Hi Betty <p>I too bought the packets to use in my de-caff coffee and find I have no problems with it. I try to avoid aspartame all together now, I used to be a diet pepsi addict for years but after I started to notice significant loss of short term memory I decided I had to stop. Maybe the memory loss was something else (age maybe) but I didn't want to take a chance. <p>Before I started this WOE I would take one heaping tsp of sugar in my coffee. I find Splenda to be extra sweet and use only half a packet or less in my coffee. There was an article this morning on the MSN home page about a comparison of sugar vs artifical sweeteners for taste, I'll see if I can attach the link, it was interesting <p>http://slate.msn.com/?id=2070686<p>looking forward to hearing your results <br>Eden