It isn't too bad but unpleasant enough for me to study ingredients of things I buy to avoid them. Medicines only have the non active ingredients on the leaflet so you can't tell until you get it home. Same probably applies to the sugar free versions of other cough medicines.
Just a warning to anyone thinking of taking Bronchostop - it contains one of the sweeteners ending in ol (xyltol, maltiol, steviol etc) which can cause bloating and laxative effects in quite a few people - including me. Basically, if you can't eat sugar free sweets then avoid it. Anyone who had...