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Splenda… the funk factor

Splenda, according to some people, is an adequate replacement supplement for sugar.  These people even go so far as to buy big bags of the substance and use it in their cooking.  I, for one, do not know how they can stand it.  For me, Splenda causes any food or liquid that it becomes a part of to have an unnatural aftertaste.  You taste the food and then a brief moment later, you get the funk.  It tastes bad enough to skip sweets all together if splenda were the only option.  I’m certain that there are supporters of this “sweetener” who would argue that in a blind taste test, where the participants did not know they were consuming this “sweetener”, that the substance would go unnoticed.  Let me tell you all, here and now, that this is not the case.

One day in my growing trend towards healthier eating habits, I came across Light Cranberry Juice Cocktail in Sam’s Club.  I didn’t know it has Splenda.  Ocean Spray cranberry juice is one of my most favorite drinks, so it never occurred to me to check.  I drank the stuff thinking it tasted off, eventually I broke down and looked at the label to try and figure out what was wrong with the drink and I discovered it then… “Flavored with Splenda”.  That explained it all.

I believe I ended up giving the rest of the bottles away to someone, because anything with Splenda (at least for me) is no longer a consumable product.