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On Sunday, March 11, 2012 7:10:12 AM UTC-5, adiabic wrote:
> I found a Stevia product, called 'Natrena Stevia'.
> Now this sounds like stevia, as in 0 calories en GI = 0, but when I read
> the ingredients, I saw there's 97% carbohydrates in it as 'Maltodextrin'.
> So what is the resulting GI compared to using the same amount of table
> sugar (sucrose)?
>
> I tried to find out and read
> http://www.pcosupport.org/newsletter...le121008-3.php
> which says the GI of maltodextrin is between 106 and 136.
> Now this 'Natrena Stevia' says on the label that for every weight of
> sugar, one needs 1/8th of 'Natrena Stevia', which, I think, makes the GI
> of this product effectively ranging from 106/8=13 to 136/8=17 wheras the
> GI of table sugar (sucrose) is 65.
>
> This means only a factor of improvement between 3.8 and 5 which in my
> opinion is not very sensational. I mean, Stevia itself has GI = 0, so why
> did they ever mix the maltodextrin in?
>
> Bad move if you ask me.


They needed to put SOMETHING in to make it granular, and to make it occupy about the same space as the sugar it replaces. I agree that maltodextrin was not a very good choice of what to put in.