INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR U.S. HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS FROM SPLENDA BRAND SWEETENER (SUCRALOSE)

SPLENDA® Sweetener Products Help Reduce Sugar Intake, Calories, and Carbohydrates

SPLENDA® Sweetener Products and Sugar:

All SPLENDA® Sweetener Products are made with the sweetening ingredient sucralose. Sucralose is manufactured in a patented multistep process that starts with sugar and transforms the sugar molecule.

Read about the molecular structure of sucralose

There are 2 categories of SPLENDA® Sweetener Products available to your patients:

SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener

With less than 5 calories and less than 1 gram of carbohydrate per serving, SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener meets FDA standards for "no-calorie" foods and is considered a "free food" * in meal plans for people with diabetes. It is available in several forms.

*Up to 4 packets of SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener or 8 teaspoons of granulated is considered a
"free food" for people with diabetes.

SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener with Fiber, Packets

  • 1 gram of soluble corn fiber per packet
  • Same great sweet taste
  • Easy, convenient way for patients to get more fiber every day
  • Suitable for patients with diabetes

The American Dietetic Association and the American Diabetes Association consider a free food to be any food or beverage that contains <20 calories or 5 grams of carbohydrates per serving. The fiber in SPLENDA® with Fiber is counted in the total carbohydrate value. Up to 3 packets of SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener with Fiber are considered a "free food" in meal plans for people with diabetes.

SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Packets

  • Provides the sweetness of 2 teaspoons of sugar per packet
  • Can be used for sweetening beverages and sprinkling on food

SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated

  • Measures cup for cup like sugar
  • Stays sweet during cooking and baking

SPLENDA® Minis

  • Highly portable—come in a small dispenser that fits easily in pocket or purse
  • Each tablet is equal in sweetness to one-half of a SPLENDA® Sweetener packet
  • Dissolves quickly in hot or cold beverages

SPLENDA® QUICK PACK® No Calorie Sweetener Pouches

  • Ideal for mixing with any Kool-Aid®† unsweetened soft drink mix or other unsweetened drink mixes
  • Pouches are premeasured to equal the sweetness of 1 cup of sugar

SPLENDA® FLAVOR ACCENTS™ Sticks

  • The answer to "boring" water
  • Provide sweetness and a hint of fruit flavor—without adding sugar and calories
  • Available in lemon and raspberry

SPLENDA® Café Sticks

  • Slim, elegant, single-serving "sticks" of SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener
  • Ideal for coffee and tea
  • Each stick provides the sweetness of 2 teaspoons of sugar

SPLENDA® Flavors for Coffee

  • Each packet contains the perfect balance of sweetness and flavor for one cup of coffee
  • Available in French Vanilla, Mocha, and Hazelnut

In addition to sucralose, SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener Products contain small amounts of food ingredients commonly found in other no-calorie sweeteners, which are added for texture and volume. SPLENDA® Packets contain the carbohydrates maltodextrin and dextrose; SPLENDA® Granulated Sweetener contains just maltodextrin.

SPLENDA® Sweetener Products are gluten-free, phenylalanine-free, and certified Kosher (U) Parve by the Orthodox Union.

SPLENDA® Sugar Blends

Combining sucralose (SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener) and sugar, these products contain half the calories and carbohydrates of traditional sugars, but with many of the cooking and baking qualities patients seek.

SPLENDA® Sugar Blend

  • Mix of sucralose and sucrose
  • Offers sweetness and baking performance more like full sugar (ie, browning, volume, rise, moistness)

SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend

  • Mix of sucralose and brown sugar
  • Provides molasses-like flavor and baking performance more like brown sugar

Although SPLENDA® Sugar Blends are reduced-calorie/reduced-carbohydrate products, patients with diabetes and others on sugar-restricted meal plans need to consider the sugar and carbohydrate content in the finished baked goods made with these products and pay attention to portion sizes.

*Up to 4 packets of SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener or up to 8 teaspoons of SPLENDA® Granulated Sweetener is considered a free food1 in a diet for diabetes and can easily fit into a meal plan for people with diabetes.

1Exchange Lists for Meal Planning, American Diabetes Association/American Dietetic Association, 2003.

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