I give my daughter sugar free for some things and have not noticed any problems! I do also buy a lot of no sugar added things. We do the pudding on occasion but I have found that she loves applesauce- no sugar added and also yogurts. The yogurts taste good and have plenty of health benefits!
There is a lot of controversy over aspartame and Splenda/sucralose. Because of my daughters allergies to some food additives I just bought a book called A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives and in there it says that the Splenda/Sucralose is safe. In 2000 the European Union ordered more studies on it and concluded that at its current use it is safe. Europe is much more strict in additives than America is so that is one of my general rules of thumb when purchasing something that may be safe in America and has been pulled from the shelves in Europe. I would check out this book if you can, maybe from the library, it has a ton of information on the additives in lots of foods that you may not want to give your child. This is something totally new to me since we just started looking at ingredients but I am shocked at some of the things we consume!
You may also want to go down the organic aisle if you are still leery on it and you can buy puddings and other things that contain natural sugar for her. I even just found that they have natural soda! OH MY! lol My daughter goes nuts if she sees me drinking a soda and I am not willing to share because of the dyes in it since she is allergic to them.... now that I found this for her I can give it to her as a treat!
Many blessings to you and yours!
- T.
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