Now Yoplait Light contains Splenda
The other day I picked up a few Yoplait Light yogurt for my mom, who's visiting this week and only eats light yogurt. While putting them away I noticed a big "NOW no aspartame" note on the front of the container, so thought I'd look and see what they're using instead. Yup, Yoplait Light just switched to Splenda. Is it actually better that Yoplait Light contains Splenda instead of aspartame now? Discuss. 😉
But it still contains "natural flavours" (aka beaver butt glands) and Red 40 (ADHD central). Personally, I only buy yogurt that contains milk, cream and enzymes. I'll add my own flavours. 😉 And I think the majority that care about aspartame being in their yogurt, will also care about the beaver butt gland and Red #40 being in the yogurt. I think they missed the mark on that one.
About Beaver Butt Glands:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castoreum
LOL -- let's stick with the "industry use is fairly low" part. But maybe it goes really nicely with the crushed up beetle shells!
http://www.yoplait.com/yoplait-in-action/frequently-asked-questions
No thanks, Yoplait! Splenda is artificial sweetener, too, and I'm sure it's probably just as bad if not worse than aspartame.
I subscribe to the CSPI's Nutrition Action Healthletter. http://www.cspinet.org/nah/index.htm This month (October), they had an article on sugar substitutes, and they rated aspartame as an "avoid" and sucralose as a "caution". They cited studies that linked aspartame to cancer and sucralose to leukemia (study not published yet). The article is not available yet on their website, but I highly recommend a subscription to this newsletter. It helps cut through the hype on nutrition and health studies.
Hi- I used to subscribe to Nutrition Action, and I got it on their website for $10 a year. I let my subscription lapse. even though I love the newsletter. I got an offer from them a few months ago to let me renew for $8 for one year. I might resubscribe if the offer is still good. When I clicked on the link that somebody gave, it looked like the price for a one year subscription had gone up to $20. They are totally unbiased, and they look at all the research out there before they pan something. Often times they will pan a study that receives a lot of publicity, and they will say why the study is not valid.
Um, no better. Artificial sweetener still, linked to weight gain and other problems. It's an avoid for me.
Nope, hate all artificial sweeteners....wish companies would just cut back on the sugar instead of adding sweeteners to make up for it.
I discovered Siggi's yogurt. Not only is it made with milk and all natural, it's delicious.
Just tasted Yoplait light with splenda. I usually buy activia but it was not available. Yoplait light with splenda is disgusting. I bought 5 containers, ate 1 and will through the other 4 in the trash.
Is yoplait yogurt with Splenda good for dogs?