Comments on: The Growing Sucralose Infestation

By: BarbWire

BarbWire — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:07:03 +0000

I decided years ago that Splenda sucked, sucralose sucked, all artificial sweetners sucked, and like the OP I was able to avoid them with a quick glance at the package label. But it has become almost impossible to avoid the shit. In the past week I have been suckered by the Emerald Almonds, Quaker High-Fiber Instant Oatmeal, Snackwells cereal bars and Cafe Escapes Dark Chocolate cocoa. I’ve tossed the nuts, oatmeal, snack bars and cocoa after the first bite or sip and the aftertaste was still with me hours later. I do not have time to read every damned ingredient in every damned label. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:18:23 +0000

I’m so relieved to see at least one person saying this. Its SO frustrating to bring home rpoducts from teh grocery store and have to throw them away once I taste them. The latest abomination? Emerald Almonds (cocoa and cinnamon dusted) have Sucralose on them! Yuck! I tasted it the second I put one in my mouth. Why ruin a perfectly healthy snack?

I also think the manufacturers must be believing the party line that sucralose tastes just like sugar so they think they can just throw it in an no one will notice. It sure doesn’t to me. I wonder how many people out there get the chemically taste that I do?

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 05:23:21 +0000

Seeing a few comments where people added Stevia as a natural sweetener, I have this to say: There have been some studies showing that stuff lowers sperm count. So why support that when Splenda has had overall good studies? No health problems from it during the studies! The people who get “a rash” from it are in the miniscule minority. Not to mention they weren’t in any controlled study so who knows if it was actually the sucralose or something else that happened by coincidence at the same time.

By: Dreama Cleaver

Dreama Cleaver — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:34:03 +0000

My theory is that sucralose is a cheaper alternative to sugar. It is being used in products along with corn syrup which reduces the calories of the product. So for people looking for low calorie foods will choose these products. Plus if the price is lower then the manufacturer will also be saving money. I have only researched this on a very small level so I could be wrong, but I think it is something to look into.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:19:49 +0000

Is there anyone out there who can enlighten us as to why Sucralose is such an attractive ingredient to all these manufacturers? There must be a reason it is appearing in everything. This never happened with the other diet sugars!

By: Dreama Cleaver

Dreama Cleaver — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:07:32 +0000

I found out Nestle’s Hot Cocoa mix has it now. My friend gave me a box and for the first time I was able to taste the sucralose. When I drank just a sip I thought it tasted funny and sure enough it is in the cocoa. This is another product that is not labeled as sugarless or fat free or anything like that. Yes, I agree with previous posters. I think I will have to start making my own beverages. This is ridiculous.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:59:12 +0000

I’ve noticed this too. I like to have a canned coffee now and then, or juice, or one of my kid’s Capri Sun. Anything with Sucralose gives me this nasty taste and weird… ‘Glaaaaahg-feeling’in my throat for hours, with just one sip. It used to be easy to avoid, Diet=No-thanks. But like everyone here has noted, it is everywhere. I liked the Moster Coffee drinks. No more, now every variety I can pull off the shelf has sucralose in it.

I guess this is one way to get me off of just about every type of soft drink out there.

Grrrr….

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:39:49 +0000

I am a super-taster who is very sensitive to taste. I usually can’t handle tap-water because of the chemicals and metal I can taste. And now I’m sick of taking a sip of what is supposed to be yummy only to find a horrible horrible taste. Look through the ingredients and surely I find the dreaded words – sucralose. It’s everywhere: many drinks, orange juice, canned fruit, and even pickles yuck! Make drinks clearly state if they are diet, I’m sick of that surprise taste showing up when I least expect it. One sip is all it takes and I’m quickly looking through the ingredients.

