Sucralose?

Francl27
Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Can you find pure sucralose in stores? Has anyone baked with it? I want to make a pumpkin cheesecake for my diabetic mom but she only likes sucralose as sweetener (I know that Splenda has another ingredient too) and I can't remember seeing it in the store.

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  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    The other ingredients of Splenda (dextrose, maltodextrin) are bulking agents. They are intended to add volume. "Pure sucralose" would have such a tiny volume that it would be too hard to use.

    Same with aspartame. Equal contains aspartame and bulking agents.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    Maybe this? https://www.amazon.com/BulkSupplements-Sucralose-Powder-50-grams/dp/B00CCXMBF0

    I'd just be careful using it, since it will require a lot less of the product than Splenda to sweeten a recipe.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    edited November 2016
    Francl27 wrote: »
    Can you find pure sucralose in stores? Has anyone baked with it? I want to make a pumpkin cheesecake for my diabetic mom but she only likes sucralose as sweetener (I know that Splenda has another ingredient too) and I can't remember seeing it in the store.

    There are Splenda drops now, and I found them in Wegmans. I usually order them from Amazon. I think they'd be okay in a cheesecake, but wouldn't use them for anything else.

    To have an idea how liquid artificial sweeteners work in recipes, look at amyshealthybaking.com/. She usually uses Stevia drops, but I've subbed out the liquid sucralose just fine.

  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,054 Member
    My store doesn't have sucralose drops, but in the coffee section, it does have sucralose syrups (splenda w more liquid than the drops.) I use this a lot.

    The biggest challenge adapting recipes for me is the step where you beat butter with sugar until it's light & fluffy. Sucralose doesn't seem to blend well with butter so I add it later in the process and just beat the butter by itself. I wouldn't say I've ever achieved "fluffy."

    Good luck with the cheesecake. It's sweet of you to do something nice for your mom. I made my diabetic mom a flourless sugarless lemon ricotta cake. She said it tasted great with maple syrup poured over it, which I took to mean she thought it sucked. Last time I made the effort. Hope your mom is appreciative!
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