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You still need to read the labels carefully. I had a box of stevia packets and when I looked at the label they also contained erythritol.
by TomMasz 4y ago
You still need to read the labels carefully. I had a box of stevia packets and when I looked at the label they also contained erythritol.
- dmix 4y agoThe worst offending 'fake' Stevia products are the ones packed with maltodextrin. The large bags sold for baking are the ones you always need to check.
- kijin 4y agoUnfortunately, any product designed to be a drop-in replacement for sugar in a baking recipe needs to contain a bulking agent like maltodextrin. It makes the product take up the same volume as sugar, so that you don't need to adjust the ratios of all the other ingredients. A recipe rewritten to use stevia in the first place won't require such hacks for backward compatibility, but there aren't many of them compared to all the legacy stuff out there.
- dmix 4y agoRight that makes sense. Ideally you have to build your recipes around low carb sugars instead of the inverse. It's probably still better than alternatives and a gateway.