Not exact matches
I used the ingredients listed
on the back of their packet as a guide, but instead of using agave as the sweetener I swapped it for
pure maple syrup because it's lower in
fructose and I'm all about keeping my sugar intake (especially
fructose not from a whole fruit source) as low as possible.
This cake is also very low in sugars, sweetened with either
pure maple syrup or rice syrup (up to you — rice syrup is the low GI / low
fructose choice) and a little coconut sugar which can again be substituted for rice syrup if you're
on a sugar free / low
fructose diet.
Other companies, like New Age Beverages, the makers of Xing Tea, have focused
on green tea and are utilizing natural sweeteners, such as honey and
pure cane sugar, instead of high -
fructose corn syrup.
Pure honey and maple syrup producers are worried that when you see grams of Added Sugars
on their labels, you will think that these natural products have been adulterated with — gasp — High
Fructose Corn Syrup.
Be
on the lookout during this challenge for: dextrose, maltodextrin, sucrose,
fructose, cane sugar, evaporated cane juice, acesulfame potassium (sold as Sweet One — often combined with aspartame or sucralose to sweeten gum, diet soda and other sweet products), aspartame (Nutri - sweet and equal), saccharin (sold as Sweet n» Low), stevia (combined with sugar alcohol and sold under brand names like Truvia and
Pure Via), erythritol (a sugar alcohol derivative of corn) xylitol, brown rice syrup (and other syrups), high
fructose corn syrup (made by treating starch extracted from corn with enzymes to make
fructose and glucose)-- and if there's anything
on a food label that you think might be sugar, google it.