Help with sweeteners

(Steve) #1

I have been reading and I am very confused on Sweeteners. I don’t drink coffee and not a real chocolate or sweets guy. My two things were a little ice cream and popsicles. When I went to the store there were lots or sweeteners. My friend uses swerve as his wife bought it( the regular not the powdered) and said it tasted ok but had a funny after taste. There are so many and the liquid sweetener is so expensive but I guess you only had a couple drops. Any suggestion on after tastes. Probably just use for the odd ice cream.

thanks

#2

my very very very favorite sweetener is Monk Fruit (drops) which are found on Amazon. I use that basically just for coffee. It’s about $10 and it lasts a long time. I think more than a month for both my husband and me both using it. I’ve never kept track. Could be longer.
If I’m baking, I use swerve (erythritol) - granual for some stuff, and powdered (confectioner) for others… depends on the recipe because each one does give a very different texture in the outcome.

:slight_smile:

(Steve) #3

thanks, he was saying the the granual left an after taste. I only plan to use to make some ice cream for now. never a real baked foods person

(Carl Keller) #4

Of all the sweetners I’ve read about, monk fruit got the best reviews. While there is conflicting information about whether or not monk fruit causes an insulin response, it does not affect blood glucose levels and is way less likely to cause digestive issues often associated with other sweeteners.

I’m afraid you are probably not going to find anything that doesn’t have some varying degree of aftertaste in comparison to table sugar. I do use stevia but only in my coffee and the aftertaste is noticeable but bearable. I think this is actually a good thing because it discourages excessive use. We are much better off eating real foods that address our hunger rather than our sense of reward.

#5

These guys do a pretty good job Keto Connect - Sweeteners

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #6

Stevia and monkfruit are extremely sweet, on the order of 200x the sweetness of sugar (sucrose). For this reason they are often cut with a granular sweetener, such as erythritol, that is not nearly so sweet. But several popular brands containing stevia and monkfruit are blended with dextrose (i.e., glucose) or sucrose, so you have to read the list of ingredients, and not just the nutrition label, to make sure of the contents.

One of the issues with non-sugar sweeteners is that, even if they don’t raise one’s blood sugar level, many people find that their insulin spikes. This seems to be a totally individual reaction, depending on the person and on the sweetener. You will need to experiment to find a safe combination for yourself.

#7

The liquid monkfruit drops that @KetoMomof2teens mentioned are pure monkfruit and are not blended with other sweeteners. You need very few drops.