Q: Is Splenda safe to use?

A: Splenda is a brand of no calorie sweetener/sugar substitute.

Sucralose, the sweetening agent in Splenda is made by a process that starts with sucrose or table sugar. Three hydrogen-oxygen groups on the sugar (sucrose) molecule are replaced by three chlorine atoms.

Chlorine is used to modify the structure of the sugar molecule and produce sucralose. Chlorine is a natural element present in many foods (lettuce, tomatoes, mushrooms, melons, peanut butter, table salt) and added to most public water supplies. The chlorine atoms present in sucralose do not separate in the body, nor does sucralose accumulate in the body.

The chlorine atoms prevent sucralose from being broken down for energy making sucralose non-caloric. Over 100 studies conducted over 20 years document the safety of sucralose. Sucralose can be used in cooking/baking because it is stable over a wide range of temperatures.

 

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