By Jill Melton, M.S., R.D.
With more than 10,000 reduced-calorie food products on the market, cookies, cakes, and soft drinks may fit your diabetes eating plan better than ever. And if that's not enough, you'll also find an array of sugar substitutes and sugar-substitute blends you can use in cooking and baking.
How big a role should these sugar substitutes play in your diet? What do they cost? Can you use them to bake a great cake?
While it's good to know you have sweet alternatives to sugar, figuring out how to use them can be complicated. That's where our Test Kitchen stepped in to help.
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recipes for making jelly with splenda, please
8/31/2010 10:19:10 AM Report AbuseI really like splenda. Been using it for years. Now it comes with 1g fiber per pk which is great when counting carbohydrates!
8/31/2010 10:06:14 AM Report AbuseFor a substitution use Agave Nectar. It's very sweet, and it doesn't spike the glycemic index. very good substitution. I like Steevia also, but to keep it natural you would have to purchase it "green" which is natural. I'm not sure if the colour would have an effect on the whatever you are baking.
7/26/2010 10:16:02 AM Report AbuseWhat about cyclamates? They are available in New Zealand, do not loose any flavor while heating and taste good without aftertaste. I would like to know if fructose is acceptable as it comes in granulated form and can behave like sucrose in baking.
5/11/2010 10:44:37 PM Report AbuseWhy don't your special offers apply to Canada? This site boots out Canadians which is unfortunate as I buy it everytime I see it in a drug store.
4/13/2010 05:11:25 PM Report AbuseHow can I get your magizine in Canada ? ?
4/13/2010 10:40:47 AM Report Abusewhat about Xylitol?
3/16/2010 10:00:36 PM Report AbuseI use Truvia...it is the closest to a real sugar taste I have found and it does work in baking.
3/16/2010 09:07:38 PM Report AbuseSPLENDA is a good product ton use. Their is a New one that is out it is Splenda with Surger, It is used to make Pound Cakie & Angel Food Cake.& Their is recipie's that call for Splenda with Surger,
3/16/2010 07:46:04 PM Report AbuseI just found your site. Please give information on Splenda. I just purchased a good sized bag. Thanks, I'll be waiting...Doro
2/27/2010 03:15:22 AM Report AbuseStevia is the only safe, non-caloric, non-chemical sugar substitute there is. Everything else does so much harm to all of us
1/26/2010 11:46:50 AM Report AbuseI use NuNaturals More Fiber baking blend, it is the stevia baking blend. So far I only use 1/2 Nustevia baking blend and 1/2 sugar and cakes, brownies even homemade ice cream taste great. I plan to try using only the stevia baking blend next week.www.nunaturals.com
11/29/2009 10:49:24 PM Report AbuseI also would like recipes using stevia. I found one box of stevia that said it could be used for baking, the rest said nothing.
11/25/2009 03:10:52 PM Report AbuseI am planning on using Spenda for my cranberry sause. Will this leave an aftertaste? Is it the same formula as for sugar or less? Thank you. hopeful
11/24/2009 12:57:00 PM Report AbusePlease give us recipes using Stevia! I am looking for a natural alternative to sugar in my recipes, not artifical or chemical!!
11/16/2009 10:03:51 AM Report Abuse