# What happend to Simplesse?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happend-to-simplesse/3203>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 13, 1999, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happend-to-simplesse/3203 "1999-09-13T23:01:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happend-to-simplesse/3203/1 "1999-09-14T05:28:00Z")

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Don’t know if that is the correct spelling but anyway, there was a product introduced in the mid '80s called Simplesse. It was a form of fake fat. But unlike olestra, it couldn’t be used for cooking.

They made an ice cream with it that was pretty good. So what happened to it?

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 1999, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happend-to-simplesse/3203/2 "1999-09-13T23:01:00Z")

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If it has the same side effects as Olestra the problem can be answered in 2 words. “Anal leakage”.

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**Author:** ![torq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@torq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torq)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happend-to-simplesse/3203/3 "1999-09-14T19:09:00Z")

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Thirty seconds work with a search engine turned up:  
[http://www.nutrasweetkelco.com/ingred/simc.htm](http://www.nutrasweetkelco.com/ingred/simc.htm)

on which it’s stated that Simplesse is listed on ingredients labels as “whey protein concentrate”. The page has a 1998 copyright date on it, so Monsanto was apparently still making it as of last year.