New Sugar Supplement FDA Safe

It was no joke on April 1st when the food and drug administration annonced to the nation that Sucralose, 600 times sweeter than sugar, was approved for a wide variety of food products. 

Its true, Sucralose, manufactured by McNeil Speciality Products, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, is approved for a variety of applications.  Examples are non-alcoholic beverages, chewing gum, baked goods, baking mixes, coffee and tea products, confections and frostings, fats and oils, jams and jellies, milk products, frozen dairy desserts and mixes, processed fruits, fruit and fruit juices, sugar substitutes, sweet sauces, toping, syrups and can even be used as a "table-top sweetener" directly to foods by the consumer.

USFDA reviewed more than 110 studies in humans and animals.  No toxic, carcinogenic, reproductive or neurological effects were found. 

The non-nutritive, high-intensity sweetener is made from a process that begins with sucrose becoming a free-flowing, water soluble, white crystalline powder. 

Again, FDA did not do the research themselves as the law prior to 1993 but relied on the works of others prior to the authorization.  All food additives must be approved by FDA as safe before they are marketed in the United States.  Lets hope the non-big brother researchers were correct.