I finished up a five pack of these some time ago (probably over a year ago) and don't remember a sweetened tip. My review of the first one from 2019 doesn't say anything about it being sweetened, so it must be a recent development. I'm still smoking through a backlog of various LGC blends and vitolas and my general impression of their rolling quality is that it varies and is maybe only a tad bit better, on average, than Gurkha and Rocky, both of which suffer, at least in my experience, from rampant construction issues. I suppose when one of your main retail outlets is websites like CI and C-bid, which cater to budget buyers, you have to find corners to cut and having your sticks rolled at factories which employ newbie rollers who will work for below-average wages is no doubt one of them.