Truvia - Calorie free sweetener

[Ó Flannagáin]

Picked up some of this yesterday and I hav eto say I am impressed. It's got a touch of a weird flavor at the end, but it's pretty much masked when in coffee. The sweetness is delightful and nto chemically like artificial sweeteners. Recommended.

[Ó Flannagáin]

Actually, the more I drink it in my coffee the worse it gets. Gonna try on grapefruit and see how that is

[Barley-Davidson]

Use real sugar, just use less if you want to cut calories. Fake sugar is no damn good.

[Ronthered]

Use real sugar, just use less if you want to cut calories. Fake sugar is no damn good.

I second that, or coffee thats really freshly roasted can have it's own nice sweetness

[Ó Flannagáin]

It's not fake, it's a natural sweetener from the Stevia plant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia

I usually don't use any sugar in my coffee. I just like a touch of cream, but I felt it was a good vehicle to test out this sweetener.

[3/5 King]

my wife loves stevia and my old boss who is a health nut recommended it to me before as well. I cant stand the taste but if you like it it is a good alternative

[Ronthered]

I've heard of it becoming a bigger thing to use in place of sugar, just havent seeked it out

[wolf08gang]

I have a friend who uses Stevia extract in iced mint tea. Excellent!

I'm not sure how natural Truvia is. Stevia has been around for a long time, and I've heard that Truvia was in development for a while now. It kind of begs the question, what kind of development? Possibly, it has been chemically altered to improve the flavor.

Manufacturers will put all kinds of lies on packages, so long as they feel that is worded in such a way as to avoid litigation.

During the low carb craze, I read a label on a package of white potatoes that claimed they were "low carb."

I've also read on the label of some (ready Evan?) urine flavored, weak beer, that the manufacturer's knew of no other beer that cost so much to brew.

Just something to think about.

[Ó Flannagáin]

It's 100% natural. They use some sort of alcohol sugar that is created from fermentation in pears/grapes other fruits, stevia extract and natural flavors

[PseudoChef]

products claiming to be 100% natural can still be technical bullshit. Read the omnivore's dilemma by Michael Pollan. Basically, if you can synthesize a natural chemical in the lab, it's still considered natural, no matter what the chemical is - good or bad.

[zoebisch01]

products claiming to be 100% natural can still be technical bullshit. Read the omnivore's dilemma by Michael Pollan. Basically, if you can synthesize a natural chemical in the lab, it's still considered natural, no matter what the chemical is - good or bad.

Hey that documentary is coming out "Food Inc".