Yes, SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener is great for people with diabetes. Even though SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener starts with sugar, it goes through a process that changes it into a no calorie sweetener called sucralose. The result is a sweetener that tastes like sugar, without calories.
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Comparison of the chemical structures of sucrose (top) and sucralose (bottom) Sucralose is an artificial sweetener and sugar substitute. The majority of ingested sucralose is not broken down by the body, so it is noncaloric. In the European Union, it is also known under the E number E955. Sucralose is about 320 to 1,000 times sweeter than sucrose, three times as sweet as aspartame and twice as sweet as saccharin and three times as sweet as acesulfame potassium. It is stable under heat and over a broad range of pH conditions.
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Common Sugar Substitutes. Also Known as: NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, and Equal-Measure. Origin: An accidental byproduct discovered in 1965 during experiments to develop a peptic ulcer drug. Found in: More than 6,000 products including diet beverages, dairy products, desserts and tabletop sweeteners.
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SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener is the brand name for the ingredient sucralose. It’s made through a process that converts sugar into a no calorie sweetener. This multi-step process selectively replaces three hydrogen-oxygen groups on the sugar molecule with three chlorine atoms.
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Also known as: Stevia Extract In the Raw, SweetLeaf, Only Sweet, PureVia, Truvia. Origin: Stevia is derived from the leaves of a South America and Central American shrub that's now grown all over the world, even in potted house plants.
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Sucralose is found in many food and beverage products, used because it is a no-calorie sweetener, does not promote dental cavities, is as safe for consumption by diabetics and nondiabetics, and does not affect insulin levels.
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No. Although sucralose, the high-intensity no calorie sweetener used in all SPLENDA® Sweetener Products, is made from a process that starts with real sugar, has a similar structure to sugar, and has a sugar-like taste, it is not natural.
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Also Known as: Primarily marketed as Splenda and less commonly as Sukrana, SucraPlus, Candys, Cukren and Nevella. Origin: Another accidental lab creation, this sweetener was discovered in 1976 by scientists in search of new insecticides.
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The Skinny: The FDA also says it's safe to consume and unlike most of the other sweeteners, it can be used in cooking and baking. Its marketing implies sucralose is natural and just like sugar, but it's actually cooked up from chlorinated hydrocarbons.
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The Skinny: One of only two artificial sweeteners ranked as safe by the consumer advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest -- the other is sucralose -- and its makers claim it's even harmless enough for pregnant and breastfeeding moms.
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what is splenda called
Sucralose is called splenda. Sucralose is called Splenda.