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- From: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
- Subject: Re: should be taken only on the advice of a physician
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- References: <gerald.721942839@gerald> <69729@cup.portal.com> <1992Nov18.141202.12713@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 04:43:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.141202.12713@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel) writes:
- >In article <69729@cup.portal.com> James_J_Kowalczyk@cup.portal.com writes:
- >>gerald@torolab4.vnet.ibm.com (Gerald Oskoboiny)
- >>> Contains dextrose 66.5%, sodium cyclamate 33.0%, and
- >>> silicon dioxide 0.5% and should be taken only on the
- >>> advice of a physician.
- >>>
- > I presume that the
- >sand (silicon dioxide) is there as a byproduct of the industrial process
- >that produces and refines cyclamates.
- >
-
- Much more likely, the sand is there to help limit the bad flow properties
- caused by traces of moisture. It'd be very fine sand. It's good at that.
-
- As for why anyone wants to use a sugar substitute, I wonder too. Doesn't
- save many calories. Tastes funny. I guess it's just a puzzle.
-
- Steve saj@chinet.chi.il.us
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