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Eric - 08 Jan 2004 13:39 GMT

Splenda now appears to be available in the UK. I first heard about it in
this forum about a year ago when someone said it was pretty much zero cal
and zero carb... but I have a big jar of it now and it say's it's 97%
carbs... or are the carbs in it unprocessable by the human digestive system?

While I'm on the subject. I heard rumours that splenda can cause a whole
host of health problems; mainly due to some quantity of chlorine used in its
production. Anyone know anything about this?

Thanks,

Eric

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DJ Delorie - 08 Jan 2004 14:24 GMT

> Splenda now appears to be available in the UK. I first heard about
> it in this forum about a year ago when someone said it was pretty
> much zero cal and zero carb... but I have a big jar of it now and it
> say's it's 97% carbs... or are the carbs in it unprocessable by the
> human digestive system?

Sucralose itself is 600x sweeter than sugar, so they have to add
*something* to it, or you'd go nuts trying to add one or two specs to
your recipes. They add processed maltodextrose, which is a "fluffy"
filler. So, 1tsp of splenda is 97% carbs, but it's still a fraction
(~1/8) of the carbs in 1tsp of sugar.

When splenda is used in commercial recipes (like soda), there's no
fillers.

Count splenda at 0.5g/tsp, 1.5g/tbsp, 24g/cup.

> While I'm on the subject. I heard rumours that splenda can cause a
> whole host of health problems; mainly due to some quantity of
> chlorine used in its production. Anyone know anything about this?

There are no facts behind these claims. Salt has far more chlorine in
it than splenda does, and nobody complains about that.

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AmyB - 08 Jan 2004 22:34 GMT

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> There are no facts behind these claims. Salt has far more chlorine in
> it than splenda does, and nobody complains about that.

Salt has chloride, not chlorine. There is a big difference. Chlorine is a
gas at standard temperature and pressure. Now, bleach (sodium hypochlorate)
that's a different story. OP was talking about chlorine used in processing
Splenda, not in the final product.
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> > Splenda now appears to be available in the UK. I first heard about
> > it in this forum about a year ago when someone said it was pretty
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> > whole host of health problems; mainly due to some quantity of
> > chlorine used in its production. Anyone know anything about this?

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