• Vegan Sweeteners?

    Avatar of VeganCaramel

    8 months ago

    I’m not sure if anyone else has posted about this, but does anyone know the best vegan-friendly calorie free sweetener?

    I know Splenda has been produced through animal testing, and so is not vegan. However, do they continue animal testing for splenda, or is it just a product of initial animal testing?

    Please, don’t suggest Stevia! It tastes terrible!

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  • Avatar of SaraRose

    6 months ago

    I know you asked for calorie free, but I don’t know of any except stevia. I love using agave nectar or raw sugar. You can try doing an Internet search for vegan sweeteners or vegan calorie free sweeteners and see if anything comes up!

  • Avatar of Dagmar

    8 months ago

    I just use Raw Sugars, even if they have carbs. I rather have something natural.

  • Avatar of VeganCaramel

    8 months ago

    Ah, wait – correction. This should be the right information on Sweet’n Low:
    “In Canada, Sweet ‘n Low is made from sodium cyclamate instead of saccharin. This is because saccharin has not been allowed as a food additive in Canada since the 1970s, when studies surfaced showing cancer resulting in laboratory rats that had been administered the additive. Canada is considering lifting this ban since the studies were recently proved faulty, and several other countries have lifted their saccharin bans and warnings.”

    In any case, @Dagmar, aspartame is in NutraSweet and Equal.

  • Avatar of VeganCaramel

    8 months ago

    “Be careful with SweetN’Low. It’s been blacklisted in Canada because it can cause cancer. Look up Aspartame.”

    Most of the sweeteners I see on the market no longer use aspartame, though I’d say Maltitol is common, which is fairly safe.

    Also, many products are licensed by the same name but use different artificial sweeteners dependent on which country they are in, much like oreos in the UK have a different recipe than oreos in CAN or US.

    From what I know, Canadian Sweet’n Low uses Sodium Cyclamate. I hear it was banned in the US because of a study that’s now debunked, though I’m not 100 percent sure about the validity of that.

  • Avatar of Sagojyou

    8 months ago

    Sweetner for what? There are vegan sugars.
    For pancakes and stuff, I use maple syrup or agave nectar

  • Avatar of Dagmar

    8 months ago

    Be careful with SweetN’Low. It’s been blacklisted in Canada because it can cause cancer. Look up Aspartame.

  • Avatar of peacelovepie

    8 months ago

    (I know that it’s not calorie free.)

  • Avatar of peacelovepie

    8 months ago

    I just put vanilla soymilk as a sweetener in anything I can.

  • Avatar of LittleLotte

    8 months ago

    From general experience, I’ve discovered that most tablet sweetners aren’t vegan but the loose granules are.

    In terms of brands, I’d follow the advice already given by others :)

  • Avatar of silencescreams

    8 months ago

    I use Krisda (which is a stevia extract ). The chicory root in it is a source of dietary fibre
    Ingredients: inulin (chicory root), erythritol, stevia leaf extraxt, natural flavor (I got out my box to look this up).

    It is a natural extract from the stevia plants… so you may not like it.
    Since it contains only natural ingredients instead of chemically induced ones I doubt it is tested on animals

    You could try using equal packets which are sweetened which is sweetened with aspartame

    Check out: http://nutrition.about.com/od/changeyourdiet/tp/artificials.htm

  • Avatar of phoebeanne123

    8 months ago

    Agave nectar :)

  • Avatar of VeganCaramel

    8 months ago

    Just found out that Sweet’N Low doesn’t test on animals. I think I’ll stick with that.
    I’m not a fan of the syrupy kinds of sweeteners, nor truvia because it doesn’t dissolve well all the time.

    (Also, truvia is from the stevia plant – it’s just a different brand of stevia, something I think most people seem to forget or not know.)

  • Avatar of makenzie96

    8 months ago

    Brown rice syrup sweetener. It looks and sounds disgusting but is the equivalent of honey but vegan!

  • Avatar of Dagmar

    8 months ago

    Truvia?

  • Avatar of VeganCaramel

    8 months ago

    I’m not sure if anyone else has posted about this, but does anyone know the best vegan-friendly calorie free sweetener?

    I know Splenda has been produced through animal testing, and so is not vegan. However, do they continue animal testing for splenda, or is it just a product of initial animal testing?

    Please, don’t suggest Stevia! It tastes terrible!

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