Stevia

Does anybody use it? Any experience or recommendations?

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Sherry
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I wanted to cut down on the Splenda and I use 1/2 packet Stevia in my
vinaigrette dressing. Maybe tea would be OK, but for coffee- I don't like
it. It has a licorice taste to me. I bet anise flavoring would mask the
taste....now for a recipe? I so try to use it

Chinese 5 spice powder has anise in it. 1

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I grew a stevia plant and used the leaves for sweetening. As a botanical
experiment, it was interesting enough, but the under-taste of pine in my
coffee....yech. It's VERY potent, tho--two tiny leaves are sweeter than
two tsp. of sugar, but with that piney taste.

The powdered stevia in the health food store is much more palatable,
thank god. Buy a small amount and give it a try---you may like it and at
least it's "natural", which goes very far in my book, over chemical
sweeterners. Damn stuff is pricey, tho.
All things considered, Im using daVinci's Praline SF syrup for
everything. I dont know if Pralines are made anywhere but the south, but
they're candies made of brown sugar. The Praline flavored syrup tastes
just like, well, brown sugar. I like it much better than stevia or plain
Splenda.

I dont know if you can cook with stevia or not.

I read up about it on the web (www.stevia.net) and they say that heat
doesn't affect the sweetness but that some of the other characteristics of
foods baked with sugar won't be evident.

A friend of mine who's been into health foods for many years suggested it
to
me this morning, she hasn't used it though so that's why I was wondering
if
anybody had? That pine flavor kinda turns me off...but the whole idea of
praline makes my mouth water - lol.

Thanks 🙂.

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Sherry
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I grew a stevia plant and used the leaves for sweetening. As a botanical
experiment, it was interesting enough, but the under-taste of pine in my
coffee....yech. It's VERY potent, tho--two tiny leaves are sweeter than
two tsp. of sugar, but with that piney taste.

The powdered stevia in the health food store is much more palatable,
thank god. Buy a small amount and give it a try---you may like it and at
least it's "natural", which goes very far in my book, over chemical
sweeterners. Damn stuff is pricey, tho.
All things considered, Im using daVinci's Praline SF syrup for
everything. I dont know if Pralines are made anywhere but the south, but
they're candies made of brown sugar. The Praline flavored syrup tastes
just like, well, brown sugar. I like it much better than stevia or plain
Splenda.

I dont know if you can cook with stevia or not.

I read up about it on the web (www.stevia.net) and they say that heat
doesn't affect the sweetness but that some of the other characteristics of
foods baked with sugar won't be evident.

A friend of mine who's been into health foods for many years suggested it to
me this morning, she hasn't used it though so that's why I was wondering if
anybody had? That pine flavor kinda turns me off...but the whole idea of
praline makes my mouth water - lol.

Thanks 🙂.

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Sherry
360/?/195
LC since 4/4/05
My LC Journey - www.livejournal.com/users/ShrinkingSherry

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My wife and I use it, but we use a brand called Stevita. We bought
Stevia packets before and they tasted like [censored]. The Stevita powder
tastes much better.

Thank you very much! I will get some of that and try it...I notice that it
also comes in different flavors!

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Sherry
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Does anybody use it? Any experience or recommendations?

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Sherry
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the 'joint food' powder I take is sweetened with stevia and it doesn't have
any artificial aftertaste.

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Sherry said:

Does anybody use it? Any experience or recommendations?

Personally, I don't care for it.
Tastes too much like Saccharin, but I know some people like it.

I'm pleased to announce that Coca Cola now has a diet coke made with
SPLENDA!!! Yay!

I bought one at work the other day!

Wayyyy too sweet just like all diet drinks, but I just add it to LOTS of
ice to tone it down. ;-)

Wish they would not do that. <sigh>

WTF is up with that anyway?

Sickening sweetness in diet drinks........
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Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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It tastes nasty IMO. I ought a bottle of liquid stevia a couple of years
ago and through it out after trying it a couple of times.

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Peter
Website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo

I agree and I bought a high-end pure brand too. The licorice after-taste
ruined any sweetening effect it had.

Marengo said:

It tastes nasty IMO. I ought a bottle of liquid stevia a couple of years
ago and through it out after trying it a couple of times.

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Bev

I think it's hard to control because people's taste buds react differently,
particularly to artificial sweeteners, so what is too sweet to you may be
just right to someone else, including the person who formulated the product.

In news:[email hidden],
OmManiPadmeOmelet <[email hidden]> stated
| In article <[email hidden]>,
| "Sherry" <[email hidden]> wrote:
|
|| Does anybody use it? Any experience or recommendations?
|
| Personally, I don't care for it.
| Tastes too much like Saccharin, but I know some people like it.
|
| I'm pleased to announce that Coca Cola now has a diet coke made with
| SPLENDA!!! Yay!
|
| I bought one at work the other day!
|
| Wayyyy too sweet just like all diet drinks, but I just add it to LOTS
| of ice to tone it down. ;-)
|
| Wish they would not do that. <sigh>
|
| WTF is up with that anyway?
|
| Sickening sweetness in diet drinks........
| --
| Om.
|
| "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack
| Nicholson

Thanks everyone!

