I am trying to kick a very bad diet soda habit. I have been trying for a long time. I know drinking 6 cans of diet soda a day is terrible for you. I switched from regular to diet when I put on the freshman 15 many years ago in college. Prior to that, I couldn’t stand the taste of artificial sweeteners. I guess over time you adjust to the taste, but it never really tasted good or sweet like sugar, actually somewhat bitter.
In the past I have tried Stevia leaf as a natural sweetener. It was WAY to sweet. I was afraid that Truvia would have that over-the-top sweetness too. Truvia is a natural, zero calorie sweetener made with rebiana, part of the stevia leaf, which is 200 times sweeter than sugar. I was a little fearful that Truiva would have that bold taste when I first took at sip. To my surprise, it wasn’t as nearly as sweet as I thought it would be.
Truvia is still plenty sweet. However, the sweetness is much less than Stevia and much crisper tasting. I can’t think of a better way to describe it. Some things should be tasted in a recipe, but the recipe should not taste like the ingredient. Stevia is one of those ingredients that if I put it in a cake to sweeten it, the cake tasted like Stevia in the form of a cake. Truvia does not have this same quality. It just sweetens what you are baking or eating.
Even though I continued to drink diet soda sweetened with artificial sweeteners for all these years, I know there are potential risks. I love that Truvia is from a natural plant. Although, it is not quite as sweet at Stevia, I must use less of it then suggested. The box indicates that one package of Truvia is the same as 2 teaspoons of sugar. I am going to say that I can get by with using just a half a package of Truvia in my drinks. This is not a problem, less money I have to spend to get the same desired results.
As aside note, I thought it was interesting that Truvia’s packages are the only sweetener that used food grade inks.
So I went from pink to blue to yellow and I am now team Green!
I plan on making this great recipe this weekend you can check it out HERE.
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