16 Sugar Substitutes Reviewed - Low Carb / Keto / Paleo

PLEASE NOTE: This is a review of the flavor of these sweeteners. It is NOT a review of the glycemic indices or impact on blood sugar that they may cause. I'll leave the science-y stuff to other channels and stick to cooking.
In this video, Courtney and I taste test 16 different sugar substitutes. It's a longish video, but it takes time to taste all those ingredients. Find out which ones are worth your money and which ones I "took the bullet" on so that you don't have to.
In follow-up videos, we'll test the properties and best uses for some of these sweeteners. How well do they dissolve? How are they in baked goods? Are there other blends that bring out the best in them?
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Our faves:
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Swerve Brown Sugar Substitute: amzn.to/2XcTk33
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[@patriciamann1420]

I love when Courtney on with you. When she doesn’t like something, she doesn’t hold back! I love that her face says it all! 😊

[@dianafoot]

I loved this video--I laughed out loud at the descriptions: like: "burning rubber tires"; "how a box of fish sticks smell"; "old breath", etc. And her expressions are priceless! Keep up the entertaining and informative videos!

[@SeriousKeto]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@yahuahsgirl]

@@SeriousKeto Yes, thank you for the informative videos! Today is my first day of keto, and started my morning with a teaspoon of Manuka honey in my coffee....oops! Force of habit. Looking forward to sharing my future success with you and the other channels I've found helpful (Dr. Berg, Low Carb Love). Thanks again!

[@catherinebol7731]

My favorite was "if sadness had a flavor". I laughed for awhile at that.

[@Jasyoucan]

Allulose and lakanto mixed is my fave. I made a creme brûlée yesterday and no one could tell it wasn't real sugar. Thanks for taking those hits for us lol

[@cynthias862]

Jasyoucan, great idea. How do you mix it, 1:1?

[@SeriousKeto]

I'll put that on our list of blends to try. Thanks!

[@daleneroot5079]

Bothers tummy

[@-.Steven]

I like Lakanto, and they're local to me. My local Costco used to carry Lakanto, now they only have some similar product from china. No thanks I'll support local first.

[@oliversmama876]

You two crack me up. I’m a little late to the game, it’s 2021. Ty for being testers.

[@FlippinJunkie]

Thanks so much for all the time, effort and expense of creating all of these amazingly helpful videos! They're game changers for so many of us struggling to make healthier choices; I'm grateful as I'm sure so many others are too!!!

[@SeriousKeto]

If I can save people some money and frustration, I've accomplished my mission. I'm glad you found it valuable.

[@takeabite5057]

Lol.... if sadness had a flavor... you crack me up!!

[@asoiseth]

Best line ever.

[@jdc212]

I haven't found one I like yet. All have something bad; aftertaste, numbing of my mouth, headaches. Rather do without or just have a real treat occasionally. Much the same as your reactions. You two deserve a medal for this taste comparison!

[@itzmedrwho6697]

Thanks for your time putting this together I think it’s very interesting all the different flavors that are available. But the main point of sugar substitution of course is flavor but more importantly what it does inside your bloodstream.❤️

[@SeriousKeto]

Certainly something to consider.

[@joancook8454]

itzme drwho ,check out HIGHFALUTION LOW CARB channel, he did a blood sugar test with artificial sweeteners.

[@joancook8454]

Serious Keto HIGHFALUTION LOW CARB did a blood sugar test on sugar substitutes, diid a video, check it out. Thank for all your efforts.👍👍👍

[@libertygal]

Keto connect also tested sweeteners

[@sheilazangrilli1710]

I've been watching and listening to your channel for about 4 weeks now. I enjoy them a lot. But I love listening to your voice. You have a voice that would do well in voice over work or radio. Keep up the good work.

[@SeriousKeto]

Thank you. 🙂

[@rebeccascavello5607]

I always thought he sounded like a newscaster with his voice, I love listening to it as well!

[@debraosborne6725]

I really enjoy your videos, thanks. I have been using sucralose for years. No side effects. I can't afford these new sweeteners. I buy 100% pure sucralose. It's highly concentrated. It only takes 1/64 tsp. to sweeten a cup of coffee. Or 1/4 tsp. for a large pitcher of tea. Yes I'm a southerner. I'm not diabetic so I can't say it doesn't raise blood sugar but it didn't keep me from losing 90 lb.

