The SPLENDA^® Sugar Blend and SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend products are a mixture of pure sugar (sucrose) or brown sugar and the no-calorie sweetener, sucralose (SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener). Both products were developed for baking. In baking, sugar does more than sweeten—it helps to provide volume and browning, and to retain moistness,. Both SPLENDA^® Sugar Blend and SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend provide a different way to achieve the qualities you want in cooking and baking, but with only half the calories and carbohydrate from sugar. Because these products are twice as sweet as sugar or brown sugar, you only need half a cup in place of a full cup of pure sugar or brown sugar in your favorite recipes.

Use SPLENDA^® Sugar Blend to replace the white sugar called for in your favorite recipes and to reduce the calories from sugar by half. Use SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend for the great qualities and molasses-like flavor characteristics of regular brown sugar, but with half the calories.

SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend is great for anyone who loves the rich taste of brown sugar. Everyone in the family - including kids - can enjoy SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend, and can decrease the number of sugar calories consumed.

SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend provides half the calories, half the sugar and half the carbohydrates of ordinary brown sugar on a sweetness for sweetness basis.

Whether it is sprinkled on one’s morning cereal or baked in a favorite dessert, SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend can be used anywhere brown sugar is used.

A simple way to count carbohydrates and sugar grams in recipes with SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend is to use the recipes we have created, which all include the nutrition information per serving. These recipes and those created for use with SPLENDA^® No Calorie Sweetener Granulated and the original SPLENDA^® Sugar Blend are available on SPLENDA^® Product packages, in recipe books, and right here.

SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend is a proprietary blend of SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener (sucralose) and brown sugar. Sucralose is made through a patented, multi-step process that starts with sugar and results in a stable, non-carbohydrate sweetener (sucralose) that is about 600 times sweeter than sugar, but without sugar’s calories. Therefore, SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend is not natural, but rather a lower calorie sweetening option, combining brown sugar and the no calorie sweetening ingredient, SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener, or sucralose.

Both SPLENDA^® Sugar Blend and SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend contain sweetness from SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener, or sucralose - a no calorie sweetener. However, SPLENDA^® Sugar Blend also contains white sugar, while SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend contains brown sugar. SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend provides a rich flavor like brown sugar’s, but with half the calories, half the sugar, and half the carbohydrate of regular brown sugar. It can be substituted in any brown sugar recipe.

Yes. SPLENDA^® Sugar Blend and SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend can be used to replace, respectively, white and brown sugar in most recipes. In addition, recipes are available right here. All SPLENDA^® Recipes from our kitchen have been developed to enable successful results and do not require any adjustments. Cooking and baking tips for using SPLENDA^® No Calorie Sweetener are also available to help you optimize your own recipes when using SPLENDA^® No Calorie Sweetener.

We continuously strive to improve the performance and calorie reduction benefits of our products, by providing alternatives that allow you to reduce the sugar while keeping the great taste your family loves.

Both SPLENDA^® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated, and SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend contain sweetness from SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener, or sucralose - the no calorie sweetener that starts with sugar, tastes like sugar, but it’s not sugar.

Unlike SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend, however, SPLENDA^® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated, does not contain brown sugar or common table sugar). It contains maltodextrin, a common food ingredient, which adds volume and texture, without adding a significant amount of calories or carbohydrate per serving. On a per serving basis, one teaspoon of SPLENDA^® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated, has only 2 calories, meeting FDA’s standards for ‘no calorie’ foods. Another difference is that SPLENDA^® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated, measures cup-for-cup like sugar, whereas SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend measures ½ cup-for-cup, meaning that a ½ cup of this product is equal to the sweetness of a full cup of brown sugar.

Because SPLENDA^® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated, contains no sugar or brown sugar, it does not have all the functional properties that white and brown sugar provide, some of which are very important and desirable for certain baked goods.

SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend can be used anywhere brown sugar is used, from traditional recipes that require brown sugar to sprinkling on hot cereal.

SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend allows you to cut back on calories while the brown sugar in the blend provides browning, helps retain moistness, texture and flavor in baked goods - with half the sugar calories and carbohydrate.

Since you need to use only ½ the volume of brown sugar called for in your recipe, SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend provides half the calories and carbohydrate of brown sugar. A tablespoon of SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend contains 48 calories and is the equivalent in sweetness to two tablespoons of brown sugar, which contains 96 calories.

