General Cooking (rec.food.cooking) For general food and cooking discussion. Foods of all kinds, food procurement, cooking methods and techniques, eating, etc.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
NOVA
 
Posts: n/a
Default Attacks on Splenda

I love this stuff and use it often. I wonder if there is any merit to
this piece? Worth a read.

http://www.cppf.us/OnlineOriginals/C.../112205WS.html


Sour sugar

Big Sugar assails its competition, Splenda, in classic robber baron
style, aided by left- wing 'champions of the little guy.'

William E. Saracino

William E. Saracino is a member of California Political Review's
editorial board.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted: November 22, 2005
Given that junk science, environmental hysteria, and frivolous law
suits are usually deployed against productive business, it's
disheartening that an American business would use those exact tools to
attack a competitor, but they're on full display in The Sugar
Association's jihad against the sweetener Splenda. TSA and its allies
among environmentalist whackos and hyper-litigious lawyers have
launched a national campaign of harassment against the product in the
ubiquitous small yellow packets.

This offends my free-market sensibilities, as well as my
consumer-choice preferences, as I am a dedicated Splenda user, as I
have been of Equal, Saccharin, and (in the bad old days) even sugar.

Big Sugar's onslaught against Splenda is full of the usual
environmental hocus-pocus, with dark implications that steady Splenda
users will sprout horns, third arms, or in general end up looking as
Yoda might after a very hard day. Big Sugar assures consumers that the
Splenda carpet-bombing is meant only to provide consumers the
"truth" about the non-sugar sweetener. Well, horse hockey, as Col.
Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) used to say on MASH.

If you really want to know Big Sugar's concern with Splenda, consider
these numbers. After being introduced to consumers in September 2000,
Splenda leapt to the number one position in its market (sweeteners) in
near record time. Sugar sales were down 1.8 percent in 2003 and 4.3
percent in 2004, part of an overall 11 percent sales drop for the
cavity- causing crystals from 1999 to 2004. Splenda's revenues
recently passed those of top sugar brands Domino and C & H.

What's an American big business to do when faced with this type of
competition? The old fashioned, dare I say "all American" way would
have been to improve its own product or create some innovative
marketing. But in 21st century America the answer is to create an
unholy alliance of environmental junk science, alarmist propaganda, and
"investigations" of your competition by liberal attorneys general
looking for quick headlines.

Since 2004, TSA has sued the makers of Splenda (attacking claims that
Splenda is "just like" sugar), set up attack websites and front
groups of "concerned consumers," encouraged the extreme fringes of
the environmental movement to attack Splenda, and demanded that state
A.G.s investigate the company's advertising.

  #2 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
jacqui{JB}
 
Posts: n/a
Default Attacks on Splenda

"NOVA" > wrote in message
oups.com...

> I love this stuff and use it often. I wonder if there
> is any merit to this piece? Worth a read.


And then there are those of us who simply try to eat less processed food.
Splenda fits exactly nowhere into that category. I haven't bothered to try
it since I don't eat much sugar anyway, and I've never liked the taste of
nor reacted well to artificial sweeteners.

-j


  #3 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
axlq
 
Posts: n/a
Default Attacks on Splenda

In article .com>,
NOVA > wrote:
>I love this stuff and use it often. I wonder if there is any merit to
>this piece? Worth a read.
>
>http://www.cppf.us/OnlineOriginals/C.../112205WS.html


Looks like a conspiracy theory. You may find the following more
plausible:

http://www.karlloren.com/Diabetes/p40e.htm

-A
  #4 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
 
Posts: n/a
Default Attacks on Splenda

A conspiracy theory? The Sugar Association appears to be behind a very
coordinated campaign. This guy has written a lot about it.

http://livinlavidalocarb.blogspot.com/

Saturday, August 06, 2005
Great Sugar Debate Of 2005 Rages On

Shooting a hole through the sugar industry's campaign against Splenda

With all the negative reaction about the low-carb lifestyle this past
week following the announcement by Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. that they
are declaring bankruptcy, I had to put my comments about a story I
found in the Sacramento Bee last Sunday on hold. But the subject matter
and information contained in this article is just too important to
ignore for long.