[@SeriousKeto]

I'll have to look into that.

[@justjane1639]

Liquid sucralose is what I use; I have a feeling I'd struggle adding the right amount of water to the powder.

[@kathleendexter5999]

🤣😂🤣😂 “If sadness had a flavor...”. You’re killing me. That was hilarious. I adore XyloSweet birch tree sap sweetener but I guess I’m lucky as I never noticed any GI issue. I now use Lakanto in most things. I made a “Keto-friendly” Dandelion “Honey” (using Lakanto Monkfruit sweetener instead of sugar) this Summer after a particularly large Dandelion harvest. I’m enjoying it immensely, now that it’s Winter, in Hot Toddy’s or with Keto scones, biscuits, etc. ‘Just an idea. Thank you for your hard work. I really enjoy your channel as well as your beautiful daughter’s honest reviews!

[@rhondagarrett7447]

Didn't think I'd ever get through all these comments. Lol. I always read them to get other ideas to improve on either the recipe or just dif ideas for ingredients. I have to say- you have to have the patience of a saint to deal with it! Anyway, you've probably saved me a small fortune doing this test. Thank you very much! & keep on chaffeling along with your other content. I love the vids.

[@SeriousKeto]

Yeah, a person really need to temper his/her desire to type a knee-jerk response to some of the comments.

[@rhondagarrett7447]

@@SeriousKeto Lol, that would be a huge fail for me. My filter has a mind of its own on when it wants to work. 😁

[@cwang011]

I’m like your daughter, I have a pretty strong sensitivity to stevia. It gives my tongue a strong tart/sour/tangy aftertaste. I have tried the Whole Earth packets at Starbucks and the monk fruit/stevia/whatever blend is milder and goes well in iced teas. I’m going to try Swerve and Lakanto!

[@eileenvogel4135]

What fun! I will try mixing ~~ LOVE your channel. Thanks for this!

[@kathleenlupole8546]

Excellent video! I use all three Swerves only in my kitchen. I melt butter and put brown Swerve in it and use that on keto waffles or pancakes. I really like their flavor better than any other ones.

[@DakotaRose56]

Sucralose is 0 on the glycemic index. Pure sucralose, not mixed. Christie Sullivan uses it, that is where I heard about it. I use sucralose drops in my iced tea and love it. Note that the Ruled Me channel did a video on sweeteners and they said you shouldn't cook with it because it changes it's chemical composition. But in pure form it is just fine. Thanks for being the guinea pig and thanks for sharing.

[@hollielocke3945]

I agree. I love the sucralose drops!

[@SeriousKeto]

Interesting.... Thanks for sharing.

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

This was hilarious. Love the descriptions and Courtney’s facial expressions. Thank you both.

[@sarahp9300]

It is amazing how different each of our taste buds are. I don’t like swerve at all. I get extreme cooling with it. I don’t with the lakanto brand though. I was chuckling so hard watching y’all eat the pure stevia and then “burning tires” 🤪. Such a good video! Thanks

[@marieh.blankenship372]

How cool. Who knew we would see a science experiment. I sometimes combine allulose with other keto sweeteners. The cooling doesn't bother me so much as it reminds me of peppermint which is good in some keto fat bombs. It's fun to see your family in your videos. Thanks for the taste test.

[@donnataylor1059]

Steve - I get a kick out of your down-to-earth videos. You made me laugh in a good way. It doesn't hurt to have you as our neighbors to the northest of northwest Illinois and I am familiar with/like Milwaukee!! 🙋‍♀️👍⭐

[@kazuy0shi558]

Thank you so much for speaking the truth!!! I wish I saw this video before wasting so much money on these sugar alternatives.

[@LCHFKitchenSpaz]

I posted part of this elsewhere, but I've been using Splenda for almost 20 years. No adverse side effects. I think people like to fear monger everything. I use packets for drinks and the loose granular for baking and what not. Never been a problem, I love it! As for stevia, it tastes so bitter to me, I can't possibly do it. I've been skeptical about trying monkfruit or swerve, mostly because I can't know if I like it or not until I buy it, and if I don't, then I'm stuck with a bag of expensive sweetener I don't like. Plus, I'm a creature of habit, and change scares me....

