Natural sweeteners: A quantity and cost comparison

Here’s an interesting comparison I did in my kitchen. In the Wheat Belly lifestyle, we occasionally desire non-wheat, non-grain snacks, desserts, and treats made without sugar or other unhealthy sweeteners. We therefore reach for natural non- or minimally nutritive sweeteners that allow us to have, for example, a cookie or slice of cheesecake without problems of tooth decay, high blood sugars, inflammation, or any of the other health problems accompanied by foods made with grains and sugar. This allows you to entertain friends, serve treats to kids and grandkids, and enjoy holidays without destroying health. But such sweeteners can be pricey. So I did this comparison. Shown in the photo is the amount of sweetener required to yield the equivalent sweetening power of one tablespoon of table sugar, shown at the far left. Below each little pile of one tablespoon-equivalent sweetener is the cost per tablespoon (based on the retail price I paid at a local Milwaukee grocer that carried every sweetener shown, thereby eliminating differences based on varying markups at different stores—the store for anyone in Wisconsin is the Woodmans’ employee-owned chain with an incredible selection of sweeteners and other foods). Some conclusions can therefore reached by this simple exercise: Lakanto (erythritol + monkfruit in a proportion designed to be used like sugar 1:1) is the most costly sweetener by a substantial margin, over 3-fold the cost of the SweetLeaf stevia Wheat-F...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle erythritol lo han guo lokanto monkfruit stevia sugar sweeteners swerve virtue xylitol Source Type: blogs