by
Stepy —
January 21, 2014
- There has been so much controversy surrounding artificial sweeteners and Splenda is no exception. Its slogan “Made from sugar, so it tastes like sugar has changed” after the company was sued and became: “Just What’s Good — it’s made from sugar. It tastes like sugar. But it’s not sugar.”
- Sucralose (Splenda) was approved for use in foods as a sweetener in 1998.
- We have tried to gather some information for you:
- New York University professor of nutrition, food studies and public health Marion Nestle regularly addresses artificial sweeteners on her widely read Food Politics blog.
- When asked about Splenda, she tells TakePart, “Splenda is and always will be a non-starter for me. One of my top food rules is never to eat anything artificial. If you eat real food, you don’t have to give a thought to whether Splenda is good, bad or indifferent. It’s simply off the table, where I think it should be.”
- ” THERE’S NO DOUBT about it. Artificial sweeteners cause obesity,” states Dr. Ralph Hyman.
- “Stop confusing your body. If you have a desire for something sweet, have a little sugar, but stay away from “fake” foods. My advice is to give up stevia, aspartame, sucralose, sugar alcohols like xylitol and malitol, and all of the other heavily used and marketed sweeteners unless you want to slow down your metabolism, gain weight, and become an addict,” Dr Hyman adds.
- Consumer watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has downgraded sucralose (known as Splenda) from a “safe” rating to “caution” in its Chemical Cuisine guide after an Italian laboratory found the sweetener caused leukemia in mice.
“Sucralose may prove to be safer than saccharin, aspartame, and acesulfame potassium, but the forthcoming Italian study warrants careful scrutiny before we can be confident that the sweetener is safe for use in food,” said CSPI executive director Michael F. Jacobson in a statement.
- “It’s a chlorinated artificial sweetener in line with aspartame and saccharin, with detrimental health effects to match,” explains Dr. Joseph Mercola.
- We heard there were reported symptoms after eating sucralose.
- It is said that most artificial sweeteners may trigger one or more of the following:
- Dizziness
- Migraines
- Allergic reactions
- Weight gain and increases in blood sugar
- Gastrointestinal issues
- Obesity
- There is still a LOT of controversy surrounding Splenda from the way it is advertised to the related symptoms associated to it.
- Our rule: anything artificial is not real food and will not be good for your body.
- Artificial sweeteners are not good for you and YOU should opt for a healthier option such as coconut nectar or Raw honey.
- Let’s look at a list of U.S. products containing sucralose.
- A. Baked Goods:
- Heavenly Cheesecakes, Inc
. : Heavenly Cheesecakes
- Sorbee
: Sorbee Cookies Animal Crackers, Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Fudge, Oatmeal, Peanut Butter
- Wilson‘s Foods, Inc.
: Wilson‘s Fantastic Mini Wafers
- B. Specialty Products:
- Smokey Mountain Chew, Inc.
:Smokey Mountain Snuff (non-tobacco) Cherry
- C. Dairy Products:
- Breyers® CarbSmartTM Ice Cream:
Vanilla,
Chocolate,
Strawberry flavors
- Good Humor
: Breyers Ice Cream
- HP Hood, Inc.
:Hood® Carb CountdownTM Homogenized Dairy Beverage
- Chocolate 2% Reduced Fat
- 2% Reduced Fat
- Fat Free
- Homogenized
- Klondike® CarbSmartTM
: Fudge Bar
Ice Cream Bar,
Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich
- Whitey‘s Ice Cream
- D. Gelatins, Puddings, and Fillings:
- Musselman‘s®
”No Sugar Added” Applesauce
- E. Still Beverages:
- Aloe -
Aloe Splash, Kiwi, Lemon, Lime, Kiwi, Strawberry, Mountain Berry, Orange, Mango
- Arizona
: Arizona Iced Coffee, Latte Supreme, Mocha Latte
- AriZona Beverage Company:
AriZona Net No-Carb Green Teas
- Blueberry
- White Cranberry Apple
- Campbell Soup:
Diet V8 Splash®
- Daily Juice Products:
Diet Guzzler, Cranberry, Raspberry, Kiwi, Strawberry,
- Daily‘s®:
Diet Margarita Mix,
Diet Strawberry Daiquiri Mix
- Feralito Vultaggio & Sons:
Blue Luna Café™ Lite Café Mocha Coffee Drink
- Gatorade
Propel water
- Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
:WestSoy Soy Slender soymilk in Vanilla, Chocolate and Cappucino
- The Hansen Beverage Company:
Hansen‘s Smoothie Cranberry Raspberry Lite
- Kraft Foods North America, Inc.
