http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/

More or less, toxic chemicals were tested on rodents for Splenda.

Yeah. I have brought up the issues with Splenda but people didn't want to hear it. I hope this thread doesn't fill up with negative comments about what you are sharing. Chlorinated sugar, tested on animals? No thanks, not for this vegan!

I don't see why people would post negative comments- ignoring the facts?

Oh, well. Really, if the chemicals have to be tested on animals to begin with I don't think it should be eaten, period.

What I find really disgusting about Splenda (aside from the toxic chemicals masking as sweetners and the use of animal testing ) is their advertising campaign.

The TV commercials with fairies and cupcakes with sprinkles and saying over and over again that it is made from sugar so it tastes like sugar. It is so deceitful - making people think it is this wholesome, magical, natural food. :brood:

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what you and you and you said! I agree.

I consume splenda on a daily basis. Even though there are so many negatives, i believe it to be a better alternative to real sugar. However, i did not know about their testing on rats

I also used to consume splenda regularly- then I found out the chemicals used in splenda are the same building blocks of DDT!
No thanks...
try stevia - can get it liquid or powdered and it is good.

I like Splenda.

< probably steps on ants daily

beagles and monkeys as well - 12,800 animals were killed in very painful ways to test Splenda.

I knew I didn't like that stuff for some reason. Now if I can just get my dh off of it.

I use splenda a few times a week, I was aware of animal testing because all sweetners are tested on animals before they are used even stevia animal testing was used to determine its effects.

You can find information on the studies at http://www.stevia.net

As I see it sometimes you have to take the good with the bad,I can not have normal sugar or any type of natural sweetner that raises glucouse hence why I can not eat much fruit.
Splenda and Stevia however I can use so despite the animal testing it is still something I would use because if I want something semi sweet those are my only alternatives.

http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/

More or less, toxic chemicals were tested on rodents for Splenda.
See but if you look at those sites, they all seem pretty biased. Can you find more scientific sites? Unfortunatly a lot of things were tested on animals, even things that currently aren't, have been in the past (ie probably all makeup/skin care ingredients including those that are in vegan things have at one time been tested). Even Stevia(a natural zero calorie sweetener) has been tested on animals. I think the best thing is to avoid things that are CURRENTLY tested on animals, since it would mean they are not making an effert to stop.

Wow I didn't know they tested it on animals.

I never used it though, I think Stevia is way better!

I will occassionally have splenda in flavored water, but really its kind of digusting. I hate artificial sweeteners, they all have a crappy taste. And now that I know they are toxic and they tested Splenda on freaking dogs (are we sure??) I don't think I'm going to be drinking it anymore.

maybe a lot of that website has the facts right, but anyone that links to 'mercola.com' for something factual automatically loses credibility. i'd believe it was tested on animals though.

Vegan varieties of sugar are available: beet sugar; unbleached cane sugar; dehydrated cane juice. For a brief article on this, see:

http://www.vegsource.com/jo/qa/qasugar.htm

On Splenda & animal testing:

"Sucralose: Also known by its trade name, Splenda, sucralose is 600 times sweeter than sugar. After reviewing more than 110 animal and human safety studies conducted over 20 years, FDA approved it in 1998 as a tabletop sweetener and for use in products such as baked goods, nonalcoholic beverages, chewing gum, frozen dairy desserts, fruit juices, and gelatins. Earlier this year, FDA amended its regulation to allow sucralose as a general-purpose sweetener for all foods."

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdsugar.html

Other sources I found point to or quote the same figure: "110 animal & human studies conducted over 20 years."

The FDA thinks Sucralose is fine & dandy. Do you believe the FDA? Your choice. . . .

See also:

http://www.veggieboards.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-9498.html

for a fuller discussion (though you'll also have to wade through an argument about SHAC).

Examples of sucralose animal testing at Huntingdon:


The pharmacokinetics and metabolism of sucralose in the dog.

Wood SG, John BA, Hawkins DR.

Huntingdon Research Centre Ltd, Huntingdon, Cambs PE18 6ES, UK.

The pharmacokinetics and metabolism of sucralose were investigated in dogs following intravenous or oral administration. Oral doses of (14)C-sucralose were rapidly absorbed, although there was some variation in the extent of absorption (range 18-48% of the dose). After intravenous or oral administration, radioactivity excreted in the urine was associated mainly with unchanged sucralose. One urinary metabolite was detected after both intravenous and oral doses and was identified by mass spectrometry as a glucuronic acid conjugate of sucralose. This metabolite accounted for about 15-20% of the intravenous dose but for only about 2-8% of the oral dose.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10882821&dopt=Citation
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The pharmacokinetics and metabolism of sucralose in the mouse.

John BA, Wood SG, Hawkins DR.

Huntingdon Research Centre Ltd, Huntingdon, Cambs PE18 6ES, UK.

The excretion and metabolism of (14)C-sucralose has been investigated in mice following intravenous and oral administration. A 20mg/kg intravenous dose was rapidly excreted mainly in the urine (80% in 5 days). After 100, 1500 and 3000mg/kg oral doses of (14)C-sucralose, means of 23%, 15% and 16% of the dose, respectively, were excreted in the urine during 5 days. Comparison with the intravenous dose indicated that 20-30% of the oral doses was absorbed. Sucralose was excreted almost entirely unchanged and represented more than 80-90% of the radioactivity in all urine and faeces samples. Only two minor metabolites were detected, representing 2-8% of urine radioactivity.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10882822&dopt=Citation

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The pharmacokinetics and metabolism of sucralose in the rabbit.

John BA, Wood SG, Hawkins DR.

Huntingdon Research Centre Ltd, Huntingdon, Cambs PE18 6ES, UK.

The excretion and metabolism of (14)C-sucralose has been investigated in non-pregnant and pregnant rabbits after administration of single 10mg/kg oral doses. Means of 22% and 55% of the dose were excreted in urine and faeces, respectively, by non-pregnant animals during 5 days. Excretion was similar in pregnant animals with means of 22% and 65% of the dose in urine and faeces, respectively, during the same time. Following a single oral dose, a mean of approximately 7% of the dose was still being excreted during the 96-120-hr collection period. Only one major radioactive component was detected in urine samples which corresponded to unchanged sucralose.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10882823&dopt=Citation

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Info found using Google's "Scholar" search engine, which I've just discovered. Very handy for investigating animal testing.

that is so mean how did you find that out