date:Sep 01, 2012
than the sweetening system it now uses.
Drinks losing sweetness
US Diet Pepsi used aspartame alone as an artificial sweetener, but this was prone to breakdown within the soda especially during hot summer months while excess shaking during transportation could affect taste, the paper claimed.
Asked about these points, one unnamed industry source told this publication:This is a known issue with aspartame. It is very sensitive to heat and breaks down (loses sweetness) easily.
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