topic Re: Sugar substitute in Kitchen

Sugar substitute

SharkE — Tue, 01 May 2018 18:51:49 GMT

If a recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar and one cup of water and some lemon juice to make a lemon sorbet.

What kind of fake sugar could I use to make up for the cup of sugar ?

Trying to cut back on sugar and fats, remember.

How many sweet and low packets or liquid non sugar could equal and I wonder if that would prevent it from thickening up when you boil the fake sugar and water on the stove.

Re: Sugar substitute

software — Tue, 01 May 2018 18:57:22 GMT

Whatever substitute you are using, there should be information how it translates.

Some substitutes require more, some are 1-for-1.

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SharkE — Tue, 01 May 2018 19:51:18 GMT

Have to check on the bottle and see how much liquid sugar would equal one cup of granular sugar I guess.

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SXMGirl — Tue, 01 May 2018 19:54:26 GMT

@SharkE, I have never made sorbet so cannot offer any advice on a substitute for sugar. I do find that most recipes call for way too much sugar and one cup seems like a too much to me. If you can have sugar but usually choose not to, could you just cut the sugar to 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup? I would think that would be more than enough and not make it sickening sweet.

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SharkE — Tue, 01 May 2018 21:32:22 GMT

yeah, does sound to much doesn't it ? I'll have to see how it goes little at a time and see how much less I can get by with. When I go to making homemade ice cream in the summer I really can't enjoy much of it hubbo will eat most of it he is on cholesterol pill. I'm not and don't want to be a pill popper. So, I'm looking around for sorbet recipes and less fatty substitutes for the good stuff

LOL

Need to check out diabetic books, also. Might be a help. Not a diabetic just got my blood work back and I'm at 90. Normal is 90-99 I think the sheet said.

My sister is one, though, and it's no wonder woman can sock back the sweets. I want to prove I can have good numbers by self sacrifice.

Dang ol' cholesterol only dropped 7 points since my last blood test in Oct

Better then going up I guess. 216 is higher then I want that, too. Should be 200 or less.

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Tigriss — Tue, 01 May 2018 21:44:10 GMT

I would check to make sure what you do use is safe to cook with. Not all sugar substitutes are ok for baking/cooking especially boiling. I know Splenda is ok to bake with.

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x Hedge — Tue, 01 May 2018 22:09:58 GMT

@SharkE,

I mix weekly gallons of lemonade and big daily mugs of tea using Sweet Additions from Aldi. It's main ingredient is Maltodextrin & sucrolose, the same thing as in (the more expensive) Splenda.

I think Sam's & Wall Mart brand of maltodextrin & sucrolose is labeled Equal. These all measure cup for cup, the same as granulated sugar.

I dislike sweetners made with Stevia. I know they're popular, but I always tasted an unpleasant note when I tried it in my tea. I ended up pouring out the whole gallon of lemonade I made using a sweetner containing stevia . Even addition of extra lemon juice couldn't disguise the 'off' taste.

I'm sure neither sucrolose nor stevia are good to take in large amounts. But used in moderation they can help those who need to reduce sugar intake.

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SharkE — Tue, 01 May 2018 22:42:16 GMT

Thanks for all the ideas. will look for all of them this week when I go out grocery shopping.

My sister takes her Metformin pill and eats what she wants. Hubbo takes his cholesterol pill and eats burgers, steaks, dairy doesn't worry about it.

I don't want to depend on pills just because I'm lazy LOL All depends on your outlook I guess. They want to eat and just take a pill to compensate, but, I'd rather take a more natural approach. On weekends I eat pie, cake, candy whatever, but, the other 5 I'm strict as the military. LOL

Re: Sugar substitute

Toppers3 — Tue, 01 May 2018 23:23:56 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
If a recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar and one cup of water and some lemon juice to make a lemon sorbet.
What kind of fake sugar could I use to make up for the cup of sugar ?
Trying to cut back on sugar and fats, remember.

How many sweet and low packets or liquid non sugar could equal and I wonder if that would prevent it from thickening up when you boil the fake sugar and water on the stove.

