Sugar substitute question

[spunkin]

If a recipe calls for say 1 cup of sugar substitute, then how many carbs does that count for?

[MotherOfGizmo]

How many serving sizes it that? You have to go by the serving sizes and figure it out.

[spunkin]

It would be for the whole recipe.

Whenever I try a new recipe I go to fitday and type in all the ingredients for the whole recipe, then divide by how many servings to find the carb count per serving.

This is for a recipe for zucchini muffins. Actually I was thinking of using 3/4 cup sugar substitute and then 1/4 cup davinci sf vanilla syrup and then omitting the vanilla the recipe calls for.

Does anyone know?

[JoanOH]

Let's see - 48 tsp's per cup, 1.5 tsp per packet of sweetener, 1 carb per packet, so that would be 32 carbs per 1 cup! Add in any other carbs in the recipe, then divide by the number of servings.

Joan J

[spunkin]

Thank you!

One more question, would the sugar free vanilla syrup count about the same?

[MotherOfGizmo]

Let's see - 48 tsp's per cup, 1.5 tsp per packet of sweetener, 1 carb per packet, so that would be 32 carbs per 1 cup! Add in any other carbs in the recipe, then divide by the number of servings.

Joan J

That's what I meant by how many serving sizes--how many serving sizes of sweetener is it!

[2big4mysize]

that will depend on the sweetener you use too and the source Splenda Measureable and Splenda packets are not the same sweetness per size one packet is about 1/2 t but has the sweetenr of 2t of sugar while the measurable stuff is 2t measured is 2t sugar taste.

[MotherOfGizmo]

Exactly, that is why you have to check the serving size on the package of the stuff that you are using and cannot figure out a general rule here.

[spunkin]

I use splenda granular. Would that be the same carb count? Oh and sugar free davinci syrup.

Thanks you guys for trying to help me figure this out. I couldn't find the amount anywhere on the internet.

[MotherOfGizmo]

Count one carb per serving--use the serving size as listed on the box.

[spunkin]

I finally found the answer on another low carb forum. Splenda has 24g carb per cup in case anyone else is interested.

[spunkin]

I ran across something else I wanted to share.

You can combine Sugar Twin and Splenda and use much less of the both of them together than you would use if just using one. If a recipe calls for 1 cup of Splenda, you could use 1/4 cup of Splenda and 1/4 cup of Twin for the same sweetening power. So that would only be 9 carbs!
Also there's supposed to be no aftertaste when you use them together.

I'm definitely going to try this one!

[JoanOH]

I ran across something else I wanted to share.

You can combine Sugar Twin and Splenda

Hmmm...the main ingredient of sugar twin (per their web site) is dextrose. So then I looked to make sure dextrose was what I thought it was --"Dextrose is glucose sugar refined from corn starch. Dextrose is a sweetener and a readily available source of energy. Dextrose is produced by the enzyme conversion of corn starch and then refined by ion-exchange demineralization."

Personally, I wouldn't use it.

Joan J

[spunkin]

Actually the spoonable version of sugar twin that is used for recipes contains maltodextrin and saccharin. It is the individual packets that contain dextrose.

I took a look at the Splenda website and it says Splenda contains dextrose and/or maltodextrin and sucralose. The ingredients are listed on the diabetes page.

So the main difference between the two being saccharin -vs- sucralose.

If you were trying to avoid dextrose then sugar twin would be the way to go.

[JoanOH]

Actually the spoonable version of sugar twin that is used for recipes contains maltodextrin and saccharin. It is the individual packets that contain dextrose.

I took a look at the Splenda website and it says Splenda contains dextrose and/or maltodextrin and sucralose. The ingredients are listed on the diabetes page.

So the main difference between the two being saccharin -vs- sucralose.

If you were trying to avoid dextrose then sugar twin would be the way to go.

Thanks for the clarification! I didn't think to look at spoonable vs packets or Splenda vs Sugar Twin! Duh me!

My artificial sweetener of choice has always been Sweet n'Low -- but I gave them ALL up about 5 days ago. Well, at least, I'm trying to give them all up - - that occassional Diet Rite keeps getting in the way...sigh.

By the way, what's this recipe you're making??

Joan J