Liquid sucralose

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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\

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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