topic Re: Sugar substitute in Recipes

Sugar substitute

Mom2Dogs — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 22:44:28 GMT

Several months ago someone posted a photo of a newer sugar substitute. I did a quick search and could not find the original post. It was a NEW product not the substitutes that have been around for quite a while.

My local grocery did not carry the product and now - months later - I have forgotten the name of the sugar...can someone help me out?

Re: Sugar substitute

JeanLouiseFinch — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 23:13:08 GMT

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
Several months ago someone posted a photo of a newer sugar substitute. I did a quick search and could not find the original post. It was a NEW product not the substitutes that have been around for quite a while.

My local grocery did not carry the product and now - months later - I have forgotten the name of the sugar...can someone help me out?

I'm not sure about the thread you're looking for but I do use alternative sweeteners. Most of the time it's Monk Fruit, Stevia, Erythritol, or Allulose. Do any of these ring a bell?

Re: Sugar substitute

Mom2Dogs — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 23:23:36 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch Thank you but no, what you listed does not sound familiar. Supposedly this product could be used cup for cup and was good to bake with. I have used a substitute before when baking and the results were not great, so I wanted to try this 'new' sugar...well once I can remember what it was called.

Re: Sugar substitute

haddon9 — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 23:38:05 GMT

I mostly use monk fruit. It comes in a package looking like white sugar and there is also a brown version. It's offered in individual packets as well.

I like that it's zero carbs & calories. It's also natural and made from the juice of the monk fruit.

Re: Sugar substitute

LizzieInSRQ — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 23:42:06 GMT

Was it Swerve?

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Mom2Dogs — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 00:30:36 GMT

@haddon9 Do you bake with the Monk Fruit with good results?

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Mom2Dogs — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 00:31:43 GMT

@LizzieInSRQ That might the the one! Thanks. Have you used it?

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JeanLouiseFinch — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 01:08:30 GMT

Swerve has been around for awhile. It's a brand, not the actual kind of sweetener. The sweetener in Swerve is erythritol. If you aren't used to it, you may detect a cooling effect and not like it.

Re: Sugar substitute

JeanLouiseFinch — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 01:19:02 GMT

@Mom2Dogs Could it be RxSugar? If it is, you'll see that's the brand name as well. The actual product is Allulose. Shop around for pricing.

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haddon9 — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 02:28:43 GMT

@Mom2Dogs I wish I could tell you but I'm not a baker so I really can't say. I think if you might find that information by looking up baking with monk fruit.

I just know that I have been happy using monk fruit as a sweetner while trying to watch and keep my carbs low.

Re: Sugar substitute

Redsoxmom1 — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 02:36:24 GMT

Was it beet sugar?

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LizzieInSRQ — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 02:58:54 GMT

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
@LizzieInSRQ That might the the one! Thanks. Have you used it?

I havent used it yet. I currently use Splenda brown sugar 50/50 ( which is not totally sugar free but delicious). But i am thinking for my next purchase to try Swerve.

Re: Sugar substitute

Mom2Dogs — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 11:37:39 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
@Mom2Dogs Could it be RxSugar? If it is, you'll see that's the brand name as well. The actual product is Allulose. Shop around for pricing.

@JeanLouiseFinch That name is not familiar.

Re: Sugar substitute

Mom2Dogs — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 11:38:45 GMT

@Redsoxmom1 wrote:
Was it beet sugar?

@Redsoxmom1 No, I have not heard of that before...thanks.

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songbird — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 11:55:17 GMT

@haddon9 Sounds like fructose instead of sugar. Neither are great for you. But fructose is a little better over the cane sugar. So far, that's all that they can come up with. Some fruit are saturated with fructose. Others, only a little bit. Veggies have it too. The nutrition you get from fruit way over rides any negative damage from fructose. To avoid a lot of fructose, you should not be drinking juice of fruit and vegetable. Better eating the whole fruit.

Re: Sugar substitute

JeanLouiseFinch — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 12:02:28 GMT

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
@Mom2Dogs Could it be RxSugar? If it is, you'll see that's the brand name as well. The actual product is Allulose. Shop around for pricing.
@JeanLouiseFinch That name is not familiar.

This thread is what made me think it could be, since you posted your interest. 🤷‍♀️

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Among-Friends/Rx-sugar/td-p/7845306/highlight/true

Re: Sugar substitute

haddon9 — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 13:47:56 GMT

@songbird wrote:
@haddon9 Sounds like fructose instead of sugar. Neither are great for you. But fructose is a little better over the cane sugar. So far, that's all that they can come up with. Some fruit are saturated with fructose. Others, only a little bit. Veggies have it too. The nutrition you get from fruit way over rides any negative damage from fructose. To avoid a lot of fructose, you should not be drinking juice of fruit and vegetable. Better eating the whole fruit.

@songbird Monk fruit has zero carbs and calories and is very keto friendly.

I looked this up..."Monk fruit contains natural sugars, mainly fructose and glucose. However, unlike in most fruits, the natural sugars in monk fruit aren't responsible for its sweetness. Instead, it gets its intense sweetness from unique antioxidants called mogrosides.

Monk fruit sweetener, or extract, is made by removing the skin and seeds from the fruit, then crushing the fruit to collect the juice. The juice is then dried into a concentrated powder.

This extract can be used to sweeten other foods and beverages. During processing to create monk fruit extract or sweetener, the mogrosides are separated from the fresh juice, leaving the sweetener free of fructose and glucose. (This is how sugar could be making you sick.)

Because it’s many times sweeter than sugar, small amounts of monk fruit extract are needed to sweeten a food—so small that it doesn’t add any calories."

Re: Sugar substitute

Renata22 — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 17:23:25 GMT

I don't think anyone has mentioned purecane. That's what I've found tastes the best. They have a version for baking and for sweetening drinks or anything you want. I use it in my tea and I can't tell it's not sugar.

Re: Sugar substitute

Mom2Dogs — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:58:48 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch Thanks for the link...I did post on that thread but when the product name was posted it did not sound familiar...but maybe that was what I was thinking about...thank you.

I did go to a larger grocery store this afternoon the RX sugar was available, the one I thought I wanted was not available.

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Sooner — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 19:30:47 GMT

@Renata22 wrote:
I don't think anyone has mentioned purecane. That's what I've found tastes the best. They have a version for baking and for sweetening drinks or anything you want. I use it in my tea and I can't tell it's not sugar.

@Renata22 Isn't that basically like stevia except process from sugar cane plants? That is what I get from what I've read.