"Cheri" > wrote in
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "Travis McGee" > wrote in message
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>>>I have been trying a new sweetener - Swerve. I was looking for
>>>low-carb recipes, and came across one that called for this. I looked
>>>it up on the net, and ordered a pound.
>>>
>>> It tastes as good as any no-calorie sweetener that I've tried, and
>>> it has a few advantages over the others. It looks a lot like sugar;
>>> it's actually granulated like sugar, and dissolves much like sugar.
>>> It supposedly shares some other attributes with sugar, such as the
>>> ability to brown, and it's supposed to hold up well in baking,
>>> although I haven't tried either attribute yet. It has no bitter
>>> aftertaste that I can tell.
>>>
>>> One offputting quality is that it absorbs heat when it dissolves,
>>> which means that if you use it undissolved, such as just eating a
>>> pinch from the container, you will notice a distinct cooling
>>> sensation. This is not a problem if you eat it after it is dissolved
>>> in something. It's also not cheap, as you can imagine.
>>>
>>> The SO, who is on the low-carb diet, likes it, although she didn't
>>> care for the cooling effect. I hope to try cooking with it, perhaps
>>> even some baking if I can find some good low-carb baking recipes.
>>>
>>> http://www.swervesweetener.com/
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>> I can't stand the cooling effect either. I just eat the real thing
>> when I want something sweet. Just not much of whatever it is.
>
It has no cooling effect if already dissolved in, say, lemonade. An
erythritol/sucralose blend is the best calorie free sweetener for
beverages.
>
> At 5g a tsp, it's not really very low carb either.
>
> Cheri
>>
Erythritol is the one sugar alcohol that is truly carb free, and basically
calorie free. It is only listed as a carbohydrate because the labeling
rules are stupid. Seriously. I know this stuff.
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