Sugar substitutes: no affection for this confection.(Splenda)(Evaluation)

Publication: Consumer Reports

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If you're a calorie counter or otherwise watch your sugar intake, Splenda, a new sugar substitute, may sound like your grail. The sweetener has just 2 calories per teaspoon, and as such it's allowed to be called "no calorie"; sugar has 15 calories per teaspoon. Splenda is made of sucralose, which comes from sugar, and...

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