>Monster Green, which is their full sugar product

Just want to add that all Monster (AFAIK) contains sucralose even if it also has HFCS or other sugar. It's a small amount because it's so potent, so I usually start at the end of the ingredients label when checking if drinks have it. NOS also puts it in their regular drinks. I don't know when they made this change, but I stopped drinking Monster because of it. I used to like the Mean Bean Java Monster quite a bit.

My energy drink of choice these days is Blueberry Red Bull, in case anyone else is looking for an option that tastes better.

Also some brands like Rockstar put it in half their flavors, so you gotta check every can. Even though Killer Citrus is safe (as of 5+ years ago when I last looked anyway), Killer Grape isn't, despite both being of a similar subtype.

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thereticent 2 days ago | parent [-]

I've never seen reliable data suggesting that sucralose is harmful. Could be wrong. If you wouldn't mind giving sources, that would be helpful. Or is it just a personal sensitivity? Don't mean to pry. I'm just curious about the issue.

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opan 2 days ago | parent [-]

It just tastes disgusting to me and ruins anything it's in. I have a long history of avoiding certain foods/ingredients (e.g. onions) so I was already somewhat used to reading ingredient labels before deciding if I should consume things and being a bit picky generally.

From another angle, I think it's quite shady and dishonest of them to mix artificial sweeteners into non-diet drinks and not make it clear. If someone sells sugar free drinks and not-sugar-free drinks, they shouldn't both have sucralose.

I have heard certain artificial sweeteners kill your gut bacteria, but honestly I don't care much about that. If I heard that about sugar, I wouldn't start avoiding sugar.

	▲	thereticent 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		That makes total sense to me. I've avoided onions most of my life. More saliently, I agree that it's off-putting to hide the inclusion of artificial sweeteners. Thanks for your response--I appreciate it.