My friend that mentioned it to me the other day said she knows people who
swear by the stuff...like anything else I suppose some people will like it
and some won't but I think I'll just stick with my Splenda (except in my
coffee, I've used saccharin for 30 years and don't really like anything
else).

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Sherry
360/?/195
LC since 4/4/05
My LC Journey - www.livejournal.com/users/ShrinkingSherry

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 20:41:42 -0500, "Sherry" <[email hidden]>

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Thanks everyone!

My friend that mentioned it to me the other day said she knows people who
swear by the stuff...like anything else I suppose some people will like it
and some won't but I think I'll just stick with my Splenda (except in my
coffee, I've used saccharin for 30 years and don't really like anything
else).

Artificial sweeteners are one of those Your Mileage May Vary products,
but Stevia seems to be much more variable than the others. There's
not only the difference in the tasters, but there's also a difference
in how it is processed. So you see people refer to green powder,
white powder, liquids and so on.

For what it's worth, I've been using a white powder and find it very
good. It's put out by Superior Source and is called

Sweet 'n Natural
POWDER
SUPER STEVIA EXTRACT

Around here it's carried by Trader Joe. I haven't noticed any of the
"licorice taste" reported by some other people with other Stevia
products. From the descriptions I've seen that appears to be more
common with less processed varieties. Anything with green is
apparently just chopped up leaves, not an extract, and thus has many
other flavors besides the sweetener.

I tend to use a mixture of artificial sweeteners, since one will have
a better "up front" sweetness and another will have a better
aftertaste. When I mix up some Kood Aid I will use a mixture of
three: Sweet 'n Natural, Splenda and Sweet & Low.

The container mentions a website (I haven't visited it):

www.cvc4health.com

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On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 20:41:42 -0500, "Sherry" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Thanks everyone!

My friend that mentioned it to me the other day said she knows people who
swear by the stuff...like anything else I suppose some people will like

it

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and some won't but I think I'll just stick with my Splenda (except in my
coffee, I've used saccharin for 30 years and don't really like anything
else).

Artificial sweeteners are one of those Your Mileage May Vary products,
but Stevia seems to be much more variable than the others. There's
not only the difference in the tasters, but there's also a difference
in how it is processed. So you see people refer to green powder,
white powder, liquids and so on.

For what it's worth, I've been using a white powder and find it very
good. It's put out by Superior Source and is called

Sweet 'n Natural
POWDER
SUPER STEVIA EXTRACT

Around here it's carried by Trader Joe. I haven't noticed any of the
"licorice taste" reported by some other people with other Stevia
products. From the descriptions I've seen that appears to be more
common with less processed varieties. Anything with green is
apparently just chopped up leaves, not an extract, and thus has many
other flavors besides the sweetener.

I tend to use a mixture of artificial sweeteners, since one will have
a better "up front" sweetness and another will have a better
aftertaste. When I mix up some Kood Aid I will use a mixture of
three: Sweet 'n Natural, Splenda and Sweet & Low.

The container mentions a website (I haven't visited it):

www.cvc4health.com

Thank you Harold! I just went to that site, and recognize the container as
I've seen it at my local health food store. I think it's like $16 or
something but given the tiny amounts I would be using, it's probably a good
bargain even if I bought it there rather than at this site ($8.99 +
shipping).

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Sherry
360/?/195
LC since 4/4/05
My LC Journey - www.livejournal.com/users/ShrinkingSherry

Most stevia products do have some accompanying taste. Ones I've found
acceptable (especially when combined with other high intensity or lower
intensity sweeteners) are Stevita brand and NOW foods Stevia Extract.

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Marengo said:

Sherry wrote:
I think I'll just stick with
|| my Splenda (except in my coffee, I've used saccharin for 30 years
|| and don't really like anything else).
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|| Sherry
|| 360/?/195
|| LC since 4/4/05
|| My LC Journey - www.livejournal.com/users/ShrinkingSherry

Me too! I usually keep my Sweet N' Low habit in the closet; I thought I was
the only one who actually prefers saccharin! Coffee just isn't the same
with anything else; Splenda doesn't taste sweet enough in my coffee.

Ditto.

Combining sweeteners (such as a little saccharin plus a little stevia)
usually results in a synergistic sweetening effect with diminished
aftertaste.

Marengo said:

Me too! I usually keep my Sweet N' Low habit in the closet; I thought I was
the only one who actually prefers saccharin! Coffee just isn't the same
with anything else; Splenda doesn't taste sweet enough in my coffee.

Different product - Carefree sugarless gum sometimes comes
with saccharin. Extra sugarfree gum is in more stores, so
whenever I find Carefree with saccharine I buy a bunch.

For me gum is the only product I prefer saccharin in.