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Origin/Discovery
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SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener (also known as sucralose) was discovered in 1976.
Sucralose received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in April 1998 for use in 15 food and beverage categories, the broadest initial approval ever given to a no calorie sweetener.
In August 1999, only 16 months after initial regulatory approval, the FDA approved sucralose for use as a general-purpose sweetener, expanding the categories to include all food and beverage applications.
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SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener (sucralose) has been subjected to one of the most extensive and thorough safety testing programs ever conducted on a new food additive. |
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More than 100 scientific studies on sucralose, representing over 20 -years of research, have been conducted to support the safety of sucralose. |
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Regulatory agencies worldwide have reviewed these studies and found sucralose to be safe including the United States Food and Drug Administration, the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), the Health Protection Branch of Health and Welfare Canada, and Australia's National Food Authority. |
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Since its 1991 Canadian approval, millions of people have enjoyed the great taste of products containing SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener. Over 80 countries now permit the use of sucralose and over 4,000 food and beverage products around the world are now sweetened with SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener. |
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