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Re:Children under eight should avoid slushies as glycerol le... by cwmma on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @11:46AM (#43344458)
It's not considered an "artificial sweetener" as it's usually extracted from natural sources.
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Re:Children under eight should avoid slushies as glycerol le... by basch on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @05:01PM (#43347630)
It also has the same calories (or more) than sugar. It’s not used to make low calorie food.
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Re:Children under eight should avoid slushies as glycerol le... by cwmma on Friday March 14, 2025 @06:10PM (#43367806)
Yeah but it's orders of magnitude more sweet then regular sugar, so you use way less of it
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