Far too much sweetener and not enough sugar

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I do agree with Lurka that the taste of the sweetener is definitely noticable. I heard the reason for the nasty aftertaste of sweeteners has to do with the molecular structure, as it clings to the tongue in a different way than sugar does. Like Lurka I can identify sweetener in anything I eat, and I personally am unable to drink soft drinks with sweetener. This is actually one thing I hate about the UK; a lot of products that are sweetened with only sugar in my home country have sweetener here, for example Fanta and Lipton Ice Tea. I canā€™t take the taste of them.

I will still take the current version of Huel over sugary Huel any day of the week, since I can tolerate it. :smile_cat: The current level of sweetness delivered is ok.

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I agree, absolutely avoid sugar at all costs - just saying Sucralose aint what yo mama would have recommended :slight_smile: All a silly argument anyway, Iā€™m happy with Huel unflavoured as the baby Jesus had intended it to be :wink:

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http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/feb/15/foodanddrink.ethicalfood

Good article about tastes and their changing over the years

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Having tested the unsweetened one multiple times, I can confirm that sweetener is then better option. The amount of sugar you would need to make it bareable would be a stupid amount. I used so much sugar I still couldnā€™t drink it. in which case it would be very unhealthy and high in calories. With sweetener being around x10 sweeter or whatever it makes sense to use sweetener.

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Sucralose is actually 600 times sweeter than sugar! So it would be quite a bit of sugar.

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@Lurka - just goes to show itā€™s a matter of taste, I find plain Huel quite sweet and the sweetened simply sickly. I start gipping if I try and get it past the back of my throat. When I started my Huel journey sweet was all there was, I threw out two whole bags because I couldnā€™t find anyone who could stomach it. The unadulterated version has a light nutty flavour, I drink it three times a day 6 days a week with nothing added :slight_smile:

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Hi there

Iā€™ve just made my first order but was under the impression that the sweetener used in Huel was stevia which is a plant based sweetener. It is sucralose thatā€™s used?

Thanks

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Sucralose comes from sugar which also comes from plants (e.g. cane / beets). The ingredients list is in the front page, you can see it uses sucralose.

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Stevia is used in the flavour packs.

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I think it would certainly be possible for the taste of a sweetener to be genetic. The bitter taste is defined by your genes, some people taste it and some donā€™t so I donā€™t see why the same may not be true of the taste some experience with our Vanilla Huel.