As you know, I have been very suspicious of the obvious connection
between the sugar industry and the attacks against the artificial
sweetener Splenda. Since Splenda is preferred by so many of us who are
livin' la vida low-carb, we have a vested interest in helping to expose
this sinister behind-the-scenes campaign sugar advocates are
undertaking. In fact, I posted this timeline last month that shows what
they have been doing since December 2004.

The Sacramento Bee story helps define even further the battle lines
that have been drawn in this public debate between sugar and Splenda.

Describing the actions of the U.S. Sugar Association this year as
having a "bitter edge," the story said the sugar industry has been a
heavy aggressor against any and all competition. It seems declining
sales and warnings from various consumer groups about the dangers of
high sugar consumption has put the sugar industry back on its heels
causing them to launch a new public relations campaign touting the
alleged health benefits of eating sugar.

The $3 million "warm and fuzzy ad campaign" which released to targeted
urban markets in May has sought to rebuild sugar's image among
consumers even as more and more evidence comes forward linking sugar to
the obesity epidemic.

A spokeswoman for the Sugar Association said: "We decided we really
needed to get our message out ... Sugar is not the enemy that everyone
has made it out to be."

Oh really. Research conducted by noted nutrition and health expert Dr.
Ron Rosedale found that sugar is much more likely to be the culprit in
causing heart disease than even cholesterol or fat! For people who are
watching their carbohydrate intake, sugar is public enemy #1 because it
is nothing but pure carbs.

While the Sugar Association claims on its web site that "all-natural"
sugar is healthy because it has "just 15 calories" per teaspoon, that
same amount of sugar has 5 carbs. That may not sound like much, but
think about how much sugar you put in your coffee. Did you realize that
most can sodas contain the equivalent of nearly 10 teaspoons of sugars
in them sweetened with the evil first cousin of sugar known as high
fructose corn syrup (HFCS).

As you can see, it doesn't take long for those carbohydrates to stack
up and become a problem for people attempting to control their weight.
The sugar industry is trying to market their product as a natural and
healthy food to consume, but they are just being dishonest about the
effect it can and will have on people who are addicted to sugar. This
is why I have become so actively involved in this debate and will
continue to voice my concerns about the lies the sugar industry are
saying about sugar and about their primary competition, Splenda.

The co-founder of a nonprofit public watchdog group called Commercial
Alert says the sugar lobby is very "powerful" and seems to "care only
about the health of their bottom line, not the health of Americans."

That's what this is really all about. They are really feeling the heat
of slowing sugar sales attributed to not only the low-carb diets, but
also people realizing just how unhealthy eating large amounts of sugar
is to their body. While low-carb may be considered dead by the media
and healthy experts after the news that came out this week, it's
certainly difficult to ignore the impact the low-carb lifestyle has had
on our culture and how it views sugar now.

That's a VERY good thing that is causing more and more food companies
to come up with new sugar-free and/or low-sugar versions of their
products to meet the consumer demand. Do you want to know what's funny
about this? If you are eating sugar-free products, then most of them
are going to be low-carb as well. That is the irony in this whole
debate about the demise of low-carb. It's not going anywhere. It's just
morphing into another name. But a rose is a rose is a rose...

Strong competition from delicious-tasting artificial sweeteners such as
Splenda has caused the sugar industry to panic in the past couple of
years. That's why they decided to sue the manufacturers of Splenda in
federal district court for alleged false advertising in December 2004
(they really didn't like Splenda's slogan "Made from sugar, so it
tastes like sugar"). Counsel for the Sugar Association said the
marketing campaign by Splenda was "misleading." In response to the
lawsuit against them, the makers of Splenda filed a countersuit against
the Sugar Association for setting up a web site designed to damage the
public image of their brand. This is a contentious fight to say the
very least.

