Sucralose, is a non-nutritive sweetener, is used in replace of sugar and is six hundred times sweeter. The popular brand Splenda, utilizes sucralose as it’s main chemical ingredient. Splenda is known to consumers as a healthier alternative to sugar, and is able to be sprinkled onto cereal, fresh fruit, and added to teas. In the small yellow packaging of the Splenda, no calorie sweetener packets: one packet is equal to two teaspoons of sugar, while one and a half packets is equal to one tablespoon of sugar. Splenda is commonly used today with positive remarks from consumers on effects of consumption, and innovatively changes dynamics globally, yet holds negative effects since it’s discovery.
Notably in 1976, researchers at Queen Elizabeth College,
Notably in 1976, researchers at Queen Elizabeth College,