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Conference rocks::weight_control

Title:	Weight Loss and Maintenance
Notice:	PLEASE enter notes in mixed case (CAPS ARE SHOUTING)!
Moderator:	ASICS::LESLIE

Created:	Tue Jul 10 1990
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	933
Total number of notes:	9931

684.0. "Simplesse" by TLE::DBANG::carroll (A woman full of fire) Tue Jul 23 1991 21:53

Does anyone know the details of this new fat substitute?

I've been hearing about it for years, but wasn't aware it was actually on
the market until last night when I got some fat-free ice cream made with
Simplesse (by the same company that makes Nutrasweet.)

How many calories does it have?  Can you cook in/with it?  What are the
dangers? Can you buy it straight?

And if it is such great stuff, how come it hasn't permeated the
market like Nutrasweet did?  How come we aren't seeing Simplesse potato
chips and Simplesse cheese?

D!

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
684.1		RANGER::PESENTI	Only messages can be dragged	`Tue Jul 23 1991 22:07`	3
	I believe it just received FDA approval recently, and, like with Nutrasweet, they are taking it slowly. I have not yet heard anything about making it available in an oil or shortening type product yet, but we can hope!
684.2	Simplesse not for cooking	ESCROW::ROBERTS		`Fri Jul 26 1991 23:29`	5
	Simplesse can not be used for cooking -- either for baking or frying. Supposedly there is another fat substitute (I think it might be Olestra) that is awaiting FDA approval, which can be used in cooking.
684.3	flavor??	TLE::DBANG::carroll	A woman full of fire	`Fri Jul 26 1991 23:38`	3
	So what's it for? D!
684.4	Simplesse used in ice cream, primarily	ESCROW::ROBERTS		`Mon Jul 29 1991 21:51`	4
	It's an ingredient in commercially made foods. Ice cream, for example. It's not something you buy as an ingredient to use in cooking...
684.5	Not all stores carry the products	CIMNET::MCCALLION		`Mon Dec 16 1991 21:16`	1
	and the ice cream tastes pretty good.
684.6	re: the ice cream	MILKWY::ZARLENGA	hey! let go o'my ears!	`Mon Jan 06 1992 02:59`	3
	I tried this and was not at all impressed. I like the texture and taste of ice milk better.
684.7	fond memories	TLE::TLE::D_CARROLL	a woman full of fire	`Mon Jan 06 1992 06:35`	5
	Really? I found the chocolate-caramel Simplesse Light to DIE for. But then, I can't eat sugar, so there are no commercial ice milks I can eat...perhaps I've forgotten what they taste like. :-) D!