[@SeriousKeto]

I agree, people get awfully hardcore when it comes to their opinions on this stuff. In my research, I could find no human studies on the impact of Sucralose. The studies conducted on mice had them consuming roughly 30 times the amount of Sucralose I would consume on any given day. In the end, I believe it's up to each individual to make a personal assessment of the risks and side effects and make their decision accordingly.

[@cloudsintheozarksoutdoors9538]

I love Splenda in my coffee but recently discovered the powdered form in the packets was spiking my blood sugar. I then learned that the little yellow packets have Maltodextrin and Dextrose in them, so I switched to the liquid form which doesn't have this stuff in it and my blood sugar is not affected at all. I always thought Splenda was Splenda no matter what form it was in. Liquid vs powdered it's not the same.

[@ladyg1951]

I have been on keto for 2 years, and use Splenda packets without a problem. I am fat adapted and losing weight. Also you can buy Splenda drops. Stevia is way to bitter. I guess you could say I am doing dirty Keto. But It works for me. Everyone does Keto a little bit different !

[@Lindasromperroom]

PureCane is great but I haven’t baked with it yet.

[@DStew-io6jx]

Shes so adorable! I love her unedited opinions 😆

[@JodiBeans411]

Very informative video. I won't even keep any Xylitol sweetener or products containing that ingredient (sugar free gum, mints, etc.) in our home because it's very dangerous (read: often fatal) if dogs ingest it.

[@tonikajdasz4369]

Thank you for testing these, really great info. I have lost 50 LBS and 35 were with using 6 packets of Splenda in my 2 cups of daily coffee. I then read about how bad Splenda was and switched to Lakanto Monkfruit and love it..

[@donnabooth2738]

My favorite is Splenda, I use it in my iced tea when I make a gallon jug. I also have packets for my coffee.. And I love their brown sugar blend. I know a lot of people complain about it's ingredients, but I have tried the others and I am not a fan. I just wish the brown sugar came in larger bags. I use it in my baking and in my baked beans. Enjoyed your video

[@a.ryancohen7774]

This was genuinely entertaining and informative lol thank you both so much for doing this so I don't have too!!!

[@quietspace137]

Thank you so much! You saved me so much tongue sadness, time, & money! You're the best!🤗

[@calasiter]

I've never seen Sucrin Gold...if that's how you spell it. I'll look for that. Glad you did this. I'm new to this world, and I wondered why all the sweeteners recommended tasted bad.

[@swimbetty9635]

Thank you I love this review! So honest! I'm with Courtney, I don't like the taste of Stevia. It tastes like a chemical to me. I chuckled at "pieces of styrofoam". :)

[@daviddidonato8186]

No doubt... your voice is very Johnny Carsonesque. I think you should encorporate some of his classic lines... for us geezers

[@SeriousKeto]

Do a little Carnac routine? 😀

[@daviddidonato8186]

Serious Keto that would be awesome

[@SeriousKeto]

Sadly, I think only people over 50 would get the reference. Back when I was a corporate trainer at GE, I found that folks over 45 found my jokes and pop culture referenced pretty funny. Millenials just gave me a blank stare. Clearly, I need to update my material. 😄

[@rhondagarrett7447]

@@SeriousKeto that blank stare though... lmbo. They just don't get the great material they missed out on.

[@BeckyInCa]

I was thinking the same thing. When he said "I didn't know that," he sounded just like Johnny Carson.

[@hollielocke3945]

When I first started my keto journey this was my go to sweetener blend. I really like it blended together in a high power blender like a vitamix. Let me know if you try it 😉 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons erythritol 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons xylitol 2 tsp Better Stevia

[@SeriousKeto]

Will do. The problem is that xylitol just wrecks me.

[@romeo7smith463]

Hollie Locke I have 3 dogs. Xylitol in my house too risky.

[@anneamaro1497]

@@SeriousKeto Yet you keep using it........hmmm.