: Kool-Aid® Jammers
Tropical Punch
- Low Carb Living, Inc.
: BaJa Bob‘s Original Sugar Free Margarita Mix, Strawberry Sugar Free Margarita Mix
- Lucky Leaf:
Apple Juice
- Nantucket Nectars:
Squeezed Nectars™ Diet Lemon Tea
- Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.:
Ocean Spray®, Lightstyle®, CranoGrape® Cranberry Juice Cocktail CranoMango™, CranoRaspberry®
- Pasco Beverage Company
: FLORIDAGOLD® Light ‘N Tasty
- Orange Juice Beverage with Calcium
- Lemonade Beverage
- Fruit Punch Beverage
- Apple Juice Beverage
- South Beach Beverages (SoBe)
: SoBe Lean™ Citrus, Diet Green Tea, Diet Orange Carrot, Diet Peach Tea, Peach Mango Tropical
- Swiss Natural Foods, Inc. :
Swiss Natural Diet Icy Berry® Diet Lemon Icy Tea® Diet Peach Icy Tea®
- Talking Rain® Beverage Co., Inc.
: Diet Ice Botanicals™, Cranberry, Raspberry, Key Lime, Kiwi, Strawberry, Melon, Berry
- Tropicana Products, Inc. :
Tropicana Twister® Light Cranberry, Raspberry Strawberry, Pink Grapefruit Cocktail, Tropical Strawberry
- VeryFine:
Fruit20
- F. Carbonated Beverages:
- Boylan Bottling Company:
Boylan‘s Diet Birch Beer, Root Beer
- Briar‘s USA, Inc. :
BRIAR‘S Diet Birch Beer, Root Beer
- CC Beverages (U.S.) Corp. :
Diet Clearly Canadian® Blackberry, Cherry, Tré Lemone
- Classic Selection
(7-Eleven Private Label):
Sugar Free Sparkling Water, Black Cherry, Key Lime, Kiwi, Strawberry, Peach, Tangerine-Lime, Tropical White Grape
- Crystal Clear:
Sugar Free Sparkling Water, Lemon, Lime, Mixed Berry, Peach, Raspberry
- D‘Best Dispensers: D‘Best Diet Cola (fountain)
- Family Dollar (Private Label):
Diet Cola
- Kroger (Private Label): Light Cranberry, Grape Juice Cocktail, LightCranberry Juice Cocktail
- Monarch Beverage, Inc. : Monarch Diet Cola (fountain)
- Napa Valley Juice Company:
Renée Sparkling Beverages, Bold Black Cherry, Juicy Strawberry, Luscious Peach, Wild Raspberry
- Reach for the Star Beverage Co. :
Diet Star Cola, Grape, Lemon, Lime, Orange, Root Beer
- Rivella (USA) Inc. Diet Rivella
- Snapple Beverage Group:
Diet Rite®, Cola
Diet RC®, Cola, Kiwi, Strawberry, Red Raspberry, Tangerine, White Grape
- Stewart‘s Beverages, Inc. :
Sparkling Diet Black Raspberry, Orchard Peach, Ruby Red, Vanilla Cream, Wild Cherry
- Urban Juice and Soda Co. :
Slim Jones™ Diet Soda, Black Cherry, Cream Fufu, Berry, Lime, Cola, Orange
- Upstate Beverages, Inc.
