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| 736.1 | I heard a rumour... | TLE::TLE::D_CARROLL | a woman full of fire | Mon Apr 27 1992 13:43 | 4 |
| This wouldn't be a remarketing of cyclamates, which were taken off the
market in a political meanuever in the 70's, would it?
D!
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| 736.2 | | HEYYOU::ZARLENGA | film at 11 | Mon Apr 27 1992 18:26 | 3 |
| Geez, I hope not.
The entire text of the message from Longevity is in .0.
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| 736.3 | | ASICS::LESLIE | Andy Leslie | Mon Apr 27 1992 18:42 | 3 |
| Cyclamates were banned by the FDA. Has this been rescinded?
/a
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| 736.4 | Canada has it now | ESCROW::ROBERTS | | Mon Apr 27 1992 18:55 | 6 |
| The ban hasn't been rescinded. But there are a lot of folks who think
the ban was imposed at the urging of the sugar industry. And there are
those who think that available sugar substitutes -- and sugar -- are no
better. Cyclamates are still available in Canada, and have been all
along I think.
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| 736.5 | beats me | TLE::TLE::D_CARROLL | a woman full of fire | Mon Apr 27 1992 20:59 | 6 |
| Well, like I said, all I heard was a rumour which stated that the FDA
was reconsidering it's ban on cyclamates.
Has anyone ever *tried* them? Any good?
Diana
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| 736.6 | | ASICS::LESLIE | Andy Leslie | Mon Apr 27 1992 23:09 | 6 |
| Cyclamates were common in UK soft drinks in the '70's.
They were quite like saccharine, as I recall....
/andy
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| 736.7 | | ESCROW::ROBERTS | | Tue Apr 28 1992 14:25 | 4 |
| I rember cyclamates to be worlds different from saccharine. I'm sure
tastes differ, but I've always hated the taste of saccharine, even in
toothpaste! And NUtra-sweet also taste "off" to me. I'd be really happy
if cyclamates reappeared...
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| 736.8 | | MILKWY::ZARLENGA | Hey Herm, who's the Amish babe? | Mon May 11 1992 06:24 | 11 |
| There's a full-page article in this week's Newsweek (May 11, p69)
on artificial sweeteners.
Sucralose is "derived from ordinary table sugar but 600 times as
sweet," so it's definitely not a cyclamate.
Also on the horizon is Alitame (heat-stable aspartame), Sweetener 2000
(no calories and 10,000 times as sweet as sugar), Thaumatin a genetic-
ally-engineered protein that replicates a berry protein) and L-sugars
(left-handed sugars which are as sweet as regular sugars, but
indigestible).
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| 736.9 | | ASICS::LESLIE | Andy Leslie | Mon May 11 1992 10:03 | 4 |
| I read a really funny science fiction story about left-handed sugars
some time back, I'll see if I can dig it out.
- andy
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