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Comparing Sweetners
« on: June 05, 2010, 06:56:54 PM »
I just bought Diet Cheerwine soda from the supermarket because it said zero carbs on the label and it did not contain aspertame (aspertame gives me headaches). It contains Splenda.  I drank 3 glasses when I got home and then realized the label was not accurate because Splenda is "less than a gram" per serving.  But nowhere can I find exactly what the carb content is for Splenda.  I'm trying to figure our how many carbs I just had.  I would love to find a diet soda that has no carbs and no aspertame. 

Additionally, Sweet'N Low has "less than one gram" per serviing.  Anyone know the exact #?

Stevia (in the raw)?

I have a liquid saccharin sweetner that says no carbs.  It's "fasweet Liquid Sweetener" and it's a division of Morse Co.

And then I found this other liquid sweetener called "Smoky Mountain Sweetener" by M. Licht & Son Inc. It says zero carbs too. 


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Re: Comparing Sweetners
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2010, 07:13:42 PM »
Doug say count all diet sodas with splenda as one carb per can.I love cheerwine,it blows up easy though.The diet rite sodas are also a good choice as well as seltzer with flavored sugarfree syrups. ;D

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Re: Comparing Sweetners
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2010, 04:48:57 PM »
Flavored seltzers, no carbs, no sodium, no sugar, no artificial sweetener, it is just carbonated water with natural flavors like lemon, lime, raspberry, cherry...



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Re: Comparing Sweetners
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2010, 11:52:43 PM »
HMMMMMM now that's a thought!  I'll have to try that (the flavored seltzer or adding SF syrups)

Splenda...bad bad bad sneaky bad substitue. lol

Thanks!
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Re: Comparing Sweetners
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2010, 12:34:16 AM »
Italian sodas rock! I like raspberry best!


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Re: Comparing Sweetners
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2010, 12:42:25 AM »
Oh myyyyyy I just saw pictures of Italian soda and how to make it...YUMMMMYY

Thanks for the tip Beebs
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Re: Comparing Sweetners
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2010, 05:05:06 AM »
it's so good it's like cheating cept it's not!!! w00t!  ;D


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Re: Comparing Sweetners
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2010, 09:47:28 PM »
            
                       Tarzan Call! w00ty w00t not loud enough.

              Orange diet rite with heavy cream. Orange Cream good!
« Last Edit: June 07, 2010, 09:51:01 PM by Phil »
And if I claim to be a wise man. It surely means that I don't know... Kansas

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Re: Comparing Sweetners
« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2010, 08:17:23 AM »
Yummy phil!know what i am having today!

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Re: Comparing Sweetners
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2012, 01:20:42 PM »
I recently found a diet soda called Zevia.  It is made with, you guessed it, Stevia as the sweetner.  My grocery store carries 4 flavors: Cola, Root Beer, Lemon/Lime and Orange, but the website (www.zevia.com) lists a bunch of other flavors as well.

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Re: Comparing Sweetners
« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2012, 08:54:36 AM »
My health food store carries these they are very good ;)

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Re: Comparing Sweetners
« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2012, 09:02:05 PM »
Isn't splenda sucralose, like Zero? A soda shouldn't have any carbs from it. It's just in the powdered form that you need to count a carb on from the carrier, right?

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Re: Comparing Sweetners
« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2012, 09:13:13 PM »
That makes sense to me  ::)   I've been trying to stick with sodas sweetened with sucralose when I am out for a treat.  They are so sweet though  :P  Haha

It may be just me but stevia gives me a bitter taste.

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Re: Comparing Sweetners
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2012, 09:49:18 AM »
The reason splenda has carbs and Zero doesn't is because of the malodedextrin and dextrose they add.  ;)

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Re: Comparing Sweetners
« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2012, 10:27:58 AM »
Yep I guess I should have added that  LOL  ;D  There for the sodas should be ok
« Last Edit: November 08, 2012, 10:30:11 AM by TooSweet »