Comments on: Truvia – a new natural sweetener? http://www.spreadmybutter.com/truvia-a-new-natural-sweetener/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:44:46 +1100 hourly 1 By: randyohhhh http://www.spreadmybutter.com/truvia-a-new-natural-sweetener/#comment-2812 randyohhhh Sun, 25 May 2008 12:38:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.8/?p=205#comment-2812 <p>This is big.  Stevia is a natural sweetener that has been used a lot. It is popular in Japan and a favorite of "natural" eaters.  Truvia uses rebiana, which is a pure form of one ingredient in stevia.  See wikipedia on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steviol_glycoside" rel="nofollow">rebiana</a> and all about rebiana for <a href="http://www.allaboutrebiana.com/rebiana_vs_stevia.cfm" rel="nofollow">the difference</a>. The active ingredient in splenda is chlorinated, which is about as unnatural as you can get. </p><p>By the way, a recent Woody Allen story in the New Yorker has this for its second sentence:<br />"... the waiter motored over and whispered that the blond little amuse-bouche whose ear I was planning to blow into over gumbo had phoned with an onset of the rams."  I thought of my favorite Mei Sawai look-alike.</p> This is big.  Stevia is a natural sweetener that has been used a lot. It is popular in Japan and a favorite of “natural” eaters.  Truvia uses rebiana, which is a pure form of one ingredient in stevia.  See wikipedia on rebiana and all about rebiana for the difference. The active ingredient in splenda is chlorinated, which is about as unnatural as you can get.

By the way, a recent Woody Allen story in the New Yorker has this for its second sentence:
“… the waiter motored over and whispered that the blond little amuse-bouche whose ear I was planning to blow into over gumbo had phoned with an onset of the rams.”  I thought of my favorite Mei Sawai look-alike.

]]> By: KyohakuMegami http://www.spreadmybutter.com/truvia-a-new-natural-sweetener/#comment-2811 KyohakuMegami Sun, 25 May 2008 11:20:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.8/?p=205#comment-2811 <p>Do you know if it's coming to the States?</p> Do you know if it’s coming to the States?

]]> By: merenweninwe http://www.spreadmybutter.com/truvia-a-new-natural-sweetener/#comment-2809 merenweninwe Sun, 25 May 2008 04:44:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.8/?p=205#comment-2809 <p>it's pro skinny - im in!</p> it’s pro skinny – im in!

]]> By: pinksoda117 http://www.spreadmybutter.com/truvia-a-new-natural-sweetener/#comment-2807 pinksoda117 Sun, 25 May 2008 04:42:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.8/?p=205#comment-2807 <p>is it better than splenda?</p> is it better than splenda?

]]> By: Konrado http://www.spreadmybutter.com/truvia-a-new-natural-sweetener/#comment-2808 Konrado Sun, 25 May 2008 04:24:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.8/?p=205#comment-2808 <p>u dont need sweet when u know its bad</p> u dont need sweet when u know its bad

]]> By: LA2SF_HWY http://www.spreadmybutter.com/truvia-a-new-natural-sweetener/#comment-2810 LA2SF_HWY Sun, 25 May 2008 03:53:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.8/?p=205#comment-2810 <p>yeah what he said.  i don't know.</p> yeah what he said.  i don’t know.

]]> By: CaKaLusa http://www.spreadmybutter.com/truvia-a-new-natural-sweetener/#comment-2806 CaKaLusa Sat, 24 May 2008 23:59:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.8/?p=205#comment-2806 <p>i think my brother's company manufactures something similar to that.</p> i think my brother’s company manufactures something similar to that.

]]> By: ObsidianBunny http://www.spreadmybutter.com/truvia-a-new-natural-sweetener/#comment-2805 ObsidianBunny Sat, 24 May 2008 22:09:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.8/?p=205#comment-2805 <p>Nom Nom Nom ^^</p> Nom Nom Nom ^^

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