[@SeriousKeto]

anne amaro I don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@hollielocke3945]

Oh yes. No xylitol for fur babies. I think there is a similar blend without the xylitol. If I find it I will share.

[@lindadevuyst9311]

I grow my own stevia, dry it and absolutely love it. I put a few leaves in a cup of hot water 🥰

[@Livealohahawaii]

That was awesome. Thanks so much for testing all of these sweeteners.

[@SeriousKeto]

You are so welcome! At some point, I plan on doing a video showing how they behave when exposed to heat (baking, caramelization, etc.).

[@martijobarrett4527]

I was searching for Bocha and blood sugar results and you popped up. Always a pleasure.🙂 I usually only use Monkfruit drops. I ate a brownie made by my daughter out of granulated Lakanto the other night and I felt sick. I didn't correlate the two. I ate some frosting my husband made the next night and felt VERY. SICK. (tired, high, weak) ... I realized it was the Lakanto. BS was 220! Erythritol IS NOT working for me (as a type 2). Gonna test monk again while fasting to be sure it and Stevia were the only two that didn't spike my BS a couple years ago. 🙄 On the hunt for a new sugar. Bocha seems to be the one. We'll see. Thanks for the review! 🙂👍 💃💞

[@tonik2734]

Am new to using sweeteners. Lakanto is only one I didn’t seem to get nasty taste with although extensive diahhrea is huge issue. Erythitol is apparently noted for this effect so may need to try something else. Can’t do stevia. Maybe Allulose?

[@ArtistInNewHampshire]

Thanks for the comparison. If you get a chance to try Pyure granular, it is sweet, with a hint of vanilla. I emailed the company asking if “natural” flavor had any sugar, and they said no. I use it sprinkled with salt on a handful of blueberries, to mix with some sour cream. Most pleasant.

[@pebbiecomer1513]

I love Pyure!

[@sweetrouble420]

I agree, it's the best

[@mallorieknits]

Steve: "This one tastes like fish sticks.....I'm gonna have a little more." 😆😆😆

[@BeckyInCa]

To avoid the additives in Splenda, I buy pure sucralose powder and add an appropriate amount to water. I add a few drops to my tea. Tastes great.

[@SeriousKeto]

I personally like Sucralose as a sweetener. There are some studies (probably on mice) that claim it can harm the beneficial bacteria in your gut biome. I consume it infrequently enough, that I'm not bothered by these claims.

[@justjane1639]

@@SeriousKeto Pure conjecture on their part ("may affect the microbiome...".) I suspect the three aspirin I take daily cause a lot more mayhem than my three drops of liquid sucralose.

[@TaylorMadeCori]

Brown sugar swerve and splenda together....in my coffee....is my favorite. I know there is some controversy about splenda - but it works for me...I will have to give that liquid splenda a try (since it is said to be better than the granular)

[@FaithNchaos]

We've just recently found Whole Earth Sweetener and it is by far our favorite. It's working great in coffee, tea, and sweet keto treats for us. I also enjoy Swerve Brown Sugar and confectioner sweeteners for baking. I haven't tried Sukrin Gold or BochaSweet, but I'll put them in my next to try. Lakanto, Swerve Granular, and Stevia drops...do not love them. We'll likely only use them if we run out of the others and can't get to the store. Everyone's tastebuds are different. I'm just happy we found something we can enjoy. Especially in that morning coffee.

[@jenniferg3251]

This may be my favorite video of yours. Burning tires, cardboard, plastic, chemicals, haha! That's the same way I feel about all artificial sweeteners and sugar substitutes. I've never found a good one I like unfortunately. Maybe for baking I'll have to give one of these a try, but not for my coffee.

[@stroys7061]

Great review. I feel bad that you had to purchase so many sweeteners that ended up on Courtney’s “sad pile”. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@CorrienteLatina]

My favorite line “If sadness had a flavor”

[@karenreynolds7109]

As someone who is addicted to sugar, this video was very helpful. I do like stevia but not so much in my cooking. Swerve is okay but the cool aftertaste is weird. I haven't tried BochaSweet, so it is now a must try.

[@SeriousKeto]

I'm working on a video where I show the behaviors of various sweeteners. It won't be done until sometime in January, but so far BochaSweet is my favorite for cooking/baking, with allulose coming in second.

