tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post3433222281884057927..comments2024-02-18T15:43:14.717-05:00Comments on Moved to LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com/Blog: Fooled Again By The Splenda-Maltitol Bait And Switch On Sugar-Free CandyJimmy Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590225257991702645noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-17043305260663265722007-06-14T14:17:00.000-04:002007-06-14T14:17:00.000-04:00Hey Marjorie,I never said I hadn't HEARD of "shart...Hey Marjorie,<BR/><BR/>I never said I hadn't HEARD of "sharted" before. I've just never used it in a blog post nor will I ever use it again. In a word, EWWW!Jimmy Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08590225257991702645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-9147712589399198262007-06-14T14:12:00.000-04:002007-06-14T14:12:00.000-04:00The Splenda logo on the front says, "Sweetened wit...The Splenda logo on the front says, "Sweetened with Splenda". Since the Splenda is the active sweetening agent, it's not false or even misleading. It's 600 times sweeter than sucrose. <BR/><BR/>Malitol is .9 times as sweet as sugar. So, it may be the bulk of the product, content wise, but it doesn't provide the bulk of the sweet. <BR/><BR/>It's not crystal clear to the average consumer, but produce something that is crystal clear and you will confuse the buyer more than they currently are.<BR/><BR/>Last thing: If you want to lose weight, a tube of mentos, SF or full of sugar, is probably not the best idea. At no point will a mento be confused for a "real" food, unless you confuse it with a lima bean.Pot Kettle Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01991982631209306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-3373173786043831542007-06-14T11:12:00.000-04:002007-06-14T11:12:00.000-04:00What, you haven't heard "sharted" before?? Oh Jim...What, you haven't heard "sharted" before?? Oh Jimmy...where's your sense of bathroom humor? ;)Orvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387729793833942318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-70683060187854548242007-06-14T10:59:00.000-04:002007-06-14T10:59:00.000-04:00Good point about the concentration of sucralose, P...Good point about the concentration of sucralose, Pot. But with maltitol as the TOP ingredient, it's still VERY disingenuous of companies that make these products "sweetened with Splenda" to put MUCH higher quantities of a gut-busting sugar alcohol than they do the sweetener they display so prominently on the front of the packaging.Jimmy Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08590225257991702645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-10036793541337509612007-06-14T10:53:00.000-04:002007-06-14T10:53:00.000-04:00Jimmy,As you no doubt know, ingredient labels list...Jimmy,<BR/><BR/>As you no doubt know, ingredient labels list the ingredients in terms of quantity, from greatest to least. As you also know, sucralose is like 10K times sweeter than sugar. If it were anywhere further up the ingredient list, it would be too sweet and get that sour gross taste like sweet and low straight. <BR/><BR/>What's sad is that people don't know how to read a label. The nutrition notes that there are sugar alcohols present, and where there are high SA ingestion lies high inDIgestion. <BR/><BR/>Last: I hate to agree with Bunnell, who I think it pretty far out there, but if folks stop trying for the sweet in general, they will never have the Malitol Malaise. Or diabetes. <BR/><BR/>Curious to know what Kimmer has to say about Mentos, SF or not.Pot Kettle Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01991982631209306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-35011813391654000102007-06-14T08:55:00.000-04:002007-06-14T08:55:00.000-04:00C'mon jimmy! I think you should try working "shart...C'mon jimmy! I think you should try working "sharted" into EVERY blog post! I'm seriously dying laughing over here. Guess I'll be avoiding the sugarfree Mentos...cuz that is sooooo not The Freshmaker!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249614770982290775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-24320089415905527712007-06-14T08:53:00.000-04:002007-06-14T08:53:00.000-04:00Sarah reminded me of YOU, Diet King!Sarah reminded me of YOU, Diet King!Jimmy Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08590225257991702645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-34600157110941449062007-06-14T00:39:00.000-04:002007-06-14T00:39:00.000-04:00This obsession with sweets and carbs and sweetener...This obsession with sweets and carbs and sweeteners and stimulants, can't you see it.Tom Bunnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11840576840382147883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-90970690583578497542007-06-13T21:57:00.000-04:002007-06-13T21:57:00.000-04:00Oh, God...Oh, God...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com