ERYTHRITOL
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On my quest to discover all sweeteners with erythritol available to you on store shelves, I found over 80 products
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Erythritol is found naturally in some foods (fruits, mushrooms, fermented foods) however, due to being available only in tiny amounts ...
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The store-bought erythritol is a synthetic sweetener produced via fermentation or an electrochemical process
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60 to 70% as sweet as table sugar, so expect to add more and pay a much higher price than table sugar to get the same sweetness
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To compensate for the reduced sweetness, is often combined with high intensity sweeteners (stevia, monk fruit, sucralose)
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When eaten in powder form, erythritol creates a cooling sensation as it dissolves in the mouth, referred to as a cooling effect
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To minimize the cooling effect, is often blended with other low-digestible sweeteners (polyols & soluble fibers such as inulin, FOS)
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The caloric value per gram is close to zero (0.4 cal), being promoted as a calorie-free sweetener (1.2 to 2 cal/tsp)
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Most of the erythritol you consume is absorbed and excreted unchanged, without any decomposition, through urine
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A small amount of erythritol,10 to 40% of the amount ingested, reaches the large intestine, where it may have two effects
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In the large intestine, erythritol is fermented by gut microbes and as a result, contribute energy, which is minimal if you eat small amounts
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Excessive intake of pure erythritol on an empty stomach and without any other food may cause bloating, cramps, and laxative effects
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Advantage: zero cal per teaspoon, 70 cal per cup, not digested, no effect on blood glucose, tastes and looks a lot like table sugar.
There is A LOT to see here.
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Pure Erythritol
Erythritol is a polyol or sugar alcohol - a type of carbohydrate that, unlike sugar, is digested slowly. It is less sweet than sugar (~70% the sweetness of regular sugar), and require a 'laxation claim' in food labels. Is offered as a natural sweetener as is produced by natural fermenation process. It is considered a low-calorie sweetener as it provides 0.2 kcal/g.Stevia | + Erythritol
In my quest to discover all the tabletop sweeteners containing stevia blended with erythritol, I found 40 different products. Almost thirty are sweeter than table sugar and 11 are conveniently measured like sugar on a one to one ratio. Stevia and erythritol complement each other very well. Check them out!Monk Fruit | + Erythritol
In my quest to discover all the tabletop sweeteners containing monk fruit blended with erythritol, I found almost 20 products. Some are sweeter than table sugar, others are conveniently measured like sugar on a one to one ratio. Monk fruit and erythritol complement each other very well. Check them out!Sucralose | + Erythritol
In my quest to discover all the tabletop sweeteners containing erythritol, check out what I have found!Low-Digestible Carbs | + Erythritol
Sugar | + Erythritol
These tabletop sweetener are reduced in calories. Not calorie-free and not sugar-free. They are blends of sugars with other sweet ingredients.Click the Try it button of each sweetener to be linked to Amazon
where you can read reviews, labels, Q&As, and price.
ERYTHRITOL BLENDS
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Most tabletop sweeteners (aka tabletops) listed here - 50 out of 80 products - combine erythritol with high intensity sweeteners (HIS)
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Promoted as a zero calorie sweetener, erythritol is 30 to 40% less sweet than table sugar, one of the reasons is often blended with HIS
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Note that, in most blends, you are consuming essentially straight erythritol with a hint of HIS (stevia, monk fruit, or sucralose)
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The weight ratio between erythritol and HIS in tabletops is in some cases 200 to 2000 (erythritol) to about 1 (HIS)
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It means that although 99% of the weight comes from erythritol, 70 to 99% of the sweetness comes from the HIS
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Erythritol is crucial to add body, making the product spoonable or pourable, and to improve taste, by masking off-flavors.
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Erythritol is one of the most used carriers for HIS. Explore here tabletops in which erythritol is blended with the following:
