Questions about Spenda

[TwiceOver]

I use it on my boring ass rice chex every other morning. I'd say it's comparable to sugar in volume.

 

[QueBert]

Is it the 1.6 pound bag that's got that fluffy filler in it? It's a 1:1 replacement by volume, not by mass. A cup of sugar weighs like 8 ounces. A cup of the baking mix Splenda is like 1 ounce or something. So that 1.6 pound bag is 20-something cups of Splenda. (20 cups of sugar would weigh about ten pounds.)

Sugar is cheaper, cup for cup, but it's heavier.

How big are your pitchers? Sweet tea recipes I looked up all cite between 1 and 2 cups of sugar per gallon. So that 1.6 pound bag of Splenda should get you 10-20 gallons of sweet tea.

This is what I didn't know, I was thinking 1.6lb bag 1:1 ratio and I'd only get 2 pitchers out of a $13 bag. I read up and found out about the filler you mentioned, if I could get 10 pitchers it wouldn't be too expensive. I make a gallon at a time and drink about 1/2 a day, during the summer maybe a whole one. I suppose I need to buy a bag and try it and see how it is.

 

[ussfletcher]

Fun fact, those little splenda packets have about 10 calories per packet due to the bulking agent. A sugar packet has about 25.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

I make sweet tea with Splenda once a week for my wife. She used to drink the Publix diet sweet tea in large quantities so I set out to duplicate it. 1.5 cups of Splenda per gallon seems to do the trick. I get 5 - 6 gallons per 9.7 oz package so you should be able to get 10 - 12 gallons from a 1.6 lb bag.

 

[paperfist]

Everything has adverse heath effects nowadays.

Not if used in moderation

 

[Eos]

bwahahahaha

"Sucralose is a synthetic chemical that was originally cooked up in a laboratory."

As opposed to originally cooked up in Cletus' meth lab across the tracks? wtf, idiots...

 

[JEDIYoda]

Well the adverse health effects cost money so it is on topic.











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no its not on topic.....

 

[SheHateMe]

I make sweet tea with Splenda once a week for my wife. She used to drink the Publix diet sweet tea in large quantities so I set out to duplicate it. 1.5 cups of Splenda per gallon seems to do the trick. I get 5 - 6 gallons per 9.7 oz package so you should be able to get 10 - 12 gallons from a 1.6 lb bag.

I think the big issue here is that "Sweet" is a matter of opinion. Some people like their tea to be super sweet.

I remember going into a McDonalds once and actually seeing them make the sweet tea. The sit a bucket on the floor, pour the hot tea in there and then they basically take a 1lb serving of sugar and pour it into the bucket. :'(

 

[QueBert]

I think the big issue here is that "Sweet" is a matter of opinion. Some people like their tea to be super sweet.

I remember going into a McDonalds once and actually seeing them make the sweet tea. The sit a bucket on the floor, pour the hot tea in there and then they basically take a 1lb serving of sugar and pour it into the bucket. :'(

When someone says sweet tea this is what they should be referring to. Sweet Tea is ungodly sweet if made properly. imho 1lb for a bucket's low unless it was a fairly small bucket

 

[qliveur]

What's Spenda? Fake money?

Sounds like just the kind of diet the guy in the White House should be put on.

 

[OverVolt]

You spenda bunch and don't get your monies worth

 

[TuxDave]

Yeah I never do a 1:1 sugar to splenda substitution. Splenda is far sweeter per gram. For my coffee I've been doing around 2:1 to 4:1 sugar to splenda (lets me use 1 packet for two cups of coffee).

 

[OverVolt]

bwahahahaha

"Sucralose is a synthetic chemical that was originally cooked up in a laboratory."

As opposed to originally cooked up in Cletus' meth lab across the tracks? wtf, idiots...

Its that it is a heavily chlorinated carbon chemical. Most chloro-carbons are like, pesticides, herbicides, that type of thing. It is the only chloro-carbon approved for use in foods. I personally think its suspicious.

I don't care much about the cacophony of internet chatter about it. The shit makes my throat feel weird. I just don't like it. It doesn't even taste much like sugar. Its an exercise in uselessness.

 

[Vdubchaos]

Just do yourself a favor and use honey

 

[Eos]

bwahahahaha

"Sucralose is a synthetic chemical that was originally cooked up in a laboratory."

As opposed to originally cooked up in Cletus' meth lab across the tracks? wtf, idiots...

Its that it is a heavily chlorinated carbon chemical. Most chloro-carbons are like, pesticides, herbicides, that type of thing. It is the only chloro-carbon approved for use in foods. I personally think its suspicious.

I don't care much about the cacophony of internet chatter about it. The shit makes my throat feel weird. I just don't like it. It doesn't even taste much like sugar. Its an exercise in uselessness.

Where, not what.

 

[OutHouse]

Stevia is where its at. last summer i planted one plant and it was awesome to pluck a couple of leaves and put it in my tea. swwwwweeeettttttt

 

[lxskllr]

Stevia is where its at. last summer i planted one plant and it was awesome to pluck a couple of leaves and put it in my tea. swwwwweeeettttttt

That works? Do you suppose it would grow in PA, perhaps inside? That might be fun for my daughter.

 

[Ferzerp]

Where, not what.

You really think the person you replied to is going to understand what you mean by this?

 

[Elixer]

Stevia is where its at. last summer i planted one plant and it was awesome to pluck a couple of leaves and put it in my tea. swwwwweeeettttttt

Ugh, that has a terrible after taste.

 

[OverVolt]

You really think the person you replied to is going to understand what you mean by this?

All that matters is "what."

 

[cKGunslinger]

Ugh, that has a terrible after taste.

Stevia has no aftertaste..

 

[dave_the_nerd]

This is what I didn't know, I was thinking 1.6lb bag 1:1 ratio and I'd only get 2 pitchers out of a $13 bag. I read up and found out about the filler you mentioned, if I could get 10 pitchers it wouldn't be too expensive. I make a gallon at a time and drink about 1/2 a day, during the summer maybe a whole one. I suppose I need to buy a bag and try it and see how it is.

Are you diabetic yet? D:

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

I think the big issue here is that "Sweet" is a matter of opinion. Some people like their tea to be super sweet.

I remember going into a McDonalds once and actually seeing them make the sweet tea. The sit a bucket on the floor, pour the hot tea in there and then they basically take a 1lb serving of sugar and pour it into the bucket. :'(

Fortunately I only have to please one person.

I personally don't drink Splenda other than a small tasting to verify the sweetness level of my wife's tea. My own personal ingestion philosophy is that the best things to put in your mouth have already been tested over hundreds or thousands of years.