On 5/12/2014 2:46 PM, Winters_Lackey wrote:
> "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/
>>>
>>> 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.
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> It has no cooling effect if already dissolved in, say, lemonade. An
> erythritol/sucralose blend is the best calorie free sweetener for
> beverages.
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>> 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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One thing I forgot to point out is that Swerve dissolves poorly in cold
liquids, unlike Equal or Splenda. I suspect this could be fixed if it
was in the same form as those products, that is, either finely powdered
or as "dried bubbles".

What form is erythritol usually sold as?