extract stevia isnt organic though, probably using an organic solvent, but they purify it to some extent. but alot of stevia brands only used the pure stevia from the plant.

    • Zanz@lemmy.ml
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      Stevie leaf extract is a petroleum base sweetener. It was used as an artificial sweetener , but then they found that it could be naturally occurring in small quantities and rebranded. It works like natural flavors where it can still come from petroleum so long as its naturally occurring with some source. I find it extremely bitter and soapy, just like almost every other artificial sweetener.

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        sounds more like aspartame, aspartame is entirely artificial, stevia comes form the stevia plant.

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        Could you give a source? I can’t find ANY mention of stevia being “petroleum based”.

        Afaik Stevia is entirely produced from the shrub.

  • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Flavored Liquid Death tastes like absolute ass to begin with. It’s like unsweetened/lightly sweetened drinks targeted at Monster drinkers

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    1 month ago

    How about drinking water from the tap? Much cheaper, not wasting cans, and healthy. If you live in a community with bad tap water, write a letter to your local water board, and buy a filtration tank you can put in your fridge.

    If you must really have flavor, buy some of the powdered dehydrated lime or orange powder packets.

    • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca
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      I presume you’re not from the US.

      Many municipalities across the US do not have drinkable water, and many more do not offer public access to water fountains. Thus, bottled water is a huge market in the US as free facilities are not always available.

      I’m Canadian and I legitimately cannot recall the last time I bought bottled or canned water. I bring my two 18.9L jugs to the store to fill them with filtered water for $5 and that’s the extent of my “bottled water” consumption. Elsewhere, I carry a metal water bottle I can get refilled anywhere for free.

      • Christopher Masto@lemmy.masto.community
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        I don’t know where you got that idea, but public tap water is federally regulated in the US (at least for now). Bottled water is popular because of marketing, not because tap water is unsafe.

          • Christopher Masto@lemmy.masto.community
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            How Flint is doing is irrelevant to what I said, the same as me picking on a polluted city in Canada doesn’t change the fact that Canada generally has safe drinking water.

            The comment I responded to made it sound like US tap water is mostly not safe to drink. That’s demonstrably untrue. I’m not defending the horrors of industrial capitalism or condoning environmental destruction, I’m merely pointing out that the US does in fact have standards, regulation, and enforcement for drinking water quality. This does not mean it’s perfect, but it does mean that in general you can drink the water out of the tap, like I do every day.

            I hate that we live in a world where only extreme viewpoints are allowed. Either the USA is the greatest country in the world or it’s a complete shithole, anything else is just shouted down. I still make the stupid mistake of caring about what’s real rather than what makes a good soundbite on social media.

            “Drinking water quality in the United States is generally safe. In 2016, over 90 percent of the nation’s community water systems were in compliance with all published U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) standards. Over 286 million Americans get their tap water from a community water system. Eight percent of the community water systems—large municipal water systems—provide water to 82 percent of the US population.”

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_water_quality_in_the_United_States

      • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
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        Have drank tap water across the US for decades. Some municipalities are crappier than others, but a fridge filter tank takes care of those places.

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          Absolutely, I’m not stating that the US’ water is undrinkable, simply that enough municipalities have poor quality or non-drinkable water that it’s easier for companies to market water bottles to people.

          Stories like Flint, Mi. go international, and its crisis lasted for a really long time, despite being mostly the exception (see the other commenter’s Wikipedia link). And public access water fountains are not a thing in many cities, leading to an even greater perceived scarcity by consumers.

          My point above was that enough municipalities have a drinking water quality problem to drive sales of water bottles across the country, the US’ drinking water is not bad across the world stage, but probably worse than most western European countries.

          The solution should be either a water filter, or a filtered water dispenser from a refillable jug. Not disposable water bottles.

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            I’ve quite literally drank Flint water. Not for a humble brag (far from it) but I really hate that they became some kind of trope. They have needed help for decades and could have recovered faster if America ever cared about people. Good people there. Shitty America management. It’s like they keep them down for the Internet points.

            As for municipal water. Stop by Altoona, Iowa sometime and drink their water. It’s just so terrible. Ground water full of stuff they can’t filter at scale. I don’t hate them for it, it’s what they can suck out of the ground, for maybe a few more years before it becomes brine.

            It is hard to produce drinking water that is safe, and also tastes good. Is my global point.

            Personal filters can improve that. Otherwise, buying water just leads us to a human future that is by far the worst reality we could ever impose upon ourselves.

            Edit: TL;DR: bad tasting municipal water isn’t a conspiracy. It’s just the reality you have to work with at the time.

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      Ahhh this line of logic. Yes, people can forego luxury items and save money while being healthier. You could never eat red meat, or drink soda, or have ice cream, sure, that would be much healthier and cheaper.