:Upstate Diet Cola (fountain)
- Waist Watcher:
Diet Carbonated Soft Drinks, Diet Black Cherry, Diet Cola, Diet Ginger Ale, Diet Orange, Diet Vanilla Cream
- White Rock Products Corporation:
White Rock® Diet Cola, Diet Ginger, Ale Diet, Lemon, Lime
- G. Chewing Gum:
- Arm & Hammer
: Dental Gum for Kids
- Warner-Lambert Co. :
Trident for Kids™ Sugarless Gum Berry Bubble Gum
- H. Powdered Beverage Mixes
- Hunt-Wesson, Inc. : Swiss Miss® “No Sugar Added” Hot Cocoa Mix
- I. Nutritional Products
- Advocare International Heart: Source Bar
- Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. :
Atkins Diet Advantage Bar™, Almond Brownie, Chocolate Coconut, Chocolate Macadamia Nut, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Chocolate Raspberry, Chunky Peanut Butter, Praline Crunch
- Atkins Diet Shake Cappuccino, Chocolate, Strawberry, Vanilla
- Atkins Syrups 7 flavors
- Beverly International Nutrition:
Ultra Size (Protein Drink) Chocolate Vanilla
- Muscle Provider Drink Mix
- Port-A-Meal Muscle Provider
- Biochem:
Ultimate Lo Carb Shake Chocolate Vanilla
- Ultimate Lo Carb Smoothie Chocolate Vanilla
- Bionutritional Research Group ProtoWhey Protein Drink Mix
- Bioplex Nutrition:
Simply Whites Whey Plex 100%, Whey Protein
- California Engineered Foods, California Protein
- Chemi-Source, Inc Metabolic Response Modifiers CreActiv
- CytoSport, Inc. :
Cytomax‰ Exercise and Recovery Drink Peachy Keen Tangy Orange
- Davedraper.com
: Banana Bread Mix, Blueberry Pancake Mix, Bomber Blend Protein Powder Cookies, Egg Nog, Keto Low Carb Ice Cream, Life Services Supplements, Low Carb/High Protein Bar Meal Replacement Drink, Mix, Shake
- EAS Ribforce :HP Effervescent Creative
- Fitness Labs Nutrition:
Fitness Labs Whey Protein 80,
Fitness Labs Whey Protein 90 Fruit Punch, Grape, Orange
- Gerber:
Oral Electrolyte Solution Apple Unflavored
- Naturlyte Oral Electrolyte Solution, Apple Bubble Gum Fruit Grape Unflavored
- Maximum Human Performance: TRAC® Powder Supplement
- Methoxy – Pro:
Protein Drink Mix Chocolate Vanilla
- Met-Rx® Anabolic Drive Series:
Pro50™ Meal Supplement Just Vanilla Strawberry Surge Triple Shot Chocolate
- Ketopro™ Chocolate Fudge Vanilla Crème
- Protein Plus High Protein Food Bar Chocolate Fudge Chocolate Roasted Peanut
- Ketopro High Protein Food Bar Double Fudge Peanut Fudge
- Source One Bars
- Glycemet
- MuscleLink™:
Pro Fusion™ Tropical Vanilla
- MuscleMeals
- Nature‘s Best:
VHT Totally Ripped Dietary Supplement Fruit Punch Grape Orange
- VHT Extreme Smoothie Chocolate Vanilla
- Perfect Zero Carb Isopure™ Protein Mix Strawberry Vanilla
- PowerBar®:
PowerBar®, Pria®, Carb SelectTM,
- Peanut Butter Caramel Nut
- Caramel Nut Brownie
- Cookies n‘ Caramel
- PowerBar® ProteinPlusTM Carb SelectTM:
Double Chocolate, Chocolate Peanut Butter
- Nutra Force, Inc. :
Nutra Force Vitamin & Mineral Water Cherry, Berry, Lemon, Lime Orange, Passion Fruit
- Nutrition for Life:
Slender Age Chocolate, Vanilla
- M2 Power-Play Lemon
- Optim Nutrition
: Optimum Muscle Defense
- Pacific Health Labs:
Satietrol Appetite Control Beverage Vanilla
- Perfect Low: Carb Isopure™ Dutch Chocolate
- Perfect Zero: Carb Isopure Drink
Alpine Punch Icy Orange
- Pinnacle Products:
Bodyonics Androstat – 100 Poppers Cool Mint Licorice Wildberry
- ProLab:
Lean Mass Pro35 Protein Drink Chocolate Vanilla
- Metabolic Thyrolean Soy Protein Chocolate Vanilla
- PTS Labs:
Revital Squeers® Oral Electrolyte Solution 4 flavors
- Rexall Sundown
Sundown Soy Protein Shake Powder Natural Chocolate
- Protein Revolution: Low Carb Bars Apple Cinnamon, Spice Cake, Chocolate Fudge Almond, Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch, Peanut Butter and Jelly
- Protein Revolution Drink Mix
