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?
I didn't mean to scare you off erythritol. I think my issue was it didn't at all seem to sweeten my hot chocolate, so I added more and more, a total ~5 heaping spoons to 33 ozs of almond milk. Since then, I've safely added two spoons to a liter of water with the juice of two limes/lemon. I need to find out if erythritol is affected by the hot temperature of my hot chocolate vs the room temp water of my lemonade/limeade.
Originally Posted by
work2fly
I've regularly used erythritol as a sweetner (often in a monkfruit blend) without any issues. It's my favorite sugar substitute.
Do you use it in hot beverages?