Splenda controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2008
Sucralose animal-study controversy
A Sugar Association-funded Duke University rat study reported effects involving gut microorganisms and other biological measures after exposure to Splenda formulations. McNeil Nutritionals and supporting scientists rejected the study's conclusions as unreliable because of methodological shortcomings. The findings were not established as equivalent human health effects in the cited material.
2007
French consumer-protection ruling
Merisant France won a case against McNeil-related subsidiaries over specified advertising slogans. The court awarded damages and ordered the defendants to stop using claims that violated French consumer-protection rules.
2006
Merisant advertising lawsuit
Merisant, the maker of Equal, alleged that Splenda's claims about being made from sugar and tasting like sugar were misleading. The U.S. dispute was settled in 2007 under undisclosed terms.