Does 1 gm of splenda really have 950 mgs of sugar?

Granted, this is based off of rat data, but their physiology is close enough for me to draw a correlation [1]. The standard package of Splenda contains about 1 gram of the active ingredients (I'll negate the content of preservatives, perhaps some real sugar, etc) [2]. read more

One mg. is one milligram. One thousandth of a gram. If your numbers (and mine) are correct you are asking if one gram of Splenda is as sweet as 950/1000th of a gram of sugar. read more

By definition Splenda tricks your body into NOT thinking its consuming sugar. Splenda is low carbohydrate and non-caloric which are two inverse characteristics of sugar (sucrose). Splenda is a true sugar molecule, but it has been artificially bonded with a chlorine molecule (three times to be exact). read more