What's in diet soda
from sourceA drink.
From MoleculeFinder's curated list for diet soda. Every molecule in diet soda.
Molecules in it 6
- Acesulfame potassiumC4H4KNO4S
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Ace-K, a sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar. It is usually blended with sucralose or aspartame because each masks the other's aftertaste.
- AspartameC14H18N2O5
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The sweetener in blue packets and most diet sodas, about 200 times sweeter than sugar. It is a dipeptide, so it carries a phenylalanine warning label.
- Rebaudioside AC44H70O23
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The best-tasting sweet compound in the stevia leaf, and the one most stevia products are purified to. About 250 times sweeter than sugar.
- SaccharinC7H5NO3S
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The oldest artificial sweetener, sold in pink packets since 1879. About 300 times sweeter than sugar, with a metallic aftertaste at higher concentrations.
As a pure substance: LD50 14,200 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- SteviosideC38H60O18
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The most abundant sweet compound in stevia leaves, around 200 times sweeter than sugar but with a liquorice bitterness that rebaudioside A lacks.
As a pure substance, its GHS hazard label: signal word Warning; Irritant from source
- SucraloseC12H19Cl3O8
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The sweetener in yellow packets, sold as Splenda. It is table sugar with three chlorine atoms swapped in, which makes it 600 times sweeter and indigestible.
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