Comments on: Is Splenda Vegan?

By: Christy

Christy — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:38:01 +0000

I have been struggling with this whole sugar deal and I just want to say thank you for posting so others can read we’re not alone.

By: Lane

Lane — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:47:07 +0000

Hi Lisa Marie,

They also carry Vegan Chocolate Chips as well! I may be a bit naive, but I’d like to believe that if a product says vegan, then it actually is. Anyway, the bottom line for us is that we do the best we can without making ourselves totally insane.

Hi Allah E Truth,

Good luck with your vegan endeavors. We’ve been at it for almost two years. It gets MUCH easier after a while.

Hi FoodEater,

Thanks for providing the specifics. I had no idea it was so bad!

By: Foodeater

Foodeater — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:22:53 +0000

I know you mentioned that Splenda has been tested on animals, but just to add some further weight to that statement, I think it’s important to note the extent of what that animal testing involved. Splenda used the firm Huntingdon Life Science (HLS) for it’s animal testing, one of worst offenders and abusers in the animal testing industry. “An estimated 12,800 animals died in the process of testing the artificial sweetener Splenda, according to a published report in a recent scientific journal.” … and this includes their well known practice of torturing and killing baby beagle puppies.

For more info see:
http://www.shac.net/HLS/research_papers/sweetner_slaughter.html
and
http://www.shac.net/HLS/what_tests.html
(as a side note members of SHAC who famously protested against HLS have just been sentenced to many years in prison for trying to bring this company down)

From what I understand Splenda no longer uses HLS due to all the controversy but they still do animal testing elsewhere, and their parent company, Johnson & Johnson (also famous for it’s heinous abuse of animals) still contracts with HLS.

By: Allah E Truth

Allah E Truth — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:38:02 +0000

I been doing the same since I found it as well. I’ve only been a vegan for 5 months. Hopefully I’ll get the energy to find out for sure.

By: Lisa Marie

Lisa Marie — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:10:17 +0000

I actually stopped using sugar for a long time because I wasn’t sure what was acceptable and what wasn’t. Whole Foods actually sells sugar labeled ‘Vegan Sugar’ so that’s what I buy now. Thanks to my wonderful husband who found it. I’m not really sure if it’s actually vegan like it claims, but I feel safer using it than the regular stuff sold in stores.

I stopped using Splenda after reading about it somewhere. Scary stuff.