Hi Sharke,

I know that with Splenda, you can do equal measures with white sugar or brown sugar. Splenda also makes a brown sugar product, too.

So for example, if you need 1 cup of white sugar in a recipe, you can use one cup of Splenda, instead.

I would suggest going to the websites for whatever sweetener you are interested in, and looking there for cooking and baking suggestions and recipes.

The product Equal contains different sweeteners, including aspartame and dextrose and maltodextrin. Splenda contains sucralose and maltodextrin.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 02 May 2018 01:04:22 GMT

@SharkE Is there anything else in your sorbet recipe beside what you mention? May recipes depend on actual sugar for its crystalline properties. I don't think a substitute would work. I have made ice cream in my little ice cream maker by using a pint of yogurt, fresh fruit and Splenda. It's excellent. I've also baked with Splenda, it's not reactive with heat. Since sugar causes foods to brown (cookies, cakes, etc), sometimes I use 1/2 sugar, 1/2 Splenda.

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SharkE — Wed, 02 May 2018 01:13:37 GMT

just trying to find a substitute for ice cream. Not planning on baking with fake sugar or butter. LOL Not going that far ! I only eat sweets on weekend, so, I want REAL food then. LOL

I got a choc ice cream recipe that is da bomb ! Tastes like Wendy's Frostys

but, geez Louise, it's got sweetened condensed milk , choc milk and Hershey's syrup in it !!!!!!!!! cholesterol nightmare ! LOL but, that is fantastic

(of course).

I found online recipe for lemon sorbet using raw sugar gonna check that out

Chef Marion had lemon sorbet this past weekend and I can't get it out of my head LOL Wolf and the rest was raving over it and now I got to get it LOL

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SharkE — Wed, 02 May 2018 01:14:40 GMT

recipe calls for water, sugar and juice of lemons is all. I got 2 ice cream

makers I can put to use

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Kachina624 — Wed, 02 May 2018 01:35:27 GMT

@SharkE. Why don't you try my yogurt recipe? Use 1 pint fat free plain or vanilla yogurt, some strawberries or other fruit (My favorite is mango which I got on sale at Wal-Mart last week) and about 3/4 cup Splenda. Taste to be sure it's sweet enough. This concoction is actually healthy. Put in machine and run until it's ice cream.

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SharkE — Wed, 02 May 2018 01:44:38 GMT

not much for yogurt looks snotty hahahah

If I was a diabetic I'd have to do a lot of stuff different, but, so , far , so good

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Kachina624 — Wed, 02 May 2018 01:56:09 GMT

@SharkE. Tastes like ice cream, not yogurt. The yogurt makes it creamy without fat calories.

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SharkE — Wed, 02 May 2018 03:15:53 GMT

Oh OK !

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pinkmochi — Wed, 02 May 2018 05:56:10 GMT

@SharkE You can try granulated Xylitol or granulated Swerve (erythritol). I haven't tried making sorbet with them, but I use powdered Swerve every week for keto blueberry muffins. I use the granulated Xylitol in pumpkin pie and fresh whipped cream.

Good luck!

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x Hedge — Wed, 02 May 2018 12:29:32 GMT

@SharkE, I've found a frozen, fat free yogurt that's so good I have bought that instead of ice cream for about 10 years now. Scoops and tastes just like ice cream. 🍦

Kemps is the brand name.

I think the containers are a half gallon. In the ice cream section. They also have a No Added Sugar fat free version.

But the Kemps fat free frozen yogurt is already naturally lower in sugars than ice cream, and is the better of the two.

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sidsmom — Wed, 02 May 2018 12:49:54 GMT

Just eat the sugar.

It’s an occasional thing, yes?

Still want less sugar?

I did see this recipe w/ little sugar. Haven’t made it,

but the Vegan8 recipes are always tasty. HTH

💛🌼

http://thevegan8.com/2013/04/16/vegan-lemon-sherbert/

Re: Sugar substitute

FranandZoe — Wed, 02 May 2018 12:53:59 GMT

I use granulated Splenda - it measure the same as sugar.