Sat, May-11-02, 22:53
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Posts: 33
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 264.5/161/154
BF:
Progress: 94%
Location: New Zealand
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Sucralose is the sweetener in Splenda, the only thing is that sucralose is many hundreds of times sweeter than sugar, so it would only take a few molecules to give the same sweetness as a teaspoon of sugar. So to make it more "user friendly" it is packaged with a filler - maltodextrin, and it is the filler that contains the carbs.
1 teaspoon of granular Splenda contains 0.5 g carbs
1 tablespoon of granular Splenda contains 1 g carb
1 Splenda tablet contains 0.1 g carbs.
Many products that contain Splenda are made using the bulk sucralose, so don't contain the carb-containing filler.
Hope this helps
Tara
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