Splenda Maker Hit With Lawsuit Over Diabetes Health Claims (1)

Splenda maker TC Heartland LLC has engaged in a “decades long consumer fraud” by marketing products as healthy for diabetics and others even though the primary ingredient—sucralose—has been shown to cause or worsen diabetes, a new proposed class action alleges.

The World Health Organization advised in May against the consumption of sugar alternatives like sucralose, noting specifically the “increased risk of type 2 diabetes, heart diseases, and mortality in adults, the lawsuit says.

Labels on Splenda Diabetes Care Shakes, Zero Calorie Sweetener Packets, Water Enhancer, and other products tout them as “suitable for people with diabetes” and make other health-related ...