How does one decide what to put into his/her body? Does one think about the consequences it will have? Does a person ever think to do research about a new product that comes about? In today's society, people are more trusting than ever. To put our lives in the hands of our government is scary. To think that because they have approved a new product it must be ok. What if it isn't? Who's going to tell you and when? We have to take it upon ourselves to decide we"re not going to consume all the products that are approved by the FDA to make large companies rich.
Sucralose, was discovered in 1976 by researchers working under the auspices of Tate & Lyle Ltd., a large British sugar refiner. In 1980, Tate & Lyle arranged with Johnson & Johnson, the world's largest health care company, to develop sucralose. Johnson & Johnson formed McNeil Specialty Products in 1980 to commercialize sucralose. In 1991 Canada became the first nation to approve the use of sucralose. In April 1998 the U.S. FDA granted approval for sucralose to be used in a variety of food products. Diet RC cola was the first U.S. product with sucralose, introduced in 1998. (Mercola2000). In the 1960s, Tate & Lyle Sweeteners Division, a division of the Tate & Lyle Company, was investigating the use of sugar in nontraditional areas. As part of this initiative, a 1989 collaborative study was undertaken at Queen Elizabeth College, University of London (Knight, 1994), which resulted in the 1989 discovery of a compound that was eventually called sucralose. Sucralose was the first non-calorie sweetener made from sugar, or natural sucrose.
Many individuals feel that this is a safe alternative to sugar because it is made from sugar. In the process of being made it is a chlorinated sucrose derivative. It involves chemically changing the structure of the sugar molecules by substituting three chlorine atoms for three hydroxyl groups to yield 1, 6-dichloro-1, 6-dideoxy-BETA-D-fructofuranosyl-4-chloro-4deoxy-alpha-D-galactopyranoside.
