Why do diet drinks still taste like diet drinks?

[captpackrat]

Why is it that even with Splenda, diet colas still taste like diet cola?

I bought a bottle of Diet Rite recently, since it was now made with Splenda, but it still tasted just as bad as ever. I just bought a bottle of Diet Coke with Splenda, hoping the they'd have improved the taste, but no, it doesn't taste anything even remotely like Coke.

Why can't anyone make a diet soda that actually tastes like the non-diet version?

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[bubbycat.livejournal.com]

What's that foxes creme wafer cookies in your icon? That made me hungry they looked yummy :) hehe. ps if you get this 2 times i think i forgot to change the Anonymous dot to LiveJournal user. cause i didn't see my post the first time i posted this. I must have thought i was already logged in.

[captpackrat.livejournal.com]

A few years ago, my grandparents bought a box of Foxes Creme wafer cookies. It's an actual product, and I still have a couple packages left. They came in vanilla and chocolate. I haven't seen them since, and Google hasn't really helped any. I have come across references to "Foxes Biscuits", so perhaps it is a British thing.

[bubbycat.livejournal.com]

I wonder if they come in butterscotch vixen or caramel skunk ?:) i kid hehe. it made me think of butterscotch vixen reading fox flavors :)