[@dannyduprey]

Thanks for an honest review! Nice to see folks not pretending that fake sweeteners are nearly as wondrous as sugar. I have often felt guilty for hating the taste of pure stevia or monkfruit. That said, I think that some of us who have relied on fake sweeteners for a while have developed a tolerance for the off flavors.

[@Yasharian]

Thanks for doing this! Btw, the squash is pronounced Ka-bo-cha (it's a type of Japanese pumpkin), not Ka-bo-ka, so the sweetner is therefore pronounced Bo-cha Sweet, not Bo-ca Sweet. And the sugar alcohols like Xylitol and Erythritol mess with lots of people's tummies, mine included, so you're in good company there :)

[@SeriousKeto]

This is an old video. I learned the pronunciation from a BochaSweet sweet video afterwards.

[@sybilj.chialiva1081]

Thanks for taking the hit for the team! Good info! (I hope you have more than one bathroom! LOL)

[@SeriousKeto]

Oh yeah. 😄

[@justpassinthru]

Don't forget xylittol is dangerous for pets

[@Mystress1980]

Dogs, not cats. You still shouldn't be feeding cats anything with sugar or alternatives, but it won't kill them if they happen to lick a little xylitol sweetened frosting. Xylitol causes extreme hypoglycemia in canines, but recent studies are showing this doesn't happen in felines.

[@SeriousKeto]

It's dangerous to my descending colon as well.

[@presouz1740]

Erythritol also

[@martijobarrett4527]

@@SeriousKeto 😂

[@SuperMiguelito2000]

Thanks for that! I settled on BochaSweet, but I liked Sukrin Gold.

[@KCCAT5]

I tried monk fruit when they first came out back around the late 90s early 2000 before they blend it with erythritol and I found that it wasn't very sweet , then they added erythritol but of course you get the cooling effect. I like Splenda. Although the individualized packets do contain maltodextrin but whatever. I stay the hell away from aspartame, to many bad things I've read about it over the years since they came out with it. I won't bake with it although I do use flavor packets for my water that contain aspartame.😡 I'm trying to find a healthier alternative

[@cynthiacamplain6553]

LOL. I love watching your videos. You and your daughter are awesome. :) My sweetener of choice is Pyure. Thanks for yours and Courtney's review. It will save me a lot of money.

[@danakarloz5845]

Cynthia Camplain I like just one drop of lakanto monkfruit in my coffee and sometimes I switch to a few crystals of truvia. I’ll have to try Pyure!

[@sandys7118]

I agree! I find the Pyure brand is the best tasting and it has the granular consistency of real sugar.

[@SeriousKeto]

I guess I'll have to try that out. Do you do liquid or granular?

[@BrittMFH]

I use Pyure, too!

[@asoiseth]

@@SeriousKeto have you tried the pyure? Wondering about cooking/baking with it….

[@bfl7845]

After much testing and worry we discovered my husbands heart palpitations were due to Erythritol! Happy is in good cardiac shape but man is it hard to find a sweetener without Erythritol in it. Great video review. Thanks.

[@SeriousKeto]

First off, I'm glad you found the source. Second, I can tell you my favorite sweetener (that's not controversial) is BochaSweet. It's a bit more expensive, but it behaves pretty close to sugar.

[@donnielledonaldson996]

i totally get that rubber aftertaste even with the lakanto monk fruit sweetener.

[@talbertofdz]

According to my experience and maintain low blood glucose levels, I consume the sweeteners: allulose, stevia, erytritol and monk of fruit.

[@vegas9440]

Thank you so much for your honesty and NOT just trying to be cute

[@katieirish5765]

Really good video! You've saved me some time testing these! I love the sukrin products. And I've wanted to try the Bocha. I also like the Better Stevia "liquid" stevias in my tea.

[@swats2587]

I really like the Lakanto. Taste buds are different for everyone, I find erythritol very sweet and find Lakanto doesn't have much of a cooling effect. Edit: hit enter too quick. Anyway, I find in some baking recipes, a mixture of erythritol and liquid stevia gives good results. For coffee, I use flavored monkfruit drops.

