Sugar vs. Splenda: A Not-So-Sweet Court Battle
Splenda has made a lot of consumers very happy because they can eat the foods that they love without packing all the calories of sugar cane. Despite how some consumers feel about Splenda, the makers of the artificial sweetener were notified in 2007 that they were going to court. The reason? The [...]
Splenda Manufacturer Struggles with Ensuing Court Battles
In late May 2007, Tate & Lyle reported that what was an expected increase in sales would likely be postponed and profits associated with Splenda would be affected due to the amount of money that the company has to dump into fighting patent infringements. In recent history the company has spend hundreds of millions of [...]
Dangers of Splenda: Can Splenda Kill?
Its official: Splenda has replaced aspartame as the most used artificial sweetener in foods and beverages. More and more artificial sweeteners are being used today as consumers want products that taste good but don’t pack the calories that are associated with sugar. Aspartame, which used to be used in most artificially sweetened [...]
Splenda Lawsuit to Go Forward
A case that has been going on between Sugar Association and Johnson & Johnson, who is the parent company of the artificial sweetener was originally set to go to trial in December. It appears that the lawsuit will still be moving forward as planned after a federal court denied the request for a summary [...]