On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 06:46:52 -0700, Robert Miles wrote:

> 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.

Wasn't it better to make drops then? Something like: "Every drop is
equivalent to 1 teaspoon sugar.
By the way, I didn't buy it, do you know if they have solved the
'licorice taste' problem?