What It Is:
What It Isn't:
How It's Made:
Don't let the chlorine scare you. Chlorine is also found as a chloride in table salt, lettuce and mushrooms. Twenty years of science has shown sucralose to be safe for humans to consume.
How To Use It:
Sucralose can be used like sugar to sprinkle on your cereal, in your coffee or in your cooking and baking.
Splenda is available in large packages for use in baking and cooking. It is important to note that Splenda is a blend of sucralose and starches. The starches do contain some calories - so Splenda has about 95 calories per cup.
Safety:
Canada was the first country to approve sucralose for use in foods and beverages. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved sucralose in 1998 after reviewing 110 scientific studies. It's approved for use by everyone including pregnant women and children.
Fears:
This claim is based on one laboratory study where young rats fed sucralose and low-calorie diets suffered from shrinking thymus glands. This is a common response for rats when they are under stress due to weight loss for any reason and isn't specific to sucralose consumption. Follow-up studies did not discover any evidence of immune system dysfunction.
Sucralose Recipes:
International Food Information Council. "Everything You Need to Know About Sucralose." June 2004.
Kille JW, Ford WC, McAnulty P, Tesh JM, Ross FW, Willoughby CR. "Sucralose: lack of effects on sperm glycolysis and reproduction in the rat." Food Chem Toxicol. 2000;38 Suppl 2:S19-29.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. "Facts About Sucralose." 2006.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. "Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: use of nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners." J Am Diet Assoc. 2004 Feb;104(2):255-75.

