Here we have used it all these years and never noticed any odd tastes.
It still beats whipped cream...too much work and you can't store it.

Alan wrote:

> On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 15:43:18 GMT, "Vox Humana" >
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>>>Cool Whip is a wonderful product that comes in many flavours and can be
>>>added to anything. It tastes just like whipped cream. My kids used to
>>>take popcicles and dip them in Cool Whip for treats the same with cookies.
>>>You can add it to any recipe that calls for whipped cream (that has no
>>>taste and lots of fat and cholesterol) it doesn't melt or fade away and
>>>can be added to a 1 pound box of powdered sugar for a great frosting.
>>>Matt
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>>Cool Whip is a first cousin to non-dairy coffee creamers. This class of
>>products contains hydrogenated tropical oils and saturated fat. If you like
>>them, that is a personal thing. I see little to recommend them. I don't
>>think they taste very good - certainly not like real whipped cream. Cool
>>Whip has a strange chemical taste, probably from the artificial vanilla
>>flavor that it contains. I don't have whipped cream very often, maybe twice
>>a year. I would rather have the real thing. You can stabilize whipped
>>cream if you want to use it in pastries.
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> I don't much like Cool Whip, but I think the 'chemical' taste doesn't
> come from the artificial vanilla. Cook's Illustrated does blind
> taste testing, and when they tasted vanilla against vanillin, not one
> taster could tell the difference!
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> I think other things in the mixture have to do with the weird taste.
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