I devote an entire chapter in my upcoming book to the subject of sugar
and its effect on your health. Anybody who tries to tell you that
eating sugar is healthy is trying to pull the wool over your eyes and
does not have the interest of your health in mind. There is no reason
for me to push this issue so hard other than my sincere and earnest
concern for the physical well-being of others who are like I was before
I started livin' la vida low-carb. Unlike sugar advocates who stand to
profit from the continued sale of sugary products, all I have is the
satisfaction of sharing with people how cutting sugar out of my diet
has restored my health and rescued me from disease and quite possibly
an early grave.

The end of the story cites an upcoming movie called Sugar Kings
featuring Hollywood actress Jodie Foster as director and possible
starring role. The Universal Pictures movie based on this article that
appeared in Vanity Fair is expected to be critical of the sugar
industry's treatment of migrant workers.

The poor little sugar industry is feeling so beat up these days. Awww.
How can we be so critical of something that tastes so sweet and is as
all-American and innocent as apple pie, baseball, and grandma? Why?
Because those of us who have struggled with our weight year after year
for the majority of our lives know the stronghold this substance has on
us physically and even emotionally. Eliminating sugar from my life has
been the best thing I could have ever done to get my weight under
control and to transform my body into the healthy existence it is in
today. This might just explain why there was such an all-out war
against low-carb this week. Do you think the Sugar Association has
enough influence in the media to make that happen? I think you know the
answer to that question. The great sugar debate of 2005 rages on...
posted by Jimmy Moore @ 8/06/2005 10:42:00 AM 0 comments

  #5 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
Ophelia
 
Posts: n/a
Default Attacks on Splenda


> wrote in message
...
> On 1 Dec 2005 11:41:23 -0800, "NOVA" > wrote:
>
>>I love this stuff and use it often. I wonder if there is any merit to

>
> Sorry, but as far as I am concerned there is only one sweetner, SUGAR
> and I say
> more power to "big sugar!"
>
> Eat, drink, be merry, and die! And I plan on following that to the
> letter with
> my sugar, beef, alcohol, butter and any thing else in the process of
> eating,
> drinking and being merry. If it kills me so be it, I'll die happy.


Well, life is fatal.. none of us comes out of it alive




  #6 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
MoM
 
Posts: n/a
Default Attacks on Splenda


> wrote in message
...
> On 1 Dec 2005 11:41:23 -0800, "NOVA"
> > wrote:
>
>>I love this stuff and use it often. I wonder if there is
>>any merit to

>
> Sorry, but as far as I am concerned there is only one
> sweetner, SUGAR and I say
> more power to "big sugar!"
>
> Eat, drink, be merry, and die! And I plan on following
> that to the letter with
> my sugar, beef, alcohol, butter and any thing else in the
> process of eating,
> drinking and being merry. If it kills me so be it, I'll
> die happy.
>
>

Not if you get or have Diabetes. How would you like your
foot or leg to rot off? Or go in to a coma because you are
so happy with your sugar?

MoM


  #7 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
Shaun aRe
 
Posts: n/a
Default Attacks on Splenda


"MoM" > wrote in message
news:1133682730.4939c7104f57d21628dd748459832a7a@f e5.teranews.com...

> How would you like your
> foot or leg to rot off?


Before I address your question, right or left?







Shaun aRe


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Web Site Attacks Ex-Vegans Mark Thorson General Cooking 21 06-07-2013 07:42 PM
Man attacks pork rinds, lotto tickets tutall Barbecue 6 11-05-2011 03:17 PM
Scientology Attacks Mental Health somatic aura General Cooking 17 02-07-2009 03:19 AM
Mildew attacks French vineyards Lew Wine 21 13-07-2007 03:08 PM
Dairy Industry Attacks PEDIATRICS [email protected] Vegan 7 14-03-2005 02:19 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:49 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 FoodBanter.com.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Food and drink"