Sugar substitute Truvia doubles as insecticide

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5. Er, no.....

Truvia sweetener is made from about 99.5% erythritol (a sugar alcohol), and 0.5% rebiana, an extract from the stevia plant (but not at all the same thing as stevia). A shocking new study published in the journal PLOS ONE has found that Truvia, an alternative sweetener manufactured by food giant Cargill, is a potent insecticide that kills fruit flies which consume it. MORE

- As in many instances of the lose morals of free enterprise, the inclusion of something that is derived from a so-called ''natural source'' no matter how minute, gives corporations (they're people too, you know my friend) card blanche to exploit that ''natural quality'' to the fullest. Even though it may only be 0.5% true, that's enough! As in this case: