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30 August 2008 7 Comments

Courtesy of the Feingold Association of the United States

There’s so much we don’t know about sweeteners, but the Association does have the accumulated experience of many thousands of families. Combining experience with what we do know, here’s a suggested guideline for choosing sweeteners:

Acceptable choices
The following are healthy choices:

  • Sugar – granulated, confectioner’s, or brown
  • Cane sugar crystals
  • Turbinado and various raw sugars
  • Honey, Molasses, Pure maple syrup
  • Rice syrup and similar syrups
  • Stevia (an herbal no-calorie sweetener found in the supplements section of your supermarket or a health food store)

Acceptable, but don’t overdo
When a sugar name ends in “ol” that means it is an alcohol sugar. Too much has a laxative effect.

Less desirable

Questionable

Do not use

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  • cheapy01No Gravatar said:

    I try to steer away from sweetners all together. They just don’t taste good. When I taste them in tea and other drinks, I really lose a desire to finish my drink.

    # 21 August 2009 at 4:41 pm
  • jenniferhaydenNo Gravatar said:

    I find this whole blog extremely interesting, some very thought provoking material.

    # 25 July 2009 at 7:09 am
  • PrButtrcupNo Gravatar said:

    What does anyone know about Sun Crystals and erythritol?

    # 25 July 2009 at 12:48 am
  • Megan FoxNo Gravatar said:

    My vote is for honey, its easy to keep and tastes awesome… especially healthy if you get high quality raw organic honey.. yummy!

    # 24 June 2009 at 6:47 am
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  • Paul W.No Gravatar said:

    I used to haul aspartame from Monsanto in St. Louis Mo. to Hatco Chemical in Fords NJ.to be processed and then it was hauled to University Park Il. where the Nutra Sweet company was located. I was told by employees at Hatco that it would use chemicals found in Phosgene Gas as well as other chemicals. Hatco produced Phosgene Gas for the military in years passed. Most of the plant there was contaminated with these and other dangerous chemicals. At the Nutra Sweet Plant in Illinois employees had to wear filter masks as to not ingest the dust, also they had to wear gloves, not to keep from contaminating the Nutra Sweet, but to keep from being poisoned. I have never or will use it in my food or drink Read The Labels Please!

    # 5 September 2008 at 12:24 am

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