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The 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.
by dmix 4y ago
The 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.