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Old 14-07-2009, 06:22 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Billy wrote:
In article ,
Frank wrote:

Billy wrote:
In article ,
Frank wrote:
are natural products

Reminds me of one of my favorite stories when I was working.
Eating at company cafeteria in US, only artificial sweetener available at
the time was Sweet & Low with saccharine. At company cafeteria in
Canada, all that was available was Sweet & Low with cyclamate. But, at
company cafeteria in Switzerland, the Sweet & Low contained both
saccharine and cyclamate. US considered cyclamate carcinogenic while
Canada considered saccharine carcinogenic and Switzerland was not
concerned about either.


http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/704432
ENDO 2009: Use of Artificial Sweeteners Linked to 2-Fold Increase in
Diabetes


Not my point but I have no problem with artificial sweeteners, i.e. my
blood sugar.

Use of such additives depends on the ruling authority, in the US, the FDA.

In the case of food additive, sucralose, which I don't like the looks of
chemically, took over 20 years to get FDA approval.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucralose