Stevia Becomes Truvia

I am wondering if Truvia is to stevia as Splenda is to sugar? It sounds as though it has been processed enough to become "un-natural". I have a great drink recipe for you, no sweetener. For one glass brew an extra strong half cup of Trader Joe's Rasberry Fruit infusion tea, cool and add ice cubes plus a packet + to taste of True lemon for a great rasberry lemonade. I also make it with cooled tea made from ginger slices(pre-sliced by me and frozen). I was an unseasonable 92 degrees yesterday and I found them very refreshing. Both of these can be made up in large quantities. Keep up the good work.

Hello! I was excited to read about the sugar free beverage containing stevia. Zevia has already come out with a carbonated beverage that containes stevia. It is fabulous! I would highly recomend giving it a try. Their web site is http://zevia.com. You can get information there but I will share with you that along with being sugar and carbohydrate free there are no artifical flavors or colors. There is a store locator on the website not to mention they are offering a free trial 6 pack.  You do have to pay for shipping and handling though.  Natural Cola, Orange, Twist, and Ginger Root Beer are the four flavors.  Considering Zevia is zero on the glycemic index, I feel reassured when drinking it because I know my body's blood sugar will not be effected=) It is so exciting to have more safe, healthy alternitive to diet soda.  I think stevia and Zevia will become very popular.  What do you think?  Has anyones else tried Zevia? I would love to hear your feedback!

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It actually isn't "Truvia"; it's Truvía.  When spelled without the accent, it looks as though it should be pronounced TRU-vee-a.

I bought some Truvia, and find that Erythritol is the FIRST ingredient in this product.

I have written to the Truvia people and asked them to tell me the percentage of

Erythritol to Stevia--No answer so far.

Erythritol is a sugar alcohol, not a bad food as far as I know, except that sugar

alcohols in general cause digestive disturbances in many peoplek including me.

So for me, at least, Truvia is NOT the answer, and I will have to search for purer

sources of stevia.  

Sir,

You do your readers a great disservice when you characterize this product as natural. It is as natural as Splenda. Both products are produced by a chemical process and the end products do not occur in nature. Please do your homework before misleading and already grossly misled community.

I have been using Stevia Extract in the Raw for the last 6 months and love it.  Is tastes alot like Truvia but it does not have Erithrytol in it. It also costs a lot less.  Check it out at www.steviaextractintheraw.com

Splenda is horrid. More and more people are coming out noting that the consumption of Splenda causes several joint aches. In my case, even as little as two bottles can cause severe back pain. The last time I used it for several days with coffee and my back pain was so great that I was incapacitated - literally could not move -- for days.

Nutrasweet causes headaches. That is a simple fact. In time, I have little doubt it will be linked to brain cancer.

Saccharin, the original supposedly cancer-causing drug, was revealed to not be so or only so in such massive doses that it would kill most living things. I don't use it often, but if given a choice, I'd do so.

Sugar is out for obvious reasons.

I bought my first box of Truvia today and it is a great sweetener. It does not raise hunger, has no caloric impact, and there are no drowsy/falling asleep moments with it. Yes, I'll be happy to look at the studies, but there are no side affects and my sugar levels seem to actually drop with this stop.

Overweight and diabetes spikes in America track precisely with the Archer-Daniels-Midlands-pushed inclusion of high fructose corn syrup into virtually every processed food in the country, replacing simple table sugar. HFCS is horrible stuff - cheaper for manufacters, thus increasing profits, but terrible for the human body. It has more calories, causes huge hunger fits, and is an assault on the body energy processing system. Obesity was not a problem in America prior to the introduction of high fructose corn syrup. Run from it if you haven't already.

Long live Truvia.

I became curious about stevia from Dave's mentioning of it. In the course of looking at the supplement and herb section of Walmart, I found a box of stevia. A little goes a long way! It seems to have a bit of a licorice taste but seems to diminish with use. Too much does become a little bitter.

Where I used to use two packets of Nutrasweet on my cereal, one packet of stevia is good for two days!  Also I've taken a couple packets with me when I buy iced tea at a restaurant. One package does the job where several Nutrasweet or Splenda were needed.  Good stuff!

The reason I became interested in it has been in discussion of insulin resistance.