Splenda tablets - Why can't Johnson & Johnson sell them in the US?

"Sonos" wrote in message
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On 19-Mar-2004, "Julie Bove" wrote:

And yet we know Stevia is not

How do we know that stevia is not safe?

*sigh* Do a search. I don't feel like providing the links yet again. For
one thing, it can't be sold legally as a sweetener in the USA and is banned
in many other countries. That in itself should tell you something. If you
really want to know, then look it up. But you probably don't want to know
since I suspect you are just another Stevia troll.

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"Sonos" wrote in message
news
Stevia has been used for over 1,500 years by young and old people,
including
pregnant women without any report of harm to my knowledge. This alone make
me feel more comfortable using it. Sucralose is new however. Too new for
me
to feel comfortable with it.

snip

Ah, the "to my knowledge" is the key part. Stick your head in the sand and
you won't learn much. And do you really think we are stupid enough to
believe anything at the Mercola site?

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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 21:07:18 GMT, "Sonos" wrote:

why not try stevia instead? Splenda is a sugar molecule with a chlorine
pasted on it. A tasty invention, but is it safe?


now the stevia shills are attacking splenda and have nothing to back
up their "suspicions" so give it a few minutes to a couple of days and
they will post the same fiction about splenda they made up about
aspartame.

stevia is banned in teh USA from being sold a s sweetener and is
banned completely in several locations outside the USA.

personally I thought stevia was bitter tasting thing that should never
be lied about and called a sweetener.

ouch.

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Well, I did ask you for some references.

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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 22:18:09 GMT, "Sonos" wrote:

Stevia has been used for over 1,500 years by young and old people, including
pregnant women without any report of harm to my knowledge. This alone make
me feel more comfortable using it. Sucralose is new however. Too new for me
to feel comfortable with it.

for 1500 years. and yet it only recently made it to market.

if you have to lie to support your shilling don't be surprised when
people write you off as a fruit cake.

Bob in CT wrote in message ...
On 19 Mar 2004 11:37:49 -0800, Ryan wrote:

It does seem odd that they would make them in one country, but not
another. Are "tablet sweeteners" popular in the UK as packets are
here?

I personally think the packets of Splenda serve the same purpose, so
it would be hard to convince them of the the need to make both
available in the US. I think many consumers here equate "tablet" with
"medication" and that may be a drawback.

I'd rather have the liquid form.

Equal makes a tablet form and all the stores in this area sell it and
have for years. Someone must be buying it. The tablet form of
Splenda would be great for people on the go, who eat out often, or who
travel extensively and prefer Splenda. Some of us might want the
choice and convenience.

Sonos,

Stevia tastes nasty. And yes, there are some very negative reports about
it.

Being someone who has used herbal medicine in the past, when I first came to
this newsgroup and asked about it, I got jumped on seriously.

If you really want to know, do what Julie said and do a search on it.
Meanwhile, you would do well not to take your chances with it, and most
especially don't try and push it on this newsgroup.

Splenda doesn't taste bad at all, and I am sure it has been tested more
rigorously than Stevia ever was.

As an example, are you aware that people used to drink Sassafras tea?
Turned out that Sassafras is poisonous. So citing long use is not
necessarily a valid argument.

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Evelyn

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"Sonos" wrote in message
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Well, I did ask you for some references.

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Thanks for the info. I'll look into it further...

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Julie Bove wrote:

"Sonos" wrote in message
news
Stevia has been used for over 1,500 years by young and old people,
including
pregnant women without any report of harm to my knowledge. This alone make
me feel more comfortable using it. Sucralose is new however. Too new for
me
to feel comfortable with it.

snip

Ah, the "to my knowledge" is the key part. Stick your head in the sand and
you won't learn much. And do you really think we are stupid enough to
believe anything at the Mercola site?

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Julie, if the Mercola site forecast sunshine in the desert, I'd bring my
umbrella.

http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk

enter stevia into the search engine.

Read and learn. Learn why stevia is banned in the European Union and
other places. Learn what happens to reproductive organs in the male.
Learn what happens to mitochondria when exposed to stevioside.

We've done our research, sonos, now go do yours.

Vicki