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[Guest guest]

Hi!

>From the original chart

(spread out [14"x10"] over two pages of the classic Companion Guide to Healthy Cooking: A practical

Introduction to Natural Ingredients by

and Shirley Nigro !

The book is really excellent!

Thank you, very much.

Bruce

Ilanit Tof wrote:

can we post this at vegan macro Bruce?

there was talk of sweeteners there recently and this chart is amazing!

Bruce Paine wrote:

Sweetener Comparison

Chart (adaptred from the Companion Guide to Healthy Cooking)

Sweetening Power

Vitamins &

E.o.B.S.

Sweeteners

Form

Flavor of it's own

Level

Percent*

Natural Origins

Minerals †

Levels**

Amasake

Liquid

Mild

Mild

25%

Brown Rice

Small Amounts

PLUS

Barley

Malt Powder

Fine Crystals

Strong to Mild

Medium

40%

Sprouted Barley

Small Amounts

PLUS

Barley

Malt Syrup

Thick Liquid

Strong to Mild

Medium

40%

Sprouted Barley

Small Amounts

PLUS

Brown Sugar

Crystals

Mild

Strong

100%

Sugar Cane

Negligible

minus

Carob

Powder

Strong

Mild

20%

Carob Legume Pod

Rich

PLUS

Corn

Syrup

Thick Liquid

Extremely Mild

Medium

50%

Corn

Negligible

minus

Date

Sugar

Coarse Crystals

Mild

Medium

75%

Dates

Rich

Neutral

Fructose

Crystals

None

Very Strong

200%

Fruit

Negligible

minus

Fruit

Juices

Thin Liquid

Strong to Mild

Medium

25-50%

Fruit

Varies

Neutral

Fruit

Spreads & Butters

Spreadable Paste

Strong to Mild

Mild

25-50%

Fruit

Varies

PLUS

Fruit,

Fresh

Varies, Whole Food

Medium to Mild

Mild

10%

Fruit

Rich

PLUS

Fruit,

Dried

Chewy, Whole or Sectioned Pieces

Strong to Mild

Mild to Medium

25-50%

Fruit

Rich

Neutral

Honey

Thick Syrup

Strong to Mild

Very Strong

150%

Plant Nectar

Rich

minus

Maple

Sugar

Crystals

Medium

Medium

75%

Maple Trees

Small Amounts

minus

Maple Syrup

Thick Liquid

Medium

Medium

75%

Maple Trees

Negligible

minus

Mirin

Thin Liquid

Mild

Mild

20%

Brown Rice

Negligible

Neutral

Molasses

Very Thick Liquid

Very Strong

Strong

80%

Sugar Cane

Extremely Rich

minus

Refined

White Sugar

Crystals

None

Strong

100%

Sugar Cane

None

minus

Rice

Syrup

Thick Liquid

Mild

Mild

25%

Brown Rice

Rich

PLUS

Sorghum

Molasses

Thick Liquid

Very Strong

Strong

80%

Sorghum

Small Amounts

Neutral

Turbinado

(“raw”,”natural”)

Coarse Crystals

None

Strong

100%

Sugar Cane

None

minus

Unrefined

Cane Sweeteners

Granulated

Negligible

Strong

100%

Sugar Cane

Small Amounts

Neutral

Rapadura

Stevia

KEY:

*

100% is pure Sucrose

* *

E.o.B.S.

Levels (Effects on Blood Sugar Levels):

minus

Sharp increase and falling off

of

blood sugar

PLUS

Slight increase in blood sugar

lasts for a long time

Neutral

Neutral effect on blood sugar

†

Relative to aiding in blood sugar regulation (rather

than RDA)

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