[@chrisbrowne6027]

I love your daughter's reactions. The monkfruit gold is nasty, the smell is like you said old tires and the flavor tast like that to. I use Splenda for a while till all the cancer concerns came out. I switched to monkfruit and it's ok but I did like the swerve and allulose more. Carolyn from All Day I Dream About Food did a really interesting video on how the different sweetener act when used in deserts. Allulose worked better for softer things like caramels while swerve (I think) made things crispy like cookies. Ho I agree stevea is nasty. I can't wait to see what you two cook up.

[@justjane1639]

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5152540/ "In summary, sucralose does not demonstrate carcinogenic activity even when exposure levels are several orders of magnitude greater than the range of anticipated daily ingestion levels." I always figure artificial sweetener scare stories are published by The Sugar Association.

[@botslayer]

Thank you for the unbiased review. Very honest and enlightening. Thank you!

[@markphillips7538]

In Mexico I used to get the dried Stevia leaves and grind them up and make an extract /tea running it through a couple coffee filters. It was still bitter but less so. I have seen a "De-bittered" Stevia offered in bulk at some baking supply websites but never in a regular grocery store. Not sure how expensive it is to make. I have also seen Korean Soju ingredients and they use a "Steviaside" as their sweetener for flavored Soju. It's extremely sweet but not bitter at all.

[@Olivers-G0mmer]

The only sweetener that I can tolerate is pure sucralose powder - I mix it with hot purified water and put it into dropper bottles. It is insanely sweet - 300-1000 times sweeter than sugar - just handling the package will make your fingers taste like candy. I wouldn't even try to use the powder in a cake recipe - an eighth of a tsp would make a cake so sweet that it would be inedible. (I make about a 33% solution of the powder/water and only need 2-3 drops for a pretty sweet cup of coffee.) For baking, I would use allulose for the bulk and a tiny bit of the sucralose solution (8-12 drops) to bring the sweetness up. Pure sucralose is the closest thing I've found to sugar in taste - there's *something* in the taste that's not sugar, but it's very faint and not in the least unpleasant - not at all like any other sweeteners I've tried.

[@SeriousKeto]

I agree. I feel that Sucralose has been unfairly demonized by many people.

[@Olivers-G0mmer]

@@SeriousKeto Maybe because they equate sucralose with Splenda and its filler sugars? Splenda spikes glucose for many people because of those fillers. Pure sucralose is entirely different - I buy 4oz packages from Bulk Supplements and joke that I could sweeten the entire city's water supply with just that little package. 😁

[@SeriousKeto]

@@Olivers-G0mmer I believe that has a lot to do with it. Also, there was a study on rats where they were fed an absolutely ridiculous amount of sucralose and it upset their gut biome.

[@justjane1639]

@@SeriousKeto All of the sucralose studies I've read were full of "may', "might", "some people experience" waffle words. I just figure the Sugar Institute is behind them.

[@GuidoDePalma]

Courtney is so right! The only decent *natural* sweetener is allulose, but you need at least 2x sugar equivalent.

[@GuidoDePalma]

I have never heard of kabocha sweetener, but i'm gonna try that after watching your vid.

[@Notsosimpleliving]

I love to experiment with baking "keto" and have YET to find something I'm really happy with. Thank goodness for skinny syrups...millions of flavors... that I have used in my morning coffee literally for years. Wish I could bake with it! I tried straight up monkfruit with no erythritol in chocolate chip cookies today and it has an awful cooling sensation. Yuk. I will be pitching the whole batch. Allulose tastes a bit better but by golly ya better have a clear path to the restroom. Really enjoyed this video you and your daughter did. So REAL!! And helpful!! Thank you!

[@greeneyes7612]

Very enjoyable video! I like any sweetener that doesn’t give me bloating and gas! 😳

[@catslafadventures5001]

Love the info. Thanks! Will you do one on liquid sweeteners? I use, and love "easy sweetz" for my coffee. It's made with water, sucralose, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, succinic acid and citric acid. Wow! Didn't even look at those ingredients until I watched your video! 🤯 I'm gonna look some of those up! I really enjoy your channel and appreciate the work you do that I know goes into this!

[@SeriousKeto]

I may. I have quite a few videos backlogged. Personally, I like most of the SweetLeaf flavors.

