On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:24:12 -0400, Evelyn wrote:

> On 11 Mar 2012 14:37:17 GMT, adiabic > wrote:
>
>>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?
>
>
> You can get it in a health food store in a tincture form.
>
> I absolutely hate the taste. If I must use a sweetener I use Splenda.
> Evelyn

Yes, I have that one. I've heard somewhere that 'the industry' has solved
the (by refining) taste problem. That's why I was so interested in this
'Nutrena Stevia', but also disappointed to learn that there's so much
maltodextrin in it.