flavored stevia - taste?
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Cathlete
To me, stevia tastes like black licorice which I hate. I've tried it a few times to no avail. However, many do like it.
I've had very good luck with agave nectar and I am sure others out there can recommend not only a good brand of stevia (my friends enjoy Sweet Leaf which always make me think of Ozzy Osborne singing "I love you sweet leaf" but alas, he is referring to a different kind of leaf) but other kinds of natural sweeteners as well.
I've had very good luck with agave nectar and I am sure others out there can recommend not only a good brand of stevia (my friends enjoy Sweet Leaf which always make me think of Ozzy Osborne singing "I love you sweet leaf" but alas, he is referring to a different kind of leaf) but other kinds of natural sweeteners as well.
sahara
Cathlete
I tend to prefer liquid Stevia since it has less of a bitter taste. I do use the Sweetleaf brand liquid drops and can only attest to the regular, vanilla creme, and chocolate raspberry flavors. The vanilla creme is my favorite of the three. A true vanilla flavor...even in coffee. The chocolate raspberry is good but it's more raspberry than chocolate. I think I saw a sample package with different flavors in it on Amazon. Maybe you can try that first to decide which ones you like better.
Tracey
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Tracey
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"Where there's a will, there's a way."
cwsoxfan
Cathlete
I use the brand from Trader Joe's. However, I just got this in a newsletter:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/10/02/uh-oh-fda-now-calls-stevia-unsafe.aspx
UGH, isn't anything safe anymore?x( I figure I only use it in my morning coffee, so everything in moderation, right??!?
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/10/02/uh-oh-fda-now-calls-stevia-unsafe.aspx
UGH, isn't anything safe anymore?x( I figure I only use it in my morning coffee, so everything in moderation, right??!?
crazystepr
Cathlete
>I use the brand from Trader Joe's. However, I just got this
>in a newsletter:
>
>http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/10/02/uh-oh-fda-now-calls-stevia-unsafe.aspx
>
>UGH, isn't anything safe anymore?x( I figure I only use it in
>my morning coffee, so everything in moderation, right??!?
Sorry, but I have learned to take what the FDA says with a BIG FAT grain of salt. They are pretty deceptive, if you ask me. They call Stevia unsafe but let us all consume Splenda till the cows come home. They're in cahoots with the sugar industry anyway.
Sorry to sound so radical and obnoxious. I've just had it with these gov't agencies that "claim" to care about us and take care of us.
Allison
>in a newsletter:
>
>http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/10/02/uh-oh-fda-now-calls-stevia-unsafe.aspx
>
>UGH, isn't anything safe anymore?x( I figure I only use it in
>my morning coffee, so everything in moderation, right??!?
Sorry, but I have learned to take what the FDA says with a BIG FAT grain of salt. They are pretty deceptive, if you ask me. They call Stevia unsafe but let us all consume Splenda till the cows come home. They're in cahoots with the sugar industry anyway.
Sorry to sound so radical and obnoxious. I've just had it with these gov't agencies that "claim" to care about us and take care of us.
Allison
chachi
Cathlete
Hi Vicki,
I use SweetLeaf in my coffee everyday (the packets). I also use the Vanilla liquid stevia in my oatmeal, it's really good.
Chastity
http://www.picturetrail.com:80/chastgirl0205
I use SweetLeaf in my coffee everyday (the packets). I also use the Vanilla liquid stevia in my oatmeal, it's really good.
Chastity
http://www.picturetrail.com:80/chastgirl0205
chachi
Cathlete
>Hi Vicki,
>
>I use SweetLeaf in my coffee everyday (the packets). I also
>use the Vanilla liquid stevia in my oatmeal, it's really
>good.
>
>Chastity
>
Sorry I just noticed I spelled your name wrong Vicky
>http://www.picturetrail.com:80/chastgirl0205
>
>I use SweetLeaf in my coffee everyday (the packets). I also
>use the Vanilla liquid stevia in my oatmeal, it's really
>good.
>
>Chastity
>
Sorry I just noticed I spelled your name wrong Vicky
>http://www.picturetrail.com:80/chastgirl0205
kathryn
Cathlete
>Sorry, but I have learned to take what the FDA says with a BIG
>FAT grain of salt. They are pretty deceptive, if you ask me.
>They call Stevia unsafe but let us all consume Splenda till
>the cows come home. They're in cahoots with the sugar industry
>anyway.
Make that a cup of salt!
I have more confidence in something that has been used in South America for centuries, and Japan for decades than in the artificial sweeteners and fat substitutes like Olestra that the FDA has okayed.
>FAT grain of salt. They are pretty deceptive, if you ask me.
>They call Stevia unsafe but let us all consume Splenda till
>the cows come home. They're in cahoots with the sugar industry
>anyway.
Make that a cup of salt!
I have more confidence in something that has been used in South America for centuries, and Japan for decades than in the artificial sweeteners and fat substitutes like Olestra that the FDA has okayed.