[@hollistandridge1117]

Your glucose readings must’ve been off the charts after that! Two Fit Docs tested their glucose and ketones after trying several different sweeteners with surprising results. If you haven’t watched the two part videos on that, it’s worth it.

[@paulwilliams819]

I don't know if anyone caught the Johnny Carson impersonation, but I did. Good job.

[@KImBurk1207]

Love your comments, this is hilarious!!!

[@jillplatte6370]

Splenda is my favorite!

[@-.Steven]

I like the Iron Giant reference, that was one of my youngest son's favorite movies when he was little. It's not too late for Courtney to watch it! In fact, if Courtney was 18 approximately 3 years ago, she's got to be the same age as my youngest.

[@gaylecrisp5486]

I love your voice. Are you a news anchor or radio personality? I laughed so hard about the effects of the Xylitol. This was so entertaining to watch. It is so hard to find the right sweeteners to suit our tastes in various applications, so thanks for your taste review. Yes your daughters idea was great to try in some recipes. Looking forward to seeing your follow up review

[@SeriousKeto]

Thank you for the compliment. My daughter loves making mug cakes, so I can count on her to figure out a good recipe using one or more of the sweeteners. 🙂

[@poopsmcgee2k6]

Liquid sucralose is the best option, I use EZ Sweets. There's a reason why there's so much FUD re: Splenda - it was the best product you tasted today and thus is the biggest threat to the established sugar industry. They fund the studies - they get the results they want.

[@SeriousKeto]

That's probably the same reason there's a lot of "keto is bad for you" press. Out of curiosity, what do you do for baked goods, where the "sugar" also plays a role in the texture and browning?

[@poopsmcgee2k6]

@@SeriousKeto Combinations always make for a sweeter product anyway so when baking I usually mix with something that is granular but not as sweet.

[@PhilGeissler]

Great job guys! Definitely trying out the BochaSweet!

[@SeriousKeto]

It's not the cheapest, but we really like it a lot.

[@sophiew.259]

This was really informative. I haven't had a use for any powdered/granular sweeteners yet, although I tried one from some low carb focused company which were...foudl to put it nicely. I keep liquid sucralose on hand for tea and coffee (hot or cold) with Ez-sweets or liquid Splenda because they blend well and don't overshadow the flavor of whatever I drink. Stevia, monkfruit, etc in liquid form feel like there are the fore and after taste in everything I try them in.

[@KCCAT5]

I tend to mix my sweeteners believe it or not I still use Sweet and Low. Don't hate on me people. And I find mixing My Sweet and Low with my little packet of stevia erythritol blend Cuts back on a lot of the chemical taste, chemical aftertaste, cooling effect , and hits different sweet receptors on my tongue. For baking I use pyure. I grind it down so it's confectionery and it breaks down easier and doesn't stay gritty

[@SeriousKeto]

I think a lot of studies on saccharine that scared everyone away from them were: 1) tested on animals, not humans; and 2) were at doses so high that no human could possible consume that much. Still, the reputation that it will kill you is pervasive.

[@Shaktipaj]

No hating, we all gotta do what seems best for us as individuals. 😊 I don't do Sweet and Low because of what I perceive as a chemical taste and the fact that for me, a glucose spike comes with it. I urge everyone to test themselves on sweeteners. Even though so many claim there is no affect on blood sugar and insulin, a simple pin prick test tells the facts for us as individuals.

[@KCCAT5]

@@SeriousKeto yeah I read that test that was so skewered and slanted I don't even know how they can call it a scientific study. I've been using sweet low for probably 25 years and I'm fine. You pissed me off that they headed Malto dextrin to it but it hasn't spiked my sugar. And yes I do test

[@SeriousKeto]

I pissed you off for mentioning that it has maltodextrin in it? I was talking about the Splenda and the Stevia in the Raw. I feel like if I don't fully disclose everything, someone will jump all over me in the comments.

