Comments on: Stevia-based Sweeteners: FDA Approved After 10+ Years. So, Why Now?

By: CRT

CRT — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:02:35 +0000

Very interesting and informative. The fact that Pepsi and Coca Cola are behind Truvia and Purevia is a sure sign that I will no longer buy either product and stick with pure Stevia which I buy at Trader Joes. I just this week bought my first box of Truvia and was very suspect that it is packaged like Splenda. I was trying to find out if it actually had sugar in it like Splenda does. Also, I am a recovering alcoholic and will use nothing to endanger my sobriety. So Truvia goes in the trash when I get home. One other warning, The Belly Fat Cure by Jorge Cruise has this product as “belly good,” that may be true, but it doesn’t sound like it’s “liver good.”

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:42:02 +0000

LR it will probably start fermenting in your gut then attack your liver, slowly but surely. Chances are you will start craving alcohol in a few months if you don’t quit it.

By: L. R. Boehm

L. R. Boehm — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:44:31 +0000

We use Truvia and love the taste. My concern is the Erythritol, how safe is it for someone who has alcohol addiction and is in remission?

By: Debbie Clamer

Debbie Clamer — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:49:50 +0000

So how many grams of Erythritol in a packet of Truvia?

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:51:50 +0000

Very informative, thanks. I’ll check out the sweet leaf sweetener, sounds like it’s the real deal.

By: Mac

Mac — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:44:03 +0000

Uhhhh, Ethanol is in your alcoholic beverage at vastly greater levels than you could possibly get by putting one of the Reb A sweeteners in your coffee. But hey love the free advertising. JO.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:41:54 +0000

Hi Steve, We couldn't agree with you more! Thanks so much for pointing out the high quality of SweetLeaf. Personally, we have used Sweetleaf for years and love the quality. You might enjoy reading a post we did a while back > SweetLeaf Stevia Dietary Supplement, a safe natural sweetener. The point of this article is that SweetLeaf has had to market their products as a dietary supplement and not allowed to market the natural stevia products as natural sugar alternatives. Now here comes a large corporation that wants to do so, and they are immediately approved, but smaller companies that produce higher quality options are still struggling with regulations.

By: steve

steve — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:35:14 +0000

Your article is very insightful, although it fails to mention SweetLeaf Sweetener. This product IS a stevia sweetener that is GRAS approved, and it is not a chemically produced pure Reb A product like Rebiana, the base of both Truvia and PureVia. There is no such thing as Rebiana in nature, or in a stevia plant. Rebiana is created under laboratory conditions by chemically splitting the stevioside molecule with ethanol or metanol, to create a Reb A molecule. This leaves a residual of methanol or ethanol in your sweetener. Would you want to put car fuel in your coffee or tea?? I didn’t think so, but that is precisely what you are doing when you use Truvia and PureVia. SweetLeaf Sweetener is the ONLY 100% natural stevia sweetener that is made using ONLY purified water…no residual chemicals because chemicals are not used in the process. Sweetness as nature intended. SweetLeaf Sweetener.