Any artificial sweetener is "poison" to my system, as a friend could attest to. She thought it was all in my head and did a jello whipped cream dessert for one of our luncheons. After two bites, I had to leave the table, abruptly and the reaction was bad. When I recovered enough to go back to the table, I asked her if she had used sugarless jello and she shamefacedly admitted it and how sorry she was that she doubted my word. I have on any occasion where I do not want to use sugar, used Stevia which is a blessing, as it is not a chemical concoction, but from a real leaf and no bad reaction, ever. I have used the drops, which were the first thing to come out and then later, the powdered version that is usable as sugar in any recipe. I would seriously warn people not to use chemical substitutes. You have no idea what they are made from, or what they might do to your system. Stevia is also called Truvia. PS, Aspartame also causes a drastic reaction on my innards.