Guest guest Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 The cbs news link provided by Diane leads to another interesting article. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/06/health/main627624.shtml > > Hi Folks, > > Some time ago Francesca asked me to check out the dead links in our > " Shopping Links for CRON-Supportive Products " files. In particular, > she wanted me to find alternative sources for liquid sucralose > (Splenda). Sure enough, most of the links for sucralose were gone, > although I did find it sold as DaVinci simple syrup, Sweetzfree, > Fiberfit (liquid sucralose plus soluble fiber), and a Canadian company > selling it. They have a link for American customers so they can save > on shipping costs, but that link is dead. > > There is a lot of talk on low carb discussion group sites about the > shortage. Lots of pleas to find the stuff. Many people supplied > links for products, but they were all dead, except for the ones I have > in the files now. > > I found some articles talking about a Splenda shortage, because the > manufacturers can't keep up with demand: > > CBS News > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/14/health/main674116.shtml > > Supplier McNeill uncooperative > http://www.holdthetoast.com/httblog/archives/000019.html > > I did a search on sucralose suppliers and came up with several sites > that list only 3 factories - all in China! > > http://www.chemindustry.com/chemicals/1091425.html > > http://www.buyersguidechem.de/AliefAus.php?pname=Sucralose & pnu=790694844616 & cass\ \ > = > > So there are sources of liquid sucralose, but they are not plentiful. > Because of the shortage, companies are starting to substitute other > low calorie sweeteners, such as stevia and acesulfame potassium. > Acesulfame potassium was getting such bad reviews in the low carb > groups that I did not chase down any links. I posted a couple of > stevia sources in the files, though. > > If you do run across any other suppliers of liquid sucralose, please > send them to me (and tell me how you found them!) > > Thanks, > Diane > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 The cbs news link provided by Diane leads to another interesting article. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/06/health/main627624.shtml > > Hi Folks, > > Some time ago Francesca asked me to check out the dead links in our > " Shopping Links for CRON-Supportive Products " files. In particular, > she wanted me to find alternative sources for liquid sucralose > (Splenda). Sure enough, most of the links for sucralose were gone, > although I did find it sold as DaVinci simple syrup, Sweetzfree, > Fiberfit (liquid sucralose plus soluble fiber), and a Canadian company > selling it. They have a link for American customers so they can save > on shipping costs, but that link is dead. > > There is a lot of talk on low carb discussion group sites about the > shortage. Lots of pleas to find the stuff. Many people supplied > links for products, but they were all dead, except for the ones I have > in the files now. > > I found some articles talking about a Splenda shortage, because the > manufacturers can't keep up with demand: > > CBS News > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/14/health/main674116.shtml > > Supplier McNeill uncooperative > http://www.holdthetoast.com/httblog/archives/000019.html > > I did a search on sucralose suppliers and came up with several sites > that list only 3 factories - all in China! > > http://www.chemindustry.com/chemicals/1091425.html > > http://www.buyersguidechem.de/AliefAus.php?pname=Sucralose & pnu=790694844616 & cass\ \ > = > > So there are sources of liquid sucralose, but they are not plentiful. > Because of the shortage, companies are starting to substitute other > low calorie sweeteners, such as stevia and acesulfame potassium. > Acesulfame potassium was getting such bad reviews in the low carb > groups that I did not chase down any links. I posted a couple of > stevia sources in the files, though. > > If you do run across any other suppliers of liquid sucralose, please > send them to me (and tell me how you found them!) > > Thanks, > Diane > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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