I want to bake some goodies for the office, however, a few of my co-workers are diabetic. Is splenda safe? I know that it is "made from sugar" so I'm not 100% certain if it would be compatible for them.

Also, can you get it at any grocery store in the sugar/baking section? How much is it?

TIA.

 

http://www.splenda.com/

 

Thank you

 

Do Not Use This Crap For Baking!!!
I can't stess this enough. About a year ago my mom used Splenda to bake brownies, and they came out absolutely un-edible! It's not like she was trying out a new recipe, this was her old-stand-by, so everyone in the family knew how they were supposed to taste... needless to say, they did not taste how they were supposed to. She wrote the company to tell them of her experience, and how their crappy product ruined a perfectly good pan of brownies (which I would have been more than happy to enjoy ), and in return they sent her 2 complementary boxes of the stuff
As far as baking for diabetics, it would be better to just find a recipe that would be suitable for them, rather than messing around with synthetic sugar. Besides, I've always believed it to be ridiculous to use products like fake sugars. Sugar is a natural substance found in nature, than your body can easily process (just be sure not to over-indulge ). Whereas most of these low-calorie, low-carb, etc. products are man-made with ingredients not normally found in nature, which you body will not be able to fully process (or at least, not as well).
Oh, and naomi-sarah, if you are still going to go ahead and bake some goodies for your office... I live just a few hours away from you, so feel free to throw a tupperware full of them on the Greyhound for me

 

Splenda is slightly more expensive than sugar, can be used in amazing desserts (all the bakeries in Beverly Hills have Splenda stuff -- it's trendy here), and is 1:1 substitutable for granulated sugar. It's slightly sweeter in taste than sugar so I'd recommend about 80% of normal if you do a straight replacement. My dad is a diabetic and he loves the stuff.

Here's an FAQ about Splenda and diabetic recipes:
http://www.marlenekoch.com/faqs/diabeticdiet.htm

 

The last two posters have conflicting stories about splenda and baking...

I do agree on one hand about the synthetic sugars being bad for you, and it's not something I would ever eat, but I do want to give a choice for the diabetics. I will look into diabetic specific recipes for baking as well and maybe bake two batches of stuff.

Monkei -- I go to Kelowna every year to go camping, I'll bring you some goodies

 

Splenda is almost as bad for you as aspartame. All it is is chlorinated hydrocarbons or chlorocarbons.

Splenda IS NOT made from Sugar as they claim and there is now a lawsuit against the makers of Splenda by the Sugar industry for making such a claim. In reality one of the thousands of chemicals that make up Sucralose is derived from Sugar so that's how they've managed to make the claim for so long.

Here's a few links to show you the wonderful qualities of Sucralose(Splenda), NutraSweet, Sweet&Low, etc.

Hope you enjoy kidney stones!

http://www.wnho.net/splenda.htm

http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/

 

naomi-sarah - if you're coming up this year try to be here for July 8-10 http://www.wakefest.ca/ (biggest party of the year, lots of concerts, lots of great wakeboarding).
Oh, and if you're gonna bring some goodies up for me, please don't bake them with Splenda

 

i thought splenda was chlorinated FRUCTOSE (a carbon ring), not a chlorinated hydrocarbon (a carbon string). for all who dcon't know, glucose is sugar, C6-H12-O

i'm sure several chemicals go into making it, but you could make sugar in the same way.

while it may not be totally good for you, neither is the sugar you are trying to cut from your diet.

BTW, the light hawaiian punch uses it and it is good. only 10 calories a glass. Pepsi One has been out a long time, too.

 

I suppose I'm reluctant to try it since it is so new -- who knows what side effects people will be coming out with due to long term use in the next few years?

Monkei - wakefest is great, been there a few times.

Are there any diabetics here that can recc some good sugar free deserts?