<P> Sucralose was discovered by Tate & Lyle and researchers at Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, in 1976 . Tate & Lyle subsequently developed sucralose - based Splenda products in partnership with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil Nutritionals, LLC . The Splenda brand was transferred to Heartland Food Products Group after their purchase of the line with investor Centerbridge Partners in 2015 . </P> <P> Since its approval by the United States government in 1998 and introduction there in 1999, sucralose has overtaken Equal in the $1.5 - billion artificial sweetener market, holding a 62% market share . According to market research firm IRI, Splenda sales were $212 million in 2006 in the U.S. while Equal's totaled $48.7 million . According to a 2012 article in The New Zealand Herald it is "the category leader in table - top sweetener in the US". </P> <P> The energy content of a single - serving (1 g packet) of Splenda is 3.36 kcal, which is 31% of a single - serving (2.8 g packet) of granulated sugar (10.8 kcal). In the United States, it is legally labelled "zero calories"; U.S. FDA regulations allow this "if the food contains less than 5 Calories per reference amount customarily consumed and per labeled serving". Further, Splenda contains a relatively small amount of sucralose, little of which is metabolized; virtually all of Splenda's caloric content derives from the dextrose or highly fluffed maltodextrin "bulking agents" that give Splenda its volume . Like other carbohydrates, dextrose and maltodextrin have 3.75 kcal per gram . </P> <P> Unlike other artificial sweeteners, sucralose is heat stable up to 450 ° F (232 ° C), so Splenda can be used as a replacement for table sugar in cooking and baking, and there are Splenda products packaged specifically for this purpose . In product testing by Cook's Illustrated, the major drawback to cooking with Splenda was found to be that it does not produce the browning or caramelization the way table sugar does . However, Cook's Illustrated also found that desserts baked with Splenda were "lacking the artificial flavors that just about every other sugar substitute brings with it". </P>

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