A serving of SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend (½ teaspoon) contains 8 calories. Due to FDA labeling requirements, the value is rounded up on the packaging to 10 calories. One-half teaspoon of SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend is equivalent in sweetness to 1 teaspoon of brown sugar, which contains 16 calories (again rounded down to 15 calories) on the packaging due to FDA labeling requirements.

SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend is available at grocery, food, and mass merchandise stores in a 1/2 lb. (227 gram) bag that provides the sweetness of 1 lb. of brown sugar and in a 1 lb. (454 gram) bag that provides the sweetness of 2 lbs. of brown sugar.

SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend is more expensive than brown sugar because of the costs associated with blending brown sugar with the highly desirable non-caloric sweetener, sucralose, or SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener. It also involves a patent-pending blending process for combining brown sugar and sucralose to ensure uniform sweetness. The suggested retail price for SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend is $3.00 for a 1/2 lb. bag that is equivalent in sweetness to 1 lb. of brown sugar and $4.96 for a 1 lb. bag that is equivalent in sweetness to 2 lb. of brown sugar.

No. Sucralose is not sugar. It is made through a patented, multi-step process that starts with sugar and results in a stable non-carbohydrate sweetener (sucralose) that is about 600 times sweeter than sugar but without sugar’s calories. Sucralose is not recognized by the body as a carbohydrate or sugar, and does not contribute calories. Therefore, SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend is not 100% sugar, but rather a combination of brown sugar and the non-nutritive sweetening ingredient, SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener, or sucralose.

Yes, but SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend saves the time and effort to try to achieve the perfect blend. Our product removes the guesswork. SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend also maintains a consistent proportion of brown sugar and SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener (sucralose) in the product.

SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend can be used anywhere one uses brown sugar in cooking and baking. The brown sugar in the product caramelizes in baked goods. The degree of caramelization is also dependent on any other sugars that may be called for in the recipe.

When one uses SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend in place of brown sugar in baked goods, they should achieve approximately the same volume as one would achieve when using ordinary brown sugar.

It is not a 1:1 ratio. Because Sucralose is about 600 times sweeter than sugar, the product contains more brown sugar than sucralose by weight. However, half of the sweetness of SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend comes from brown sugar and half from SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener, or sucralose.

No. One can simply substitute half the amount of SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend for the amount of brown sugar called for in the recipe. When one uses SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend in place of brown sugar in baked goods, they should achieve approximately the same volume as one would achieve when using ordinary brown sugar.

People with diabetes can consume a variety of food products, according to the dietary program developed with the help of their physician or dietitian. These can include foods sweetened with brown sugar. In general, however, meal plans for people with diabetes often have a focus on controlling total calorie and/or carbohydrate intake. SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend is one way for people with diabetes to help reduce their intake of sugar and its calories and carbohydrate. However, SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend does contain sugar, and other ingredients in the foods to which it is added may also provide calories and carbohydrate. People with diabetes need to count these calories and carbohydrates when planning their meals. SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend, when used as recommended, has half (½) the sugar calories and carbohydrates.

For many following these diets, the restrictiveness of their daily carbohydrate allowance may prohibit them from using this product. However it is important for individuals following low carbohydrate diets to receive the necessary information about the carbohydrate content of any product they wish to consume so that they may make educated choices. Some individuals on low carbohydrate diets may be able to incorporate SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend into their diet plan, however this will be dependent on a number of factors such as the restrictiveness of their daily carbohydrate intake, how much SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend they use, and their portion sizes consumed. Another option for individuals consuming low carbohydrate diets is SPLENDA^® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated.

Yes. SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener, or sucralose, is suitable for everyone, and the sweet taste can be enjoyed by the whole family, including children. SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend contains a combination of brown sugar and SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener. Sucralose was permitted for use by the FDA in 1998 based on an assessment involving over 110 safety studies, representing over 20 years of research. SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener, or sucralose is already an ingredient in thousands of food products including soft drinks, juices, snack foods and desserts.

No additional studies were needed for this specific product, as SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend contains brown sugar and SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener, or sucralose, both of which are safe and suitable food ingredients. Sucralose (or SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener) has been the subject of extensive safety testing, with more than 20 years of research and over 110 scientific studies.1,8-10 Its safety is well documented and the Food and Drug Administration, along with regulatory, health, and food safety authorities from around the world, have concluded that it is safe. It has been used throughout the world by millions of people since 1991 and there are no warning labels on the products to exclude anyone from enjoying SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener. Sucralose is approved for use in over 80 countries and is currently used in more than 4000 products worldwide.

SPLENDA^® Brown Sugar Blend is certified as kosher Parve by the Orthodox Union.

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