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53 days ago

Review Icon fitman reviewed Sucralose in Sugar Substitutes:
There's no way I'm going to play lab rat with any of these substances.

I used to use honey as an occasional 'sugar substitute', but now that we know honey's often not honey (thanks to our bestest friends, the Chinese), maple syrup's the only 'sugar substitute' you'll find in my house.
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53 days ago

Review Icon Lena reviewed Stevia in Sugar Substitutes:
Stevia does a great job (in extremely minute quantities) of adding a sweetness to teas or fruit juices. Most recently, I tried the new Tropicana50 which uses half the amount of sugar and stevia to amp up the sweetness to standard Tropicana levels with a fair degree of success.

In coffee it's positively vile, however, so don't count on this being an all-purpose sweetener. The flavor also lingers longer than real sugar so I don't expect it will ever make a suitable baking substitute in anything close to its most natural form, oft touted for being derived from plants instead of a chemical construct like other sugar substitutes.

I'm not a huge fan of sweetened tea, and at current concentrations it's a bit difficult to add just a little sweetness to anything using stevia, so I don't have much use for it. I wonder if stevia may find the energy drink landscape easier to break into since most people drinking these don't have clear flavor expectations, in contrast to most teas and juices.
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53 days ago

Review Icon MissPackRat4Jesus reviewed Stevia in Sugar Substitutes:
Stevia has one over many of the other sweeteners as it is completely natural, coming from a plant, whereas others are too chemical-based. This leads me to believe that Stevia could perhaps be one of the safest sweeteners -- to my knowledge anyway.

One drawback about Stevia is that it's usually extremely expensive, unless you can find a good deal. I saw some Only Sweet in the store the other day, selling at about $4.00 for a box of 200 packets. I thought that was pretty fair, so I decided to nab it up and try it. I wouldn't mind getting it again.
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53 days ago

Review Icon LadyJesusFan777 reviewed Sucralose in Sugar Substitutes:
This has a rather pleasant taste. I use it once in a while.

But a little goes a long way. I think it's a good idea half-size the serving.
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53 days ago

Review Icon LadyJesusFan777 reviewed Stevia in Sugar Substitutes:
I like Stevia because it's not as sweet as Splenda. When I put things like this in my tea or other beverages that need sweetened, I prefer it to have a light sweetness, and Stevia is perfect for that.
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212 days ago

Review Icon magriet reviewed Aspartame in Sugar Substitutes:
All I know is, once you start using it regularly you cannot go without it. It is almost as if it is addictive. I cannot get anything sweet enough to my taste anymore without adding it, even after I've added tons of sugar, it is just not sweet enough without it. So, I really think you should not even start using it, it's a trap you cannot get out of again.
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245 days ago

Review Icon sirenavv reviewed Maple in Pancake Syrup Flavors:
Maple is #1 when it comes to syrup. No other compares. I'm sorry!
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282 days ago

Review Icon LadyJesusFan777 reviewed Maple in Pancake Syrup Flavors:
I love maple syrup. I use the sugar free; it is as good to me as the regular syrup, and can't even tell the difference between the two. I choose sugar free for two reasons: one is some one in my family has high blood sugar, and number two, it's just plain healthier.
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324 days ago

Review Icon Faustao reviewed Aspartame in Sugar Substitutes:

 Ever looked up how Aspartame is made? Or should I say "cultivated?" It's an artificial chemical sweetener and it's actually manufactured using bacterial cultures of E.Coli. (Go ahead, look it up!) It's three components are Methanol (wood alcohol,) Phenalylanine (isolated amino acid) and Aspartic acid (another isolated amino acid.)

There are tons of sources refuting this crap, and I have no idea why the FDA allows it to be in tons of products. But then again, the FDA is now saying Melamine is okay for babies and Mercury is GOOD for your brain! It is worthwhile to note that Donald Rumsfeld (former Secretary of Defense for the USA) was the president of the company Searle that created Aspartame. He pushed to have it put out in thousands of "low calorie" or "light" food products.

I would strongly encourage doing your own research on these subjects because you're not going to get the truth from the big corperations.
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502 days ago

Review Icon Strijdom reviewed Aspartame in Sugar Substitutes:
Aspartame tastes the least like sugar compared to Saccharin or Sucralose, but at least there's no bad aftertaste.
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