Splenda (Sucralose) Isn’t Giving You Cancer

Why recent headlines about sweeteners are extremely misleading

Pictured: Might contain sucralose, but probably doesn’t — Diet coke is mostly sweetened by aspartame, but there are some versions that have sucralose instead. Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash

Artificial sweeteners make headlines with an almost boringly predictable regularity. Whether it’s a scary story about heart disease, or some new fears that they’re secretly plotting to blow up Mt Rushmore, there’s always some new worry that makes headlines about sweet things that we put…