{"id":2339,"date":"2009-08-30T05:49:03","date_gmt":"2009-08-30T12:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2009-08-30T00:10:22","modified_gmt":"2009-08-30T07:10:22","slug":"no-calories-no-aspartame-no-sucralose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/2339","title":{"rendered":"Soda: No calories, no aspartame, no sucralose"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stevia<\/a> has been around a long time. I’ve had it growing in the garden, it grows like mint. A little bitter, but a really sweet edible leaf. And: no calories, an excellent alternative sweetner. I found out about it around 10 years ago. It’s cheap to grow, a natural product and a frightening concept for chemical-based sweetner companies.<\/p>\n

And as of December 2008, the FDA has finally, provisionally<\/a><\/em> approved a version of it for public consumption (with a trick in there to help Big Business, click on the provisionally<\/em> link). It’s been a wait, but with choices of chemicals such as Aspartame<\/a> or Sucralose<\/a> – as a soda junky that’s avoiding HFCS<\/a> and sugar – I’ve been waiting a long time. <\/p>\n

Zevia is a soda line that contains Stevia.<\/a> Don’t get me wrong, there is<\/em> a ‘diet’ taste here – switching to stevia is not a direct flavor substitute for sugar. And Zevia takes this into account: their sodas have been formulated to taste extremely<\/em> dry, which helps with the overall flavor. <\/p>\n

So while Zevia’s natural cola is a tad bitter – I’m also not getting the headaches typically associated with acesulfamed and aspartamed Coke Zero<\/a>. And that’s not bad. Can’t wait to see what hits the market next.<\/p>\n\r\n\t

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