Essays Tagged: "Sugar substitute"

Stevia & Yerba Mate; herbs of the future

In the last decade America has become aware of the present crisis in significant sugar and caffeine consumption. There are so many sweeteners added to today's foods, and only becaus ... ow national-gross income country. The biggest question being 'If Paraguay holds the key to lowering sugar and caffeine intake then why has it not hit America by storm yet?' A very good question to ask ... a sweet tooth. The only way that we know of to satisfy this sweet tooth is to eat foods filled with sugars, but is sugar the healthiest way to satisfy this craving and, most importantly, is it the onl ...

(12 pages) 60 0 4.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

'Artificial Sweeteners' & Their Hidden Dangers'

Sugar is bad for you, right? Sugar has a lot of calories and makes you fat! This Thanksgiving and ho ... holiday season millions of Americans will cut back on pies, cookies, ice cream, and so on to avoid sugar. In a desperate attempt to avoid this excessive sugar intake, many Americans will eat foods co ... 8 survey by the Calorie Control Council, 144 million American adults regularly consume low-calorie, sugar-free products such as artificially sweetened sodas and desserts." (Mullarkey, 6) Approved in ...

(5 pages) 74 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Artificial Sweetners

doing of stevia.No caloric sweeteners are a big business in the U.S., as are caloricsweeteners like sugar and the sugar-alcohols, sorbital, mannitol andxylitol. It is small wonder that the powerful sw ... s a signal to the body that there will be an abundance of easily assimilated energy. With processed sugar, the body has been tricked into feeling satisfied, when in fact, the sweetness is completely d ...

(8 pages) 127 1 4.9 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry

Industry Analysis of the Softdrink Industry using Porter's 5-Forces Model

x and can easily be acquired. In addition, inputs used in the manufacture are commodity items (e.g. sugar, syrup, and fruit juices). Though the latter factors increase the susceptibility of companies ... arding patent laws which should capture the market.Bargaining Powers of Suppliers. Inputs utilized (sugar, carbonated water, various chemicals such as artificial sweeteners, aluminum cans, and plastic ...

(3 pages) 283 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Splenda isn't so splendid

he general American public. Artificial sweeteners may only have a 9% range in the market opposed to sugar which holds a 83% share, but the industry is growing at an alarming rate. Many brand name prod ... larming rate. Many brand name products are now using artificial sweeteners like Splenda in place of sugar. Splenda, Sweet and Low, and Equal are some examples of artificial sweeteners that are commonl ...

(5 pages) 34 0 3.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness

Why Fizzy Drinks Are Unhealthy

d for your health. Fizzy drinks reduce the calcium in your bones. Fizzy drinks all contain a lot of sugar which is very bad for your teeth and health. Coke is a fizzy drink most people drink at least ... once a day.There is a lot of caffeine in Coke. This unhealthy drink contains, phosphoric and acid, sugar and artificial sweetener. The caffeine in Coke is addictive, the Coca-Cola company has gradual ...

(1 pages) 1326 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners

marketers targeted the age groups that are most susceptible to use artificial sweeteners to replace sugar in order to cut calories. The age groups the advertising was most directed toward was thirty-f ... fifths of each of these age groups stated that they have used artificial sweeteners to reduce their sugar intake. Women seem to be hit hardest by this marketing because of the urge to be thin. Mothers ...

(7 pages) 40 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases