Re: Old Diet Soda
- From: Alice Faber <afaber@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:46:26 -0400
In article <462204f8.132452359@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
quester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Harold Groot) wrote:
If memory serves, heat is the main enemy of aspartame. That's the
reason it can't be used for baking, it breaks down at baking
temperatures. The breaking down process also goes on at room
temperature, though of course much more slowly. If a diet drink
sweetened with aspartame was actually kept at a comfortable room
temperature it would generally still be OK several months past the
expiration date, though it might be losing some sweetness by then.
But if it was stored in a very warm place it would break down much
more quickly.
Like on a window sill that gets afternoon sun. This was my mother's
standard storage space for soda that wouldn't fit in the fridge. She was
so pleased to be able to offer me a diet Coke one day (she didn't
usually buy diet soda, but had bought some for a guest). It's not just
that it tastes not-sweet when it's gone off. I didn't need to discover
just how much the sweetness is essential to the taste of a soda. It's
not like coffee or tea where the taste on its own is fine, but some
people prefer it with the sweetener. Unsweetened coke is just *vile*.
--
AF
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