sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

why are the so bladdy sweet?

kids are addicted to sweet tasting stuff so why make it as sweet as they do?

i had a bowl of sugar puffs earlier that are reduced sugar but they were too sweet

lightning101

You've answered your own question "kids are addicted"

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

i think sweet stuff is too sweet, just wondered why

lightning101

Kids are addicted to bad/empty carbohydrates, as are most adults, thats why we as a nation are classed as obese

brumdaisy

all this good/bad carbo, carbo/protein stuff does my head in when Im trying to buy healthy food.

Anyone who understands it all fancy being my personal chef? Cant afford to pay u but just think how good u'll feel helping a muppet like me

hectic

Sara .. *most* sugar -free or *reduced* sugar stuff contain sweeteners instead *aspartime*(sp).. and the likes.. thats why they taste sickly swet..

hectic

wrong side of Brum for me........

brumdaisy

wont they let u into the posh bit?

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

but why are sweeteners so sweet

hectic

to make them addictive to kids!!!

druddle

Reduced sugar = increased amount of chemicals to give a sugary taste. Not sure which is worse, highly refined sugar or chemicals (nutrasweet, aspartame, etc).

Stick to a natural sugar (like fructose) or better still a nice complex carbohydrate.......kids love healthy stuff.......

Dave

Jonathan Davies

Aspartame is 200 times sweeter than sugar. It's also nasty stuff according some people (most people who aren't making money selling it in fact).

Google "aspartame" - you'll get a load of results about health concerns and another load of pretty web pages telling you it's all perfectly ok.

The industry (NutraSweet was a Monsanto brand for many years) constantly issues pro-aspartame propaganda and rebuttals of independent research, to good effect. Its initial approval in the US was revoked because of cancer concerns.. but then some years later the FDA approved it again, overruling a public inquiry to do so.