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CookNewb · Guest

Does anyone have any experience using it? How does it taste? Does it affect texture at all? Does it impart any off or odd flavors when used?
Thank you for all replies!

GaryProtein · Joined: 26 Oct 2005 Posts: 535

I have tried Stevia in coffee, and I don't like it. It has an aftertaste and does and not taste genuinely sweet. It tastes a little bitter to me.

Give me the fake stuff, like Splenda, Equal or Sweet & Low (in decreasing order of my preference) anytime. Yes, I know all the things supposedly wrong/bad with each of them.

CookNewb · Guest

I find aspartame (Equal) to have a bad, bitter and "artificial" aftertaste. Is Stevia as bad? Also which form was the Stevia leaf in? (i.e. powdered leaf or processed)

GaryProtein · Joined: 26 Oct 2005 Posts: 535

The stevia was in little packets sold as "natural" sweetener. Yech! You can get it in most natural food stores.

I generally stay away from aspartame (although the taste is better than sweet-n-low) because I used to get headaches when I had a lot of coffee with it. As far as diet sodas are concerned, I stick with Pepsi ONE if I am having a lot because that uses Splenda.

ktexp2 · Joined: 03 Nov 2005 Posts: 34

Tried "Truvia" today which is only partially stevia; its apparently mostly erythritol which has 0.2 calories per gram, so at 3 grams in each packet, makes it actually 0.6 calories per serving. Which is better than Splenda, whose dextrose and maltodextrin fillers have 3.31 calories per packet (supposedly, I don't know the actual ratio). I think I'll stick to Splenda for most things, since the watered-down "rebiana" had a weird licorice aftertaste. I like licorice in general, but it tasted a little weird in my tea. Some people might like that. I imagine full-blown stevia would have a much stronger taste.

Blue Pilgrim · Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 25 Location: Ilinois

I have some liquid stevia someone gave me (it's a nuisance to dole out just a couple of drops) -- it doesn't taste too good in tea or coffee, but seems OK in oatmeal.

njwoods · Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 1

hello all,
I really do not like stevia, it is far too sweet and the aftertaste is ugly too.

They seem to put it into every so called healthy treat, protein drinks and all that jazz. I think I will stick with good old sugar for now.

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