Erythritol sweetener

mbsmith

What do others think of erythritol artificial sweetener? Specifically brand name Swerve, which also has oliosaccarides? I have a sweet tooth and have one or two small homemade cookies a day. Just discovered swerve and enjoy it as I cannot tolerate the aftertaste of stevia or others. But, I am not completely comfortable with artificial ingredients either. Using swerve really cuts the calories though, and my cookies are delicious! By the way, erythritol is also in halo top ice cream that so many enjoy. Also it was rated safest artificial sweetener by nutrition action magazine. Your thoughts?

janejellyroll

My point of view: there is no purpose to avoiding an ingredient simply because it is artificial.

Aaron_K123

mbsmith wrote: »

What do others think of erythritol artificial sweetener? Specifically brand name Swerve, which also has oliosaccarides? I have a sweet tooth and have one or two small homemade cookies a day. Just discovered swerve and enjoy it as I cannot tolerate the aftertaste of stevia or others. But, I am not completely comfortable with artificial ingredients either. Using swerve really cuts the calories though, and my cookies are delicious! By the way, erythritol is also in halo top ice cream that so many enjoy. Also it was rated safest artificial sweetener by nutrition action magazine. Your thoughts?

What is your definition of "artificial" here? Erithritol is a natural biproduct of fermentation. It was discovered in 1848. It is produced now by fermenting sugar from processed plant products (often corn) using yeast and then purifying the biproduct. The reason it is almost no calories is because it isn't digested by our body very well so it basically passes through you.

In what way is it artificial? It is processed sure, but then again so is table sugar. I mean what is an "artificial" ingredient anyways, I have yet to see a consistent definition of it...it seems to just be applied willy-nilly to anything that has a chemical-sounding name.