Originally Posted by
BamaVol
I went to replace a supply of Stevia this morning and read most of the boxes before purchasing. Some call themselves a “stevia blend” some just say stevia. Most had erythritol as a second ingredient. I didn’t see any that were pure stevia. I ended up selecting one with dextrose as the second ingredient, mostly because I remembered this thread and didn’t want to be running to the bathroom 45 minutes after finishing my iced coffee. Isn’t dextrose sugar? How do they stay at 0 calories per serving? Why can’t I find a box of pure stevia?
1. If something has less than 5 calories per serving, the manufacturer can round it down to 0.
2. Pure stevia is extremely sweet- something like 200x more than sugar. It's "bulked up" with starch or sugar so that it measures more-or-less the same as sugar. People are generally not interested in doing the math when they sweeten their coffee, not to mention that it's hard to measure out 25 mg (vs. 5 g of sugar)