- Ross Products:
Pedialyte Oral Electrolyte Solution Fruit Punch Grape Unflavored
- Pedialyte Pops
- SportPharma:
Extra Protein Bars Cinnamon Swirl, Devil‘s Food Cake, Peanut Crunch
- Just Whey Protein Powder Chocolate, Vanilla
- Promax Protein Powder Dutch Chocolate, French Vanilla
- Sportron International:
Riteway Diet
- Sundown: Pokemon Vitamins Complete Extra C With Iron
- TKE, Inc. :
TKE Monster Food Muscle Quencher Nexxus Fat Burning Whey Protein
- Twin Lab:
Fuel Plex Chocolate, Strawberry, Vanilla
- Fuel Plex Lite Chocolate, Strawberry, Vanilla
- Metabolift High Protein, Low Carb Meal Replacement Deep Chocolate Peaches ‘N Crème Vanilla Bean
- Matebolift Diet Gum Cinnamon Burst
- Weight Perfect, Inc:
Weight Perfect High Soy Chocolate, Strawberry, Vanilla
- Wellness International Network, Ltd. :
Pro-Xtreme
- Omnitrition, Inc. :
Pro Builder Protein Powder Scientific Solution Sugar Free EZ Energy Sugar Free EZ Memory
- Worldwide Sport Nutrition:
Pure Protein™ Meal Replacement bar Blueberry Cheesecake, Cappuccino, Chewy Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Deluxe Peanut Butter
- Pure Protein™ Shake Strawberry Cream, Strawberry Short Cake, White Chocolate Mousse
- Pure Protein™ Cookie Chocolate Chip, Cookie Dough, Chocolate Covered Coconut Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter
- J. Sweet Sauces, Toppings, and Syrups
- Hammer Corporation
: Flavored Syrups 12 flavors
- Spray Candy Various flavors
- Maple Grove Farms
: Sugar Free Syrup
- Nature‘s Flavors Company:
Nature‘s Flavors Syrups Over 40 Flavors
- Sorbee, Blueberry, Chocolate, Maple, Strawberry
- Vermont
: Sugar Free Syrup
- Walden Farms, Inc.
:Walden Farms Calorie Free Salad Dressings 6 flavors Aurora Foods, Inc.
Log Cabin® Sugar Free
Low Calorie Syrup
- DaVinci Gourmet®
DaVinci Sugar Free Flavored Syrups Creme de Menthe
- Taffetti Sugar Free Taffy Chocolate Chip
- DaVinci Gourmet®
DaVinci Sugar Free Spiced Black Tea Latte,
- Entner Stuart French Vanilla
- Estee Estee Smart Treats Sugar Free Syrup Blueberry Maple
- K. Confectionery Products:
- Goelite Jelly Belly Gummy Bears
- L. Microwave Kettlecorn:
- Orville Redenbacher
- As with everything we recommend caution. It is better to be safe than sorry.You be your own judge and do what is right for YOU!
- For the health risks of aspartame.
- Are you addicted to sugar?
- New MRI technique confirms that cancer feeds on sugar.
- Is splenda dangerous for you?
- REFERENCES:
- 1. CSPI Downgrades Splenda From “Safe” to “Caution” ~ Newsroom ~ News from CSPI ~ Center for Science in the Public Interest.” CSPI. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
2. Mercola, Joseph, D.O. “The Potential Dangers of Sucralose (Splenda).” Mercola.com. Mercola.com, 03 Dec. 2000. Web. 13 Jan. 2014.
- 3. Mercola, Joseph, DO. “Sucralose (Splenda?) U.S. Product List.” Mercola.com. Dr. Joseph Mercola, n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2014.
- 4. “A Role for Sweet Taste: Calorie Predictive Relations in Energy Regulation by Rats.“National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
- 5. ” Splenda May Not Be So Splendid After All.” TakePart. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
6. “Diet Drinks: Helpful or Harmful to Kick the Sugar Habit?” Dr Mark Hyman. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
- 7. Nestle, Marion. “New Studies on Artificial Sweeteners: A Puzzle.” Food Politics. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
8. Nestle, Marion. “The Latest Splenda Rat Study: Oops.” Food Politics. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
- 9. Medical News Today. “How safe is splenda“. Web. 23 Jan.2014
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