The sweetness is indeed given - but tasted coffee or tea etc. unlike when using proper sugar. I feel that after not quite as bad as normal sweetener - but noticeably. Also, the tabs have poorly resolved in coffee. After about 5 minutes after lying empty coffee cup the tabs still half dissolved in the cup. (Yes - of course I have not forgotten the agitation) My wife and I were it not excited - I was trying but definitely value. Everything is right, of course subjective.