Showdown at the Coffee Shop

[lsanderson]

BATTLING FOR YOUR TASTE BUDS From left, Sweet ’N Low (saccharin), Splenda (sucralose), Equal (aspartame) and a newcomer, Truvia (stevia), share a market of often impassioned fans.
By KIM SEVERSON
Published: April 14, 2009

BELINDA CHANG loves the balance of flavors in her Diet Coke.

EVER LOYAL “I’m a Splenda-holic,” said Medini Pradhan, who prepares dal with the sweetener at her home in Barrington, Ill.

Each can — she goes through about four ice-cold ones a day — has a reliable acid bite that marries well with the caramel taste of cola and the sweetness of aspartame. More