How is it, compared to sugar? More sweet? Less sweet?
2007-02-24 07:53:16 · 6 answers · asked by kitten lover3 7 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
Stevia extract powder is about 200x sweeter than sugar. The green plant has been used in Asia for over 2000 years and is about 10x sweeter than sugar.
As an extract, it is way easy to use too much so the manufacturers have started cutting it and putting it in packets supposed to be roughly equivalent to 1 teaspoon of table sugar. To my taste, it is more like a tablespoon. If you get it too strong, you will really notice the bitter aftertaste. (Remember saccharine?)
One of the really remarkable things about stevia is that it doesn't turn into some kind of dangerous chemical goo when you cook or heat it, unlike some of the manufactured things that have been put on us by the diet food industry.
My personal preference (I'm not diabetic) is to use liquid Stevia extract in hot things, like tea, and the powder in cold things, like breakfast cereal and iced tea. (The liquid extract has alcohol in it and the heat makes the funny smell dissipate.)
I make a 2 quart pitcher of iced tea with 1/4 of 1/4 teaspoon pure extract powder and about 1 tablespoon of real cane sugar and no one yet has noticed the switch. If I use only Stevia, however, they will notice.
See the link below for a pretty comprehensive article by David Richard.
2007-02-24 10:22:19 · answer #1 · answered by Janet S 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i've tried it. it is extremely sweet compared to sugar. only a tiny amount is needed. like only 1/8 teaspoon or less for drinks. i've not baked with it or used it in any food... only drinks.
while it has a sweetening effect, it is not the same flavor though. i don't recommend it for coffee... just doesn't taste as good.
2007-02-24 16:34:41 · answer #2 · answered by In my humble opinion... 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I tried it and it is okay a bitter twing like taste and yet sweet with a tiny amount use to sweeten coffee. It herbal and suppose to be okay.I am still testing the effectiveness of it.
2007-02-24 08:16:00 · answer #3 · answered by JoJoBa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes I have and for me it taste like sweeteners and much sweeter but my mother loves it so give it a try. If you are looking for something healthy and not so much about the weight sweets cause then try natural raw sugar. It taste like regular sugar but is less harmful to the body.
2007-02-24 08:11:22 · answer #4 · answered by Dayla 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A friend of mine uses stevia and she loves it. She also told me to tell you that she switched to stevia from splendia and she feels alot better because of it.
2007-02-25 12:05:44 · answer #5 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is more sweet you so use lees of it and i use it in my 2 year olds tea he NEVER gets real sugar.
2007-02-24 08:16:32 · answer #6 · answered by dekitty1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