Thinking of trying Stevia. Anyone like it?

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  • freckles_cmj
    freckles_cmj Posts: 205 Member
    I use truvia in the packets. It took a bit of getting used to as it did taste a bit different than what I used to use, but I like it a lot better than equal or splenda now.
  • phillips0911
    phillips0911 Posts: 41
    I've never had straight stevia. I noticed I was using a lot of splenda (coffee, baked goods. anything I wanted sweet) So, I decided to try Truvia today. I bought targets store brand because its like $2 for 40 packet box. It's pretty good. I did notice an after-taste, but it's not bad. I went the cheaper route incase I hated it. :)
  • vaavale
    vaavale Posts: 28 Member
    At the moment I am growing the plant outside. Going to dry some and powder it just to see what it tastes like will let you know.
  • T1mH
    T1mH Posts: 568 Member
    I use the Meijer (local store) brand stevia in packets. I don't use it much in plain yogurt and unsweetened applesauce mostly. I like it. I haven't tried any of the other brands.
  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member
    I adore Truvia (I use it in baking, straight from the packets, not the baking variety mixed with sugar) and use it to put on heated fruits and cold strawberries. But I've heard some criticisms of Truvia about not being good enough stevia or stevia enough.
  • Michellelmt
    Michellelmt Posts: 68 Member
    I love Stevia...I keep the packets in my purse :love:
  • PunkyRachel
    PunkyRachel Posts: 1,959 Member
    I use powder, I buy the little packets for like my coffee or tea and I buy a big ol' bag of stevia in the raw for my baking. I love love love the stuff!
  • breeZrizi
    breeZrizi Posts: 213 Member
    tried the packets the other day

    LOVE THEM

    they taste so much better than splenda
  • CaptChad75
    CaptChad75 Posts: 115
    We use stevia pretty regularly. Especially when we cook or bake for the kids. If you use Stevia in the raw (found in every grocery store in the sugar isle) it is easy because it is is one for one replacement for sugar. You have to be careful on all the stevias because some of them are GMO (genetically modified)
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    I've only used the granulated/powder kind, not the liquid. I like it. :drinker:
  • redheaddee
    redheaddee Posts: 2,005 Member
    Truvia has the least after taste. I have replaced sugar in my coffee with it. I have also found that using good creamer balances it out, plus you get used to it.
  • MemphisKitten
    MemphisKitten Posts: 878 Member
    Truvia is my favorite. But it's not pure Stevia.
  • MrsSassyPants
    MrsSassyPants Posts: 223 Member
    No. I do not.
  • jesse1379
    jesse1379 Posts: 239 Member
    I have tried pretty much every major brand of Stevia from the flavored drops to the powder and all of them have that unpleasant after taste.

    Truvia is the only stevia sweetener that I have found that is closest to sugar in texture and taste. After using it for a while I hardly tell the difference.
  • TheFitHooker
    TheFitHooker Posts: 3,357 Member
    I TRIED to like it but I don't. I use Ideal when I use a sugar, it has carbs in it but I like it better.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    I think it tastes disgusting.
    All brands are nasty as hell. Most are laced with Maltodextrose as a filler, so you're defeating the purpose.

    Just check your labels. They don't all have nasty additives. :flowerforyou: But I would also recommend avoiding maltodextrose fillers.
  • fragrantair
    fragrantair Posts: 27
    The powder tastes horrible! The after taste is so strong and bitter. I have a big bag of the Stevia raw natural or something
  • Lyndseed
    Lyndseed Posts: 79 Member
    I use "kal" brand liquid stevia in my coffee every morning. I definitely like the liquid better than the powdered stevia--I had tried truvia and stevia in the raw, but thought they were just ok.
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