Truvia/stevia/agave to replace splenda...your thoughts?

I don't get it, there's 16 calories in a tsp for natural sugars.

I like my coffee sweet. I would put 3 packets of splenda in a venti sized coffee. that would be about 1/8 cup of sugar according to their site.

I guess my dash is different than yours. Agave taste like crap as do the artificial sweeteners, sorry I can't help, maybe get a tall instead.

I think stevia is ok. As long as you aree not using aspartame. That stuff is evil.

I use one packet of Truvia in my coffee and like it a lot. 0 calories and is a natural sweetener. It is Erythritol produced by a natural process and is found in fruits like grapes and pears.

personally , i used all of them i prefer stevia.
it can have a slight licorice taste, so watch your brands.
plus , depending on your area , i have seen Stevia in the dollar section of Albertsons
and i have seen it at Dollar tree, so it can be fairly cheap.
i get the organic packets from the bulk bin at my local grocer , and its great stuff, i find i use less of it than splenda too..

Stevia would be fine, but I guess i don't get why you'd want to change if you like Splenda. Not all man made things are evil, and not all natural things are good. Don't fall into that trap. Case in point, Belladonna's natural. That does not mean I want to put it in my coffee!

Here's some food for thought:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poisonous_plants

My coffee has always been the hardest thing for me. I like mine sweet and have always used flavored creamer. I've been trying to cut out as much processed food as possible. Used stevia for a while but ack didn't work for me. I do use it in my tea. I started using Natural Bliss creamer (milk sugar & cream) no chemicals. I have also started buying flavored coffee and I add cinnamon to the grounds. These two steps help cut down on the amount of creamer I use.

another thing that can help, if youre brewing only for yourself, is to put just 1 tsp of sugar in with the grounds to begin with. when you brew it

"Truvia is a stevia-based sugar substitute developed jointly by The Coca-Cola Company and Cargill. It is distributed and marketed by Cargill as a tabletop sweetener and as a food ingredient.[1] Because it comes from the stevia plant, Cargill classifies it as a natural sweetener in addition to being a non-nutritive sweetener.[2] It is made of rebiana, erythritol, and natural flavors.[3] Since its launch in 2008, Truvia natural sweetener has become the second best-selling sugar substitute in the United States, surpassing both Merisant's Equal and Cumberland Packing Corporation's Sweet'n Low.[4] Nonetheless, the top-selling sugar substitute Splenda retains approximately 60% market share.[5] Truvia competes against PepsiCo's PureVia brand of stevia-extract sweetener."

What's the difference?

Nothing wrong with Splenda. I use it, or Sweet n Low, or Equal, or the generic equivalent almost daily.

3 packets a day won't hurt you. Or slowly cut down. Start using 2.5 packets... in a week switch to two.. than 1.5.. than 1 .. etc.

Truvia is a processed form of Stevia. And for Stevia, I don't like the taste of it. Sure it's natural but natural doesn't always mean healthy.

Ultimately, some sources say that artificial sweeteners are bad for us. Stevia, Truvia and the other names of this sweetener have not been around long and have not been properly tested or approved. People jumped on the Stevia bandwagon because it's all natural and thought to be safe.

regular sugar is good.. i don't understand this whole artificial sweetener thing. I use neither :~)

WEB MD food and nutrition chart shows Splenda to have 1 cal. per packet. Yet it is listed as 0 cal. on the box and the packet. Maybe this is why I've not been able to keep my sugar intake under control. I normally use 3 per day which isn't much, but I bought a small box of Stevia to try. I've been using Splenda for over 10 years and I'm not dead yet (haha).....:laugh:

I use in the raw stevia!