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Old Thu, Aug-09-18, 10:18
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Is there any concerns about using powdered stevia that contains Maltodextrin? I'm considering the Great Value brand (Walmart) of powdered stevia (comes in a large sack like Splenda) because it's so much cheaper. I've been using Pyure, sort of pricey for my budget and Swerve is even more expensive.

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Old Thu, Aug-09-18, 11:05
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Maltodextrin is digestible sugar, so you have to count it in your carb count. I don't think there's anything especially bad about it, if it doesn't overload your carb count. Powdered sweeteners are mostly the bulking agent--effectively, a gram of stevia, splenda, aspartame etc. sweetener in powdered form is about a gram of net carbs.

Great Value also puts another line of stevia out that comes in packets and is bulked with erythritol, that really does count as zero carb, but I haven't seen it in loose form.

There are also tablet forms of various sweeteners that are basically zero carb, those might work for baking in recipes where the sweetener can be dissolved in some liquid before being mixed in.
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Old Thu, Aug-09-18, 11:23
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Maltodextrin is digestible sugar, so you have to count it in your carb count. I don't think there's anything especially bad about it, if it doesn't overload your carb count. Powdered sweeteners are mostly the bulking agent--effectively, a gram of stevia, splenda, aspartame etc. sweetener in powdered form is about a gram of net carbs.

Great Value also puts another line of stevia out that comes in packets and is bulked with erythritol, that really does count as zero carb, but I haven't seen it in loose form.

There are also tablet forms of various sweeteners that are basically zero carb, those might work for baking in recipes where the sweetener can be dissolved in some liquid before being mixed in.


I don't understand the digestible sugar part. The ingredients listed are Maltodextrin and stevia extract. 1g carb, no sugar carbs.
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Old Thu, Aug-09-18, 12:06
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Maltodextrin is actually a starch, but it's so rapidly digested that it might as well be pure glucose.
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Old Thu, Aug-09-18, 12:13
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I saw a good video on this just last week, and I can't find it. I, too, have been using Stevia from WalMart, but I thought I should stop using it because of the maltodextrin after I saw the video that I now can't find.

I did buy liquid stevia to use ... seems like it is less sweet than powdered.

Not sure what to do myself...
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Old Thu, Aug-09-18, 13:20
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I know this doesnt answer the original question. My solution was to use liquid sucralose, and make fewer to no sweets. The need for sweets just dwindled ......

Hope you find a solution.
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Old Thu, Aug-09-18, 23:09
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I don't buy Dr. Berg's claim that maltodextrin is worse than sugar due to its glycemic index. Fructose is what lowers the glycemic index of sucrose/table sugar versus maltodextrin. Fructose sucks. Glycemic index isn't everything.
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