Sucralose follies

Cubit said:

Weeks ago I bought some sucralose from the eBay vendor. I tried some last
night and felt a drug like reaction, almost like alcohol. I have no
reaction at all to the sweetzfree version, or the (now unavailable)
lo-carber version.

The eBay sucralose comes with a long list of preservatives. As I see it: 1.
I imagined the whole thing. 2. The product is not sucralose. (or) 3. I have
a sensitivity to the preservatives.

Anybody else try the eBay stuff?

No, but now I think I'll get me some!

I have not, I must confess that personally I'd be afraid to consume anything
I bought off ebay......

However this new product that I mentioned last week? I've been using it in
my herbal tea all week and am very happy with it. It's called Swerve and it
has no aftertaste, no GI upset for me at all which is it's claim. It's
expensive but totally worth it to me.

Carol J

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Weeks ago I bought some sucralose from the eBay vendor. I tried some last
night and felt a drug like reaction, almost like alcohol. I have no
reaction at all to the sweetzfree version, or the (now unavailable)
lo-carber version.

The eBay sucralose comes with a long list of preservatives. As I see it: 1.
I imagined the whole thing. 2. The product is not sucralose. (or) 3. I have
a sensitivity to the preservatives.

Anybody else try the eBay stuff?

Cubit wrote:
:: Weeks ago I bought some sucralose from the eBay vendor. I tried
:: some last night and felt a drug like reaction, almost like alcohol.
:: I have no reaction at all to the sweetzfree version, or the (now
:: unavailable) lo-carber version.
::
:: The eBay sucralose comes with a long list of preservatives. As I
:: see it: 1. I imagined the whole thing. 2. The product is not
:: sucralose. (or) 3. I have a sensitivity to the preservatives.
::
:: Anybody else try the eBay stuff?

Not that I would have, but I certainly wouldn't try it after your report.
The sweetzfree version doesn't have any preservatives (AFAIK), so why does
this eBay version have them? To put less sucralose in there?

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Pat said:

Quoted message said:

Not that I would have, but I certainly wouldn't try it after your report.
The sweetzfree version doesn't have any preservatives (AFAIK), so why does
this eBay version have them? To put less sucralose in there?

I just checked my bag of Splenda, and it has Maltodextrin in it as well as
sucralose. And, Maltodextrin is listed first!

Pat in TX

Quoted message said:

Maltodextrin is the bulking agent, not a preservative. It's extremely
high glycemic, too.

Susan

Quoted message said:

Not that I would have, but I certainly wouldn't try it after your report.
The sweetzfree version doesn't have any preservatives (AFAIK), so why does
this eBay version have them? To put less sucralose in there?

I just checked my bag of Splenda, and it has Maltodextrin in it as well as
sucralose. And, Maltodextrin is listed first!

Pat in TX

Quoted message said:

Susan said:

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Pat said:

Quoted message said:

Not that I would have, but I certainly wouldn't try it after your report.
The sweetzfree version doesn't have any preservatives (AFAIK), so why does
this eBay version have them? To put less sucralose in there?

Quoted message said:

I just checked my bag of Splenda, and it has Maltodextrin in it as well as
sucralose. And, Maltodextrin is listed first!

Quoted message said:

Pat in TX

Maltodextrin is the bulking agent, not a preservative. It's extremely
high glycemic, too.

Susan

They may add the preservative to be able to claim that what they are
selling is a food product, not just liquid splenda, so as to get
around the contractual reqts not to resell it as liquid splenda.

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:: On Mar 31, 7:34 pm, Susan <[email hidden]> wrote:
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::: Pat wrote:
::::: Not that I would have, but I certainly wouldn't try it after your
::::: report. The sweetzfree version doesn't have any preservatives
::::: (AFAIK), so why does this eBay version have them? To put less
::::: sucralose in there?
:::
:::: I just checked my bag of Splenda, and it has Maltodextrin in it as
:::: well as sucralose. And, Maltodextrin is listed first!
:::
:::: Pat in TX
:::
::: Maltodextrin is the bulking agent, not a preservative. It's
::: extremely high glycemic, too.
:::
::: Susan
::
:: They may add the preservative to be able to claim that what they are
:: selling is a food product, not just liquid splenda, so as to get
:: around the contractual reqts not to resell it as liquid splenda.

Interesting point.

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Pat said:

What's odd is that evidently there is more maltodextrin in the package than
the product!

