First learning: I originally wanted to use the headline: what my coke addiction taught me... then I rephrased due to obvious reasons... Jokes aside - I know, how unhealthy soft drinks are. Having this in mind, I have been for the look for an alternative. There is for example Coke Life - Coca Cola which is partly sweetened with normal sweeteners and partly with stevia, Coke light or Coke Zero which is sweetened with Aspartam (or other artificial sweeteners). But also Diet Dr. Pepper Cherry, Diet Mountain Dew Cherry Zero and so on. What I learned is, that sugar (and high fructose corn syrup) doesn't only changes the mouth-feel. It heavily effects the taste perception. I am calling this here taste perception, as taste and aroma are far more scientific and "constraint". But anyway - on a personal, subjective note, these products "taste" different than their "fatty" counterparts - and this is kind of a big deal. That means in reality not only...