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I remember learning about sucralose along with the rest of saccharides, in college biochem back in the 00's. Even then it was taught that sucralose is a relati

by bduerst 10y ago

I remember learning about sucralose along with the rest of saccharides, in college biochem back in the 00's. Even then it was taught that sucralose is a relatively inert compound that doesn't get taken up through the intestine, and doesn't pose a threat - though the prof did cite some study that sucralose accumulated in rat's liver if they ate huge quantities of it. I don't think chemists have been thinking sucralose is toxic for a while now. I also remember that if anyone could figure out how to cheaply synthesize L-glucose, they will be billionaires.

AnkhMorporkian 10y ago
> I don't think chemists have been thinking sucralose is toxic for a while now. Sucralose is, without any doubt, the most extensively studied artificial food additive of all time. I'm reticent about consuming food with artificial additives and preservatives, but I have absolutely no qualms whatsoever about ingesting sucralose. I have a huge bottle of liquid sucralose in my otherwise largely organic kitchen.