Sucralose - why?

@indigo the bags are currently in Cambridge though, with @rikefrejut

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Hey, I wouldn’t say there is a large body of evidence, at least of a high quality that aren’t reviews. We actually address the studies you linked to in the article you read on our site.

The reason we use sucralose for a number of reasons. The first is that it doesn’t add any calories or carbohydrates, `meaning the nutritional value of Huel is protected.

Huel only has to have a tiny amount of sucralose in it to make it much more palatable to many.
Furthermore, over 100 safety studies have been carried out on sucralose over 20 years, with a wide range of experts finding it has no ill effects on health, even when consumed at much higher levels than Huel uses. As such, sucralose is currently approved and deemed safe by:

  • European Union Scientific Committee on Food (SCF)
  • U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Food Standards Australia/New Zealand (FSANZ)
  • Health Protection Branch of Health and Welfare Canada
  • (Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization) Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
  • Japan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare

Sucralose is also suitable for people with diabetes, as it does not affect glucose or insulin levels. More still, it doesn’t increase bacteria levels in the mouth, so doesn’t cause tooth decay/cavities like sugar does.

We use stevia in our flavour pouches, which is a natural sweetener that comes from the leaves of the stevia rebaudiana plant, but is not in original Huel. The reason stevia is not used in Huel is because it is not as sweet, so requires more of it to increase the overall sweetness of Huel. It can also leave a very bitter aftertaste in larger amounts.If you would like an alternative to Huel powder, there are no artificial sweeteners in any of the Huel Black Edition flavours or the unsweetened/ unflavoured Huel powder v3.0.

I think Dr Greger has done more than harm than good in some areas for the plant-based diet. A lot of what he says has little evidence behind it.

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