What's the best tasting artificial sugar?

[Riprorin]

Are some better than others? If so, which is the best?

 

[ElFenix]

splenda

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
splenda

 

[Entity]

Splenda is by far the best. My g/f uses it in different recipes all the time, and it's great; tastes the same as sugar (it is based from sugar -- sucralose), though it doesn't quite have the same consitency. I've made chocolate chip cookies from it, and Kate makes poundcake from it; both tasted great.

It's also used in Hansen's Diet Sodas, which are really good.

Are you going on the atkins, or just cutting down on carbohydrates?

Rob

 

[Ryan]

I like sweet and low, I need my daily dose of sacchrine to up my odds at getting cancer.

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: Entity
Splenda is by far the best. My g/f uses it in different recipes all the time, and it's great; tastes the same as sugar (it is based from sugar -- sucralose), though it doesn't quite have the same consitency. I've made chocolate chip cookies from it, and Kate makes poundcake from it; both tasted great.

It's also used in Hansen's Diet Sodas, which are really good.

Are you going on the atkins, or just cutting down on carbohydrates?

Rob

Yeah, I'm doing the Atkins. I'm aiming to lose 10 to 15 pounds.

 

[loup garou]

I've always liked Equal, but Splenda is my new fave.

 

[bozo1]

Splenda actually is sugar sortof. They take a sugar molecule and bond another atom to it - can't remember of what - which basically makes it indigestible. Tastes pretty damn close to the real thing.

 

[numark]

Originally posted by: bozo1
Splenda actually is sugar sortof. They take a sugar molecule and bond another atom to it - can't remember of what - which basically makes it indigestible. Tastes pretty damn close to the real thing.

Chlorine. Really.

 

[minendo]

Splenda is not bad. It is actually the sweetener we used in the Development of our Diabetic Brownies for our senior project. A tip for anyone baking with Splenda is that the use of Splenda greatly reduces the actual baking time so make sure to check often. The Splenda you purchase in the store is actually a 1:1 replacement for sugar, while the concentrate is 600x as sweet as sugar.

 

[Hector13]

Originally posted by: bozo1
Splenda actually is sugar sortof. They take a sugar molecule and bond another atom to it - can't remember of what - which basically makes it indigestible. Tastes pretty damn close to the real thing.

does this mean it doesn't have the bad side effects of some of the other sugar substitures (ie, no cancer and whatnot)?

 

[Entity]

Originally posted by: Hector13

Originally posted by: bozo1
Splenda actually is sugar sortof. They take a sugar molecule and bond another atom to it - can't remember of what - which basically makes it indigestible. Tastes pretty damn close to the real thing.

does this mean it doesn't have the bad side effects of some of the other sugar substitures (ie, no cancer and whatnot)?

Yes.

It is sucralose; you can look up the chemical information, if you want. It's good stuff.

Rob (type-1 diabetic)

 

[Entity]

I should add that there is one site out there that claims a lot of negative things about splenda, each of which has been negated by every other source out there. That source is Dr. Joseph Mercola; I'm not sure what his agenda is, so I can't say much one way or another about his research. He claims that Splenda is toxic, and that it raises ha1c levels, both claims which have been sufficiently negated, IMHO, by the ADA.

Rob

 

[classy]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
splenda

 

[jagr10]

All of these "artificial" sweeteners are bad for you if you have too many every day. The key word is "artificial". So yes, too much and you will increase your chances of cancer and whatever else. Moderation is the key.