Earlier today, I added the following, with reference to the Tate & Lyle website URL:
"According to Tate & Lyle's website sucralose is 600 times sweeter than sucrose from which it is manufactured. Yet, Splenda is marketed as ono-to-one sweetness equivalency.
To get 600 grams Splenda 1 gram of sucralose is combined with 599 grams of flavorless maltodextrin, the only other listed ingredient of Splenda. For one kilogram, that is 998.3 grams maltodextrin and 1.7 grams of sucralose.Since maltodextrin readily metabolizes into glucose in the body, it carries the same calorie load as glucose = 4 kilocalories per gram. This means that Splenda has for all practical purposes the same calorie load as regular sugar, which explains why it does not result in weight-loss and why it has the same effect on a diabetic's blood sugar measurements as regular sugar.
Yet, because the manufacturer claims that 1 tsp.(0.5g) is one serving, which is less than the FDA 5 calories per-serving limit, FDA allows the product to be listed as zero-calorie. By the same reasoning, pure sugar could be marketed as a zero calorie product too."
All those statements are true. Yet less than 1 hour later, the text was deleted again.
Might I get an explanation why that was deleted? Is Tate & Lyle monitoring this page so no one can expose their no-calorie" marketing lie?
G. C.
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