Sucralose, sold under the trade name Splenda, is an artificial sweetener. It's made by selective chlorination of table sugar (sucrose). It's presented as natural because it derived from sugar, but clearly its not a REAL food, it's not as nature intended.
So it's not a REAL food, but is it safe?
The concern is through chlorination of sucrose to make sucralose, an organochloride is born. Some organochlorides are toxic and known to cause adverse health effects, others occur naturally in foods like seaweed. So......what to think?
It's approved for use in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, European Union, Japan, United States and some 80 or so countries. The FDA's approval is based on review of more than 110 studies in humans and animals, which found no adverse effects in humans or animals. My concern is someday they may find adverse effects. Just like the plastic story that continues to unfold - just stick to glass containers and stainless steel bottles.
My thoughts.....It's not a REAL unaltered food in it's original form as nature intended. I choose to use natural sweeteners.
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