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What’s the best natural sugar substitute?

ZOE Science & Nutrition

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The Health Benefits of Natural Sugar Alternatives

Stevia is derived from a very sweet tasting sauce American plant, it's actually more than 200 times sweeter than sugar. Crude stevia which is the processed product before it is purified often carries quite a bitter taste and also a foul smell until it's bleached or de-coloured. The stevia products that you buy in the store often contain other ingredients like the artificial sweetener erythritol. Why Sarah are some people switching from table sugar to these alternatives? There's a perception that natural sugar alternatives like honey are healthier than table sugar because they're lessprocessed.

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