- Type
- Sweetener
- How serious
- Low severity
- Evidence
- Emerging evidence
Why it is flagged
Approved as safe by EFSA and the FDA. A separate and still unsettled literature examines effects on insulin response and gut bacteria, which is why it appears here at all for an insulin-related concern.
Health topics it bears on
Sources
- List of Permitted Sweeteners (Lists of Permitted Food Additives) Health Canada, 2024
- Sugar Substitutes Health Canada, 2023
- Re-evaluation of sucralose (E 955) as a food additive and evaluation of a new application on extension of use of sucralose (E 955) in fine bakery wares European Food Safety Authority, 2026
- Use of non-sugar sweeteners: WHO guideline World Health Organization, 2023
Also listed as
e955, trichlorogalactosucrose, sucralosa, sucralosio