Sugar substitute sucralose, orange for monk fruit extract (a natural sweetener), and green for stevia (also natural). In 1969, cyclamate was banned for sale in the US by the Food and Drug Administration. In 2017, sucralose was the most common sugar substitute used in the manufacture of foods and beverages; it had 30% of the global market, which was projected to be valued at $2.8 billion by 2021. A class of sugar substitutes is known as "high-intensity sweeteners." These are compounds with many times the sweetness of sucrose, common table sugar. As a result, much less sweetener is required and energy contribution
Little Sugar Creek Greenway Creek being perhaps the most prominent. The name of Little Sugar Creek (which has also been called Sugar Creek, a name that has also been applied to what is now called Irwin Creek) derives from the Sugaree tribe indigenous to the area. Running through some of Charlotte's oldest neighborhoods, over time parts of the stream became hidden by houses, factories, parking lots, riprap, highways, and culverts. Over time, Little Sugar Creek also became very polluted by runoff from factories and sewers, and litter. As recently as 2000 Little Sugar Creek was "the most polluted stream in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, a fetid stew