Cecilia – when I was on the colored plan my COD through the 3 pieces of SF gum, 3 pieces of SF candy and 3 packs of artificial sweetener all in the same category so if I wanted to use more than 3 packs of artificial sweetener I just had to use less of the allowed gum or candy. So theoretically I could have 9 packs of sweetener if I wanted (I don’t think I would recommend it though). I’m not one for chewing gum but I usually always went over the 3 allowed packs of artificial sweetener everyday & it didn’t hurt my weight loss at that time.