How does some tonic water have 33g of sugar per bottle, and yet it tastes like bitter bubbly water?

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I’ve always wondered this…. especially when a bottle of other soda has usually around the same amount, but is extremely sweeter.

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Humans are very good at tasting bitter flavors. Likely because there are lots of toxic compounds with an oral exposure route that taste bitter. Being really good at tasting poison likely provides an evolutionary advantage.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279408/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131111185522.htm

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