Sugar Free Chocolate

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Permalink Reply by Daniela Vasquez on October 4, 2012 at 4:14pm

and what about beet sugar? there are some sweeteners beet-based that say to be zero calories

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Permalink Reply by Sebastian on October 4, 2012 at 4:57pm

That would be a lie.

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Permalink Reply by Daniela Vasquez on October 4, 2012 at 6:03pm

http://sweetwellindia.com/queEsSweetwell.htm

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Permalink Reply by Brad Churchill on October 4, 2012 at 6:58pm

I'd lay bets that it's fibre that's been infused with sucralose.  If it's 99.9% "natural" as the website claims, the 0.1% is the chemical sweetening agent, and the rest is filler.

 

That's what I'm guessing.

 

Notice that it isn't being marketed in the US, where a product like that, if legit would take off like wildfire???  How come?

 

Interesting indeed.

 

Brad

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Permalink Reply by Daniela Vasquez on October 4, 2012 at 7:49pm

haha that's why I'm asking. I believe there's no substitute for sugar, but we made a batch with NutraSweet and people, that are used to consume sweeteners, liked it very much, personally I hated it, it left a horrible bitter aftertaste. But I wanted to know if there was any other beet-based sugar somewhere.

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Permalink Reply by Sebastian on October 4, 2012 at 5:15pm

Oh my what I've missed whilst traveling. Such misinformation. Some things to consider:
- Splenda was never a pesticide, nor was that the original goal. Pls provide a credible reference to the contrary if you have it. There's a small, but very vocal, group of people who vehemently oppose any high intensity sweeteners (his), and routinely provide misinformation w/o evidence to back it up. Yes it contains chlorine; you eat chlorine every day in the form of salt, and that was never a pesticide either.
- when a marketing group "discovers" a new magical sweetener that sounds too good to be true, it is. There is no perfect solution; everything had pros/cons.
-not all sugar alcohols have a laxative effect; most do; and many aren't suitable for chocolate production. I think I've discussed it at length at the chocolate alchemy forum, if its not comprehensive enought there, let me know and I'll clarify further when time allows.

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Permalink Reply by Sebastian on October 4, 2012 at 8:35pm

Bingo bango bongo. The largest oligofructosd supplier in the world is in Belgium, and they use beet and chicory for their extraction. Corn is the source of the maltodextrin cost reducer. Oligofructose is both a prebiotic and fiber.

Note there is no ingredient declaration listed.

Again, beware claims made by marketing companies who say things too good to be true. Remember that everything you read on an Internet page isn't accurate. Question it and independantly verify it. Independantly verify what I write 8)

Edit: huh for dome reason it's not posting this as a reply to brad, as it should be. Sorry for the odd placement

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