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My problem with monk fruit extracts is that they tend to be full of erythritol (even listing them as the first ingredient [0]), which tends to wreck my stomach.

My problem with monk fruit extracts is that they tend to be full of erythritol (even listing them as the first ingredient [0]), which tends to wreck my stomach. I was in a super market once and not a single product on the shelf was pure monk fruit. [0] https://www.amazon.com/RAW-Natural-Sweetener-Erythritol-Sugar-Free/dp/B08CC1FMJQ https://www.amazon.com/RAW-Natural-Sweetener-Erythritol-Suga...

hinkley 2y ago
I think they’re using erythritol because it’s not toxic to pets which some of the other sugar alcohols are, and disastrously so. But all of the sugar alcohols can mess with your gut biome. Mine went nasty during the previous recession when I was chewing gum for TMJ related problems.
- latchkey 2y ago
  I'm confused, google says monk fruit is ok for pets. Regardless, who's feeding this stuff to their pets? I love fishermans friend, but I think the sorbitol is guaranteed excessive flatulence.
  - Centigonal 2y ago
    Monkfruit doesn't come in a nice, familiar crystal form, and monkfruit extract is much sweeter per gram than sugar. For this reason, manufacturers bulk it up with some kind of sugar alcohol to make it easier to use. GP is saying they use erythritol for this purpose because the other options (e.g. xylitol) are toxic to pets.
  - hinkley 2y ago
    When you live with a pet, who eats what food is a bit of a democratic affair, not an autocracy. Do you want to get up from the middle of a movie to go to the bathroom and come back and find that you're not going to find out who killed the leading lady tonight because you're going to spend all night in an animal emergency room getting your dog or cat's stomach pumped? Anything on a table or in your purse or your jacket pocket is fair game.
- officeplant 2y ago
  - I was chewing gum for TMJ related problems. Why the hell would you do that? My life time of chewing gum constantly until my 20s is what I assume to be the source of my TMJ.
  - hinkley 2y ago
    Grinding my teeth at night, because I wanted to murder a third of my coworkers and I didn't feel I could find another job.

hinkley 2y ago

I think they’re using erythritol because it’s not toxic to pets which some of the other sugar alcohols are, and disastrously so. But all of the sugar alcohols can mess with your gut biome. Mine went nasty during the previous recession when I was chewing gum for TMJ related problems.

latchkey 2y ago
I'm confused, google says monk fruit is ok for pets. Regardless, who's feeding this stuff to their pets? I love fishermans friend, but I think the sorbitol is guaranteed excessive flatulence.
- Centigonal 2y ago
  Monkfruit doesn't come in a nice, familiar crystal form, and monkfruit extract is much sweeter per gram than sugar. For this reason, manufacturers bulk it up with some kind of sugar alcohol to make it easier to use. GP is saying they use erythritol for this purpose because the other options (e.g. xylitol) are toxic to pets.
- hinkley 2y ago
  When you live with a pet, who eats what food is a bit of a democratic affair, not an autocracy. Do you want to get up from the middle of a movie to go to the bathroom and come back and find that you're not going to find out who killed the leading lady tonight because you're going to spend all night in an animal emergency room getting your dog or cat's stomach pumped? Anything on a table or in your purse or your jacket pocket is fair game.
officeplant 2y ago
- I was chewing gum for TMJ related problems. Why the hell would you do that? My life time of chewing gum constantly until my 20s is what I assume to be the source of my TMJ.
- hinkley 2y ago
  Grinding my teeth at night, because I wanted to murder a third of my coworkers and I didn't feel I could find another job.