 An overwhelming body of science supports the fact that sucralose has an excellent safety profile and is well-tested. The safety of sucralose is supported by more than 100 scientific studies conducted over a 20-year period. The safety of sucralose has been confirmed by leading medical, scientific and regulatory authorities around the world including; the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Joint (Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization) Expert Committee on Food Additives, European Commission's Scientific Committee on Food, Health Canada and Food Standards Australia/New Zealand.
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General Information about Sucralose and Sweeteners
Position of the American Dietetic Association: Use of nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2004; 104 (2) pp. 255-275.
Goldsmith, L.A., and Merkel, C.M. Sucralose. Alternative Sweeteners, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Food and Technology Series 2001; 112 pp. 185-207.
Regulatory Approval
Sucralose underwent the FDA's rigorous food additive approval process. In 1998, the FDA approved sucralose for use in 15 food and beverage categories, the broadest initial approval ever given a food additive. Then in August 1999, just 16 months later, the FDA extended its approval of sucralose to include its use as a general-purpose sweetener in all foods and beverages.
Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Sucralose. Federal Register 1998; 63(64) pp. 16417-16433.
Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption (pdf); Sucralose. Federal Register 1999; 64(155) pp. 43908-43909.
Scientific Committee on Food of the European Commission (pdf)
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