By: Sue

Sue — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:48:12 +0000

I’ve noticed a lot of companies are now doing this. Not just drinks anymore. I got some Yoplait low fat yogurt, and it has sucralose in it, yuck! FiberOne Honey Clusters has it in it as well, double yuck. At least have it in bigger writing or something, for those of us who don’t like the taste can avoid it, those who like it can be happy.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:47:51 +0000

I, too am sick of having to read every ingredient on every label looking for that dreaded word. About an hour after ingesting any, I get a persistent bad taste in my mouth which stays with me for about 8 hours. Nothing I have tried will get rid of it. Of course that makes me wonder what else is happening in my body I might not like if I knew. Let’s just say it doesn’t surprise me that other people are having trouble. And I’ll bet some of those folks who don’t think Sucralose gives them any ill effects might just not have made the connection yet. I dilute regular sodas with 50% water to make my own “less sugar” varieties. I did get caught on some Emerald Roast chocolate Almonds, though. They were delicious. About an hour after eating them, however, I was not so excited. Sure enough–Sucralose! Should’ve looked at the label :-(

By: Masowai

Masowai — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:34:29 +0000

Another thing…let’s say that someone printed up 10,000 stickers with the message “WARNING: CONTAINS SUCRALOSE” and freely distributed them. At the supermarket, the anti-sucralose movement could place these stickers on all of their favorite foods that have now been contaminated with sucralose. Thereby informing (or warning) the public that the product contains this toxic substance. Ideally, the type of adhesive used would make the removal of the sticker next to impossible. I think I’m going to single-handedly spearhead the movement.

By: Masowai

Masowai — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:57:21 +0000

SUGAR AT THE TOP….SUCRALOSE AT THE BOTTOM.

Dude you are so are the money with all of this. Why the f don’t they LABEL IT DIET IF IT IS DIET! SOFB. I get so f’ing mad when I have to search through the ingredients of every item at the store that might contain sucralose. I have to be SOOOO careful these days because they try to sneak it in there.

Has anyone ever drunk a bottle of juice or eaten a sweet and then slowly realized (with that sickening feeling) that you might be ingesting sucralose. AHA! Fooled again. They gotcha again! This happened to me a few years ago when I drank FUZE for the first time. It tasted great at first, but then I started to feel ill. I had no idea why. I thought, “Maybe this is diet juice and I TOTALLY failed to read the label.” Nope. It said SUGAR. And at the bottom sucralose. This was the day that sucralose and I were introduced. I have despised him ever since.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:59:09 +0000

I’m very very sensitive to the taste if sucralose and can immediately tell a drink with sucralose in it by the slightest sip. My tounge hasn’t failed me yet. Even more disturbing is the fact that, to me, it tastes very bad and leaves an after taste in my mouth that is pretty icky. I hate sucralose and refuse to drink anything with it, it makes me feel ill afterwards, and I’m appaled that nobody labels anything. Even simple kids drinks like Caprisun which used to be one of my favorites for a quick on the go refreshment is now made with nasty tastinf sucralose.

By: Dreama

Dreama — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:55:43 +0000

I was wondering if anyone out there has a reaction to sucralose? I do agree it makes drinks taste bad but I often don’t notice until the side of my face goes numb and I feel like a zombie. The other night I was drinking what I thought was an innocent cup of hot chocolate and I thought it tasted funny but not enough to stop drinking it. Later, there went the crazy feeling. I went to check the ingredients and there it was, just like you said, sugar at the top, sucralose at the bottom!! They really should be required to label that stuff.

By: Brian Pierce

Brian Pierce — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:22:43 +0000

I feel exactly the same way, and have said it for years. People who drink diet drinks and claim they taste “good” should not be allowed to vote, whether for American Idol or City Council, because they are clearly not in distinguishable possession of the trait commonly known as TASTE.
And now “Big-Beverage” is trying to trick “semi” health-conscious consumers into drinking their disgusting chemical cocktails by using “low calorie” and “low sugar” instead of DIET, just as you mentioned. I’ve been livid over this for years. Two of the chief offenders are Fresca and Tab Energy Drink. People who drink Fresca and can’t tell that it’s poisoned with unpallatable chemical filth that attempts to sneak into their mouth as windex in sugar’s clothing don’t have so much a tongue as they do a pink, wet sock that rolls up into their mouth.

As briefly mentioned in other comments, Stevia is clearly the way to go. A sweetener that’s actually GOOD for you? And it genuinely does taste good, i use it daily.

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