Occasional Bad Aftertaste

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Not a fan then?

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The bitter aftertaste it’s definitely because of sucralose, I can feel it too. In Huel I can bear it because it isn.t too strong, but in other products I just cannot stand it. It is a strange sensation of extreme sweetness that turns in bitterness… just horrible.

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Hey Jerry sorry to hear you aren’t a fan of Huel Vanilla due to your aversion to sucralose, it is clearly on the ingredients list but sorry it was missed. We actually have an Unsweetened version of Huel which is right up your street.

We don’t echo your aversion to sucralose though. Of the sweeteners we believe sucralose is the best sweetener with minimal downsides (xylitol is a laxitive, stevia gives an aniseed aftertaste etc.). The other option is sugar and everyone knows the negative effects of sugar.

The EU’s upper limit for safe sucralose consumption for a 45kg person (i.e. a very, very small person) is 675mg/day. To reach that limit, you would need to consume 13,500 calories worth of Huel vanilla (read more here - Is sucralose safe to eat? – Huel. I hope this helps.

Would you mind providing a reference to this?

How have you determined this? Have you tried the Unflavoured Huel which doesn’t have sucralose in. Most of the strange notes in Huel come from the vegetable protein.

Look forward to hearing back!

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I’ve tried the UU version too and I haven’t tasted the bitterness. I think that just some people feel this strange aftertaste of sucralose. In my case it happens with all Myprotein products that use sucralose. But, as I said before, in Huel vanilla powder is just a slight aftertaste not too much disturbing.

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I can only assume you mean Chlorine which Huel does not contain.

Huel does contain Chloride which is an essential mineral as defined by the EU. Huel also contains Choline which many people believe has health benefits.

Artificially sweetened Huel has made up about half my calories for the last 3 years or so. If it was as bad for me as people like you say I think my body would have told me by now.

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Forgive my poor spelling. Huel contains chlorine because it contains sucralose, a chlorinated artificial sweetener in line with aspartame and saccharin, and with detrimental health effects to match. Sucralose is a synthetic chemical now known to reduce the amount of good bacteria in your gut by 50 per cent, to increase the pH level in your intestines while stimulating your appetite, increasing carbohydrate cravings, and encouraging fat storage and weight gain.
Independent studies have also linked it with depression and migraine headaches. Once liquified sucralose breaks down into methyl alcohol, or methanol, which is then converted into formaldehyde, a known carcinogen that causes retinal damage, interferes with DNA replication and may cause birth defects.
Once again, thank you for correcting my spelling, we dyslexics are notoriously thick.

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https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/02/10/amp/new-study-of-splenda-reveals-shocking-information-about-potential-harmful-effects.aspx

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I understand you have to be defensive because to admit your product contains poison would be tricky. And you’ve only lost one customer so no biggie. But you’d have been cleverer if, rather than denying that it contains a harmful chemical you’d offered to replace this toxic powder with the unsweetened version, it’s just good business. And yes, I know it’s sucralose because I know what that stuff tastes like.

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It isn’t his product…he just consumes it.

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Also he wasn’t criticising your spelling…@coup was actually trying to establish what you where referring to.

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My apologies. I’m just increasingly pissed off at the denial

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It is ok to be pissed off…I frequently am…but where did you get your 50% figure from…I mean as in peer reviewed studies.

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Those specific figures I got from here but it’s widely understood in my field (health)

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/02/10/amp/new-study-of-splenda-reveals-shocking-information-about-potential-harmful-effects.aspx

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Oh, Mr Mercola. In my field - debunking conspiracy theorists, tinfoil hat wearers and other nutters I have come across him before: https://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/mercola.html

Shouldn’t worry what he says. What field of health are you in BTW?

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Here he is again, around the same time as your google search: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/9-reasons-to-completely-ignore-joseph-mercola-and-natural-news/

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and this is hilarious. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Joseph_Mercola

As I said, I was looking for peer reviewed studies, not nonsense from the likes of that joker.

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