Splenda Essentials: Adding a Little Nutritional Oomph to Your Sweetener

I’ll be completely honest: I rarely add artificial sweeteners to my food. I typically use a little bit of real sugar when supplementing sweetness. Really, I can only think of a few of items I add sugar to (unless I’m cooking and baking, of course). Grapefruit, sometimes. Strawberries, on occasion. Cheerios, almost always. Coffee, when using an unflavored creamer. That’s it.

While Splenda’s been around for more than a decade, I’d never actually tried it. But the company has introduced Splenda Essentials, which add fun little nutritional extras to the no-calorie sweetener. One version has B vitamins, the antioxidant version has Vitamins E and C, and another has 1 gram of fiber in each pack. Kind of cool for “sugar,” no?

Read on for my verdict on Splenda Essentials, and what I think of the added nutritional kick!

—Erin