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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sirzy" data-source="post: 244461" data-attributes="member: 38017">Bit of a food/cookery question...I usually use Splenda/Sweetex/Canderel in my coffee and for baking, but I've recently been getting bladder irritation from them (not an unusual side effect with artificial sweeteners apparently).  So I thought I'd give stevia ago (I didn't want to use xylitol as there's alot more carbs in it), as it's derived from plant leaves and isn't quite as overly processed as the other sweeteners, whether it will irritate my bladder or not still remains to be seen  :?   After trying it in my coffee and using it to bake my usual almond biccies (it can be heated and used in baking according to the brands website), I noticed it wasn't particularly sweet at all.  I needed two teaspoons in my coffee to make it taste even remotely sweet, and even then it was only slightly sweet (usually two teaspoons of splenda is too sweet for my taste!), plus my biccies didn't have any sweet taste to them at all  :eh: I don't want to put more of into my receipes etc, as this will drive the carb content up considerably, but it's supposed to be 1 teaspoon of stevia = 1 of sugar in terms of sweetness.  I'm wondering if this could be just this particular brand (it's Pure Via), but I don't want to spend almost four pounds on the Canderel stevia if it turns out this isn't much good either.Anybody here use stevia and found a brand that is as sweet as the other artificial sweeteners?  Thanks  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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