Pat in TX

It's not odd when you consider how many times sweeter sucralose is than
sugar. They add all that [censored] to make it measure like sugar.

Susan

Quoted message said:

Maltodextrin is the bulking agent, not a preservative. It's extremely
high glycemic, too.

Susan

What's odd is that evidently there is more maltodextrin in the package than
the product!

Pat in TX

Carol J wrote:
:: I have not, I must confess that personally I'd be afraid to consume
:: anything I bought off ebay......

There are legitimate sellers on eBay....

::
:: However this new product that I mentioned last week? I've been
:: using it in my herbal tea all week and am very happy with it. It's
:: called Swerve and it has no aftertaste, no GI upset for me at all
:: which is it's claim. It's expensive but totally worth it to me.
::
:: Carol J
::
:: "Cubit" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
:: news:[email hidden]...
:: Weeks ago I bought some sucralose from the eBay vendor. I tried
:: some last night and felt a drug like reaction, almost like alcohol.
:: I have no reaction at all to the sweetzfree version, or the (now
:: unavailable) lo-carber version.
::
:: The eBay sucralose comes with a long list of preservatives. As I
:: see it: 1. I imagined the whole thing. 2. The product is not
:: sucralose. (or) 3. I have a sensitivity to the preservatives.
::
:: Anybody else try the eBay stuff?

Susan said:

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Pat said:

What's odd is that evidently there is more maltodextrin in the package
than the product!

Pat in TX

It's not odd when you consider how many times sweeter sucralose is than
sugar. They add all that [censored] to make it measure like sugar.

Susan

I was going to weigh the packet of Splenda on my scale, but the packet
says the contents are only o.o35 Oz or 1 gram. My scale doesn't weigh
that low.

A teaspoon of sugar would weigh roughly 5 grams, and the 2 teaspoon
equivalent of the packet is equivalent to 10 grams of sugar. So the 1
gram net weight of the packet doesn't correspond to the weight or volume
of the sugar being replaced.

I think you are mostly correct about making the highly powerful
sweetners "measure like" something, but it is not sugar that the packets
of artificial sweetner measure as.

I suspect that the "standard" for packet artificial sweetners was set by
the first product out. True, the powder in the packet is a much smaller
volume than the equivalent sugar sweetner. But, supposing that
Cyclamate was the first artificial sweetner, the packet couldn't contain
just a couple of grains of cyclamate - people wouldn't understand it AND
with just a few grains, not all of it would reliably empty from the
packet.... and the sweetner results would be unreliable.

So, eventually whatever reduced volume of powder that the first packets
contained became the standard for later generations of artificial
sweetner powders - requiring the addition of fillers for bulk.

It isn't odd that with highly concentrated sweetners, the filler or bulk
material would be a very high percentage of the weight or volume.

For some reason, it currently is the practice to use maltodextrin or
dextrose as the filler. So, therefore, there would be more of these
ingredients in the packet than there is the highly powerful artificial
sweetner. To bring up the volume to "standard" or "acceptable" levels.

I'm sure there are..........do I want to be a guinea pig when searching one
out? I think not.....

btw, I've bought/sold on ebay for years.....so I don't have an issue with
that. I guess I figure if I can find what I need/want locally and I can eye
ball it, hold it in my hand then why go to ebay for it? I only go to ebay
for hard to find items, older dvd's, that sort of thing. But hey, if it
works for you then that's the important thing right?

Carol J

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Carol J wrote:
:: I have not, I must confess that personally I'd be afraid to consume
:: anything I bought off ebay......

There are legitimate sellers on eBay....

::
:: However this new product that I mentioned last week? I've been
:: using it in my herbal tea all week and am very happy with it. It's
:: called Swerve and it has no aftertaste, no GI upset for me at all
:: which is it's claim. It's expensive but totally worth it to me.
::
:: Carol J
::
:: "Cubit" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
:: news:[email hidden]...
:: Weeks ago I bought some sucralose from the eBay vendor. I tried
:: some last night and felt a drug like reaction, almost like alcohol.
:: I have no reaction at all to the sweetzfree version, or the (now
:: unavailable) lo-carber version.
::
:: The eBay sucralose comes with a long list of preservatives. As I
:: see it: 1. I imagined the whole thing. 2. The product is not
:: sucralose. (or) 3. I have a sensitivity to the preservatives.
::
:: Anybody else try the eBay stuff?