sugar controversy (2)

Monday, April 21, 2008  by Cathy Lawrence
Category: sucralose, trim advantage, twist tubes, simply nutrilite, protein snack bars, xs energy drinks, dragonfruit, orange

Ted J. from Product Information reminded me that there's a tradeoff for everything. If we don't use sucralose, we'll have a product with higher caloric, carbohydrate, and sugar values and not all consumers want that. He also wanted me to mention that the following products are the only ones with sucralose.

• Trim Advantage Protein Snack Bars
• Simply Nutrilite Twist Tubes
• Nutrilite Sports Drink -- Sugar-Free Orange and Sugar-Free Dragonfruit
• XS Energy Drinks

Questions? Comments? Opinions? Let me know!

Comments

# Utah said on April 21, 2008 10:59 AM:

Thanks for the info. I will pass it on. Yes Sucralose is in a number of other products. V8 Splash has it, along with fructose.

Sucralose is also listed for all Nutrilite Sports Drinks, including the ones with sugar. Hence the question.

# YankeeIBO said on April 22, 2008 12:13 PM:

Cathy, the Nutrilite Protein Shakes also have sucralose, and are sugar free.

The jury is still out on sucralose, as far as I am concerned--everyone jumped on the aspartame bandwagon, too, and now we find reports (even from the FDA) of harmful side effects everywhere.

# Utah said on April 22, 2008 2:21 PM:

I asked some more questions. Part of the reason for the sucralose concern has been because of aspartame or Nutra Sweet.

The number of people I personally know with scare side effects from aspartame is amazing. This has made many people gun shy of sucralose as well. Since aspartame is no longer the main choice for art. sweeteners, that will help. Many also have problems with Ace-k.

I have not been able to personally find anyone with actual problems with sucralose, other than taste. They are just scared that the headaches, breathing and ear ringing problems will show up with sucralose.

Next Question: Since

Formucare® QuickFlex Softgels

is available, at Quixtar.com, it would be nice to know that it is the same thing as Inflame Away with Celadrin.

I am surprised that Nutrilite doesn't include celadrin in their

Nutrilite® Glucosamine HCl with Boswellia

since Glucosamine would work better with Celadrin, and Celadrin works better and faster for joint problems than Glucosamine.

I noticed Quixtar no longer carries the Quickflex cream, which doesn't have the long term gain, but would help short term. The Celadrin cream product has been approved for Olympic athletes as an exclusive.

As I mentioned to the Code blog, I think the Quickflex product should show up quicker with more information on the website.

# Bridgett said on April 22, 2008 2:40 PM:

Well, Ted J. from Product Information is wrong, as Utah has pointed out.

This is distrubing to me. Many times, I know more about the products than those working in PRODUCT INFORMATION at the Corp. I call to ask a question, and I end up educating them. Not how I really think I should be spending my very precious time. :)

# Cathy Lawrence said on April 22, 2008 4:41 PM:

Thanks to the vigilant, we now know more about which products include sucralose. Sorry it wasn't from inside our walls, and very sorry, Bridgett, that this is not the first time you've experienced this. I've sent a request to one of our technical-regulatory team to see if there's a simpler and more accurate way to get a master list of products with sucralose. Standing by...

# ajgannon said on April 22, 2008 5:48 PM:

Jobs have learning curves.  To put a positive spin on the issue of the lack of product knowledge in the Product Information Department, maybe these employees were still in the process of learning how to gather the information.  My intent isn't to downplay the issue.  I just want to add that I generally have a great experience with customer support staff.  One time I had a detailed question about the source of an ingredient in a Nutrilite product, and the staff person did the research for me.  She promptly supplied me with the information I needed through e-mail.

# Bridgett said on April 22, 2008 7:38 PM:

For anyone interested:

My husband, who normally doesn't get headaches, gets instant and intense headaches with asparatame.

He gets zero side effects with Ace-K and sucralose. He consumes probably two XS Energy Drinks, a Protein Snack bar, and a "big" Protein Bar, a day. All have sucralose.

Sidenote: I DO cook for the guy. He just likes his  between meals and as a late night "snack". Better than a bowl of cereal and just as easy. :)

# Utah said on April 23, 2008 12:46 AM:

Cathy,

Thanks for posting the topic and working on getting answers. I am not trying to shoot the messenger.

# Cathy Lawrence said on April 23, 2008 11:30 AM:

To aj, Bridgett and Utah, thanks for being understanding. I'm glad to air -- and sad to err on -- any topics that need to be discussed! Keep being honest.

# Utah said on May 2, 2008 1:52 PM:

Cathy, From my post above: (next question) Formucare® QuickFlex Softgels is available, at Quixtar.com, it would be nice to know that it is the same thing as Inflame Away with Celadrin. I am surprised that Nutrilite doesn't include celadrin in their Nutrilite® Glucosamine HCl with Boswellia since Glucosamine would work better with Celadrin, and Celadrin works better and faster for joint problems than Glucosamine. I noticed Quixtar no longer carries the Quickflex cream, which doesn't have the long term gain, but would help short term. The Celadrin cream product has been approved for Olympic athletes as an exclusive. As I mentioned to the Code blog, I think the Quickflex product should show up quicker with more information on the website.

# ibofightback said on May 6, 2008 12:17 PM:

Cathy, slightly off-topic but I was wondering if you could address something for me. Why does it appear that so few of Nutrilite's clinical studies are published in peer reviewed journals? Or can I just not find them?

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