(Total Views: 449)
Posted On: 03/04/2019 10:24:32 AM
Post# of 75357
There are three considerations when it comes to sweeteners: taste, cost and health.
The problem with beet sugar is that it is, wait for it, a sugar. It has a moderately high glycemic index of 64, which means it comes with many of the problems associated with fructose consumption,
There is a class of sweeteners called sugar alcohols that taste great and have a glycemic index of 0/1. Erithritol is one. And then there is stevia, which I don't believe is a sugar alcohol but has a glycemic index of zero. The issue here is cost. Hopefully management will figure out a way to use these sweeteners which, if not exactly good for you, are definitely not bad for you as other, more familiar sweeteners are.
The problem with beet sugar is that it is, wait for it, a sugar. It has a moderately high glycemic index of 64, which means it comes with many of the problems associated with fructose consumption,
There is a class of sweeteners called sugar alcohols that taste great and have a glycemic index of 0/1. Erithritol is one. And then there is stevia, which I don't believe is a sugar alcohol but has a glycemic index of zero. The issue here is cost. Hopefully management will figure out a way to use these sweeteners which, if not exactly good for you, are definitely not bad for you as other, more familiar sweeteners are.
(1)
(0)
