Has anyone used monk fruit sugar? Does it raise blood?

[Fluffyfred]

Monk fruit sugar. Good or Bad ?

 

[Brunneria]

@maglil55 - i think this one is for you!

I have a pack of monkfruit, but i haven’t even opened it. Too expensive to use for anything other than a high day or holiday.

 

[Deleted Account]

We are all different; different foods affect each of us differently.
You can get some idea by finding out the percentage of carbs.
But there is no substitute for testing, eating and testing.

 

[HSSS]

I am trying to avoid artificial sweetener as much as possible. Can’t stand stevia or eurythrotol in tea (ok in cooking though) so bought the liquid drops of monk fruit. Awful aftertaste to those too but they haven’t spiked me. A shame cos they were expensive.

 

[Bananas 2]

There are different preparations of monkfruit marketed.
There is the dried raw monkfruit juice, and then there is an extract.

I havent tried either myself, but have researched the nutrition data...

The dried "in the raw" juice or pulp appears to have a good amount of carbs, different brands may vary (check the package carbs/100g) -- but seems you need relatively small amount (compared to cane sugar) to sweeten up a recipe. Not nearly as potent as the extract.

The extract, from what I found, appears very similar to stevia (a few carbs/100g), and you only need a minuscule amount to sweeten a recipe/dish. Again, these can vary... there could be anti-caking additives and such (starch, maltodextrin)... so always check the label nutrition info.

Good luck

 

[Bananas 2]

I am trying to avoid artificial sweetener as much as possible. Can’t stand stevia or eurythrotol in tea (ok in cooking though) so bought the liquid drops of monk fruit. Awful aftertaste to those too but they haven’t spiked me. A shame cos they were expensive.

Curious -- was the aftertaste of monkfruit worse than stevia? Similar?

I currently use stevia for the bulk of sweetness in a "sweets" recipe, usually not more than 1/2 Tb or so... but find I can cover-up/mask the aftertaste with a small amount of coconut palm sugar (CPS), which helps sweetness but has a glycemic index of only 35. This is the same GI as maltitol (a sugar alcohol)... not half bad, and we can't stand sugar alcohols (not good on the bowels). CPS is still concentrated carbs, make no mistake, but at nearly half the speed of cane sugar (65), and only a small amount used, it is easily buffered down with fats, almond flour, coconut flour, etc. Snacks made this way do not cause us a spike, and no perceivable aftertaste -- very faint, if any.

 

[Goonergal]

I haven’t found that it spikes me. I used the Lakanto brand recommended by @maglil55

 

[HSSS]

I bought it online and yes the taste is similar to stevia. Apparently the drops have more after taste than the granules so I’ve read