How to sweeten all this cooked fruit without mega calories

ceridwen

Right - I've dredged up the info. I used to make my mind up about this - so anyone wanting to can read and see what they think for themselves:

http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000626_stevia_Truvia_FDA.html

(loads of articles on the Natural News website about stevia - thats the one I chose to highlight). Thats a 2008 article

This is a 2000 article from elsewhere on the Web (ie 8 years earlier):
http://www.cspinet.org/nah/4_00/stevia.html

Others of note:

http://www.stevia.net/

www.ehow.com/how_2083187_make_stevia_extract.html

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/727325.html

Net result of my reading = I'm growing it (my plants are only about 6" high at present - so still awaiting results on this).

elf06

I was going to suggest vanilla but I see someone beat me to it :rotfl:

rachbc

diluvsdiscounts wrote: »

Do remember that you are adding calories by stewing the fruit in the first place.Like for example orange juice has a much higher calorie value than three oranges.

eh? Stewing fruit without added sugar etc does not add calories - one apple has the same calories after stewing as it did before! If you stew something down a lot and remove all the water the calories per 100g might increase as it is more concentrated

mandragora_2

rachbc wrote: »

eh? Stewing fruit without added sugar etc does not add calories - one apple has the same calories after stewing as it did before! If you stew something down a lot and remove all the water the calories per 100g might increase as it is more concentrated

I think the point is that it's quite hard to imagine eating three apples, but if you stew three apples the volume you have to consume is less, so its relatively easier to eat more and thus the calorie intake rises - just as, say, juicing oranges can mean you have 6 oranges' worth of fruit (and calories) when, if they remained whole, you would be unlikely to do so.

Hellyboo

Try stewing it in a bit of apple juice - just a tiny bit. Less cals than sugar, although it will still add calories of course. Other than that, adding cinnamon, ginger, vanilla and other "puddingy" flavours will take away any sharpness so it wont taste so sour.