SomerSweet (Is this an okay product?)

[Guest guest]

Please read the enclosed ingredients in SomerSweet. It is a sugar substitute product made by Suzanne Sommer's comany. Is this product okay to use?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nutrition Information for SomerSweet by the Can

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.29 oz. (150 g)Serving Size: 1/4 teaspoon (1 g)Servings per container: 150

Calories: 0Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0g Cholesterol: 0mgSodium: 0mgTotal Carbohydrate: less than 1gDietary Fiber: 0gSugars: 0gProtein: 0g

 

Ingredients:

SomerSweetâ„¢ (Oligofructose, Inulin, Fructose, Sprouted Mung Bean Extract, Acesulfame K).

 

Nicole

[Guest guest]

Not if you want to stay away from chemicals...

 

Acesulfame K is an artifical sugar product. Chemical stuff. I remember

when I for the first time got a diet soda pop with Acesulfame K in it.

My grandmother bought it for me when I was 12 I think.

 

I puked of it. Good lesson.....

 

W9

 

herbal remedies , AtlantaSistah@a... wrote:

> Please read the enclosed ingredients in SomerSweet. It is a sugar

substitute

> product made by Suzanne Sommer's comany. Is this product okay to use?

>

>

> Nutrition Information for

> SomerSweet by the Can

> 5.29 oz. (150 g)

> Serving Size: 1/4 teaspoon (1 g)

> Servings per container: 150

> Calories: 0

> Total Fat: 0g

> Saturated Fat: 0g

> Cholesterol: 0mg

> Sodium: 0mg

> Total Carbohydrate: less than 1g

> Dietary Fiber: 0g

> Sugars: 0g

> Protein: 0g

> Ingredients:

> SomerSweetâ„¢ (Oligofructose, Inulin, Fructose, Sprouted Mung Bean

Extract,

> Acesulfame K).

>

>

> Nicole

[Guest guest]

Ok...I checked Acesulfame K and it was worse than I thought.

 

I guess I should praise my hypersensitive body. No wonder I threw up

that diet soda pop......

 

Here is the text I found on this site:

 

http://www.holisticmed.com/acek/

 

From the book SAFE FOOD by Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D, Lisa Lefferts

and Anne Garland

 

" Acesulfame K, sold commercially as Sunette or Sweet One, was

approved by the FDA in 1988 as a sugar substitute in packet or tablet

form, in chewing gum, dry mixes for beverages, instant coffee and tea,

gelatin desserts, puddings and nondairy creamers. The manufacturer has

asked the FDA to approve acesulfame K for soft drinks and baked goods.

 

The public is waiting for an artificial sweetener that is

unquestionably safe. But this one isn't it. Even compared to aspartame

and saccharin (which are afflicted with their own safety publems - see

below), acesulfame K is the worst. The additive is inadequately

tested, the FDA based its approval on tests of acesulfame K that fell

short of the FDA's own standards. But even those tests indicate that

the additive causes cancer in animals, which means it may increase

cancer risk in humans. In l987, CSPI urged the FDA not to approve

acesulfame K, but was ignored. After the FDA gave the chemical its

blessing, CSPI urged that iat be banned. The FDA hasn't yet ruled on

that request. "

 

From CSPI's web page:

 

... acetoacetamide, a breakdown product, has been shown to

affect the thyroid in rats, rabbits, and dogs. Administration of 1%

and 5% acetoacetamide in the diet for three months caused benign

thyroid tumors in rats. The rapid appearance of tumors raises serious

questions about the chemicalÕs carcinogenic potency. "

 

W9

 

 

 

herbal remedies , " walkyria9 " <wisdom9@g...> wrote:

> Not if you want to stay away from chemicals...

>

> Acesulfame K is an artifical sugar product. Chemical stuff. I remember

> when I for the first time got a diet soda pop with Acesulfame K in it.

> My grandmother bought it for me when I was 12 I think.

>

> I puked of it. Good lesson.....

>

> W9

>

[Guest guest]

Wow! So a Somer sweetener...what people won't do to make money!

I am so out-of-the-know...

 

Flo

[Guest guest]

herbal remedies , AtlantaSistah@a... wrote:

> Please read the enclosed ingredients in SomerSweet. It is a sugar

>substitute product made by Suzanne Sommer's comany. Is this product

>okay to use?

 

> Ingredients:

> SomerSweetâ„¢ (Oligofructose, Inulin, Fructose, Sprouted Mung Bean

>Extract, Acesulfame K).

 

> Nicole

 

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Acesulfame-K is another Artificial (chemical) Sweetener, its just a

different chemical formula than others like Aspartame, Splenda etc.

and its made by a different chemical giant (Hoechst Corp.) It is

often used in conjunction with other chemical sweeteners too, to make

them taste even " sweeter " .

 

There hasn't been much done in the way of " safety " studies in people

on the chem, but some of the animal studies did show toxicity to one

of its breakdown elements (acetoacetamide).

 

They found that it appeared to cause thyroid disorders in

rats/rabbits/dogs, in addition to thyroid tumors in the rats.

Diabetic rats had higher blood levels of cholesterol when they were

feed the sweetener too.

 

IMHO, I would say it is " Not OK " to use.

 

FWIW

Jan / Michigan