[@KCCAT5]

@@SeriousKeto no you didn't piss me off I just said don't get mad at me becauseare you sweet and low and it has multiple dextrin in it. When I mention this in my Facebook groups they jump all over anybody that uses it. In fact I need my comment before you even got to the splenda oh my God I just went back and reread my comment no you did not piss me off. I don't know what I was saying but of course my auto-correct changed it to something else... my apologies for not proof reading.. Oh I know what I said, I said they pissed me off that they added multiple malto dextrin. Sorry Google doesn't always understand me when I speak.

[@luannekaiser5051]

I laughed out loud at your descriptions and faces after tasting! Not sure I could do it. Thanks for the reviews.

[@charlenedulmage2589]

I like swerve, all of the kinds. My go to! I kind of like the cooling sensation of errythrital

[@danakarloz5845]

Yeah! Mug cake! And try a few frostings too!

[@SeriousKeto]

Courtney is all about the mug cake. I can let her do the lab experiments on that so that I can focus on other recipes.

[@wrokgoddess]

I've used sucralose for many many years.. I do research on it a few times a year to see if any updates have come up and it's not as bad as people make it out..

[@SeriousKeto]

Some people get awfully worked up about it based on the study done on mice's gut biome. I've yet to see any human studies. Other people don't like Splenda, since it's about 99% maltodextrin. In my opinion, there are too many people who just want to tell other people what they shouldn't eat. 😉

[@wrokgoddess]

@@SeriousKeto Agreed, Thank you. I guess I'll be a test rat for it..I think it's been about 20 years now I've used it everyday in my coffee and everything else that sugar is called for. I'll let you know if I end up with any sicknesses haha..

[@SeriousKeto]

@@wrokgoddess At some point, I need to experiment with creating a custom sweetener blend - I'm thinking allulose with a little sucralose. The thing is, it would be for personal use, rather than for in videos (because I don't want to deal with the hassle of the "Ingredient Crusaders").

[@wrokgoddess]

@@SeriousKeto I liked the brown sugar experiment you guys did on the fly.. Your daughter is a doll, she cracks me up.. If you figure out a good mix please let me know I'd like to try.. Thanks for all the hard work you do, it means a lot to us and I know it's a lot of work.

[@Terri_in_Cali]

Steve, with the holidays fast approaching and myself not being able to find a bread stuffing last year and really missing it, you need to find a chaffle that will hold up for bread stuffing. It’ll be a miracle find👍Other channels throw out their crappy bread recipes but I think chaffles would be a great bread base? I bought the dash no mess waffle maker and love making 4 chaffles at once👍💥👏

[@SeriousKeto]

I've got plenty of experimenting to do. My only limiter is how much of my experiments I can eat, because I hate food waste.

[@marm1962]

Ahhhhhh yes I too would love to see a bread stuffing, I love a lot of southern food, but my yankee tongue cannot wrap itself around "cornbread " stuffing.

[@stoptheinsanity]

I want to see a fudge contest with all of the sweeteners.

[@darlenetucker6008]

Thomas, omg. I came across your video while laying suffering with a bad case of IBS. Finally I put it together. I started watching low carb love for low carb recipes. Well all her recipes you have to add artificial sugars. It took a short time to figure out almost every recipe I had digestive problems. So that's that. All artificial sweeteners are in the trash. Thank you for your info

[@SeriousKeto]

Who’s Thomas?

[@justjane1639]

I've never had a bad reaction in my decades of using powdered and now liquid sucralose.

[@teresayerbury3273]

I am not a huge Stevia fan but the only Stevia I will use is SweetLeaf as they process it without Alcohol which is what gives it the bitter taste.

[@SeriousKeto]

I love the SweetLeaf drops

[@lupe089]

This video was extremely informative.

[@SeriousKeto]

Thank you. I plan to do one in the next month or two where I look at how the top sweeteners behave in liquid and in heat.

[@asoiseth]

@@SeriousKeto was just asking about that in another comment, about pyure

[@thedisconnectedwife4165]

I love using the Swerve brown and confectioners.

[@SeriousKeto]

I don't have a lot of need for confectioners, but I sure do like the brown (even more so when paired with Sukrin Gold).

[@lindawilsonfisher5253]

love your videos, and it was nice to see your daughter. thanks for sharing.

[@SeriousKeto]

Thank you. You get to see the entire clan in my McGriddle recipe.🙂

[@dear_prudence]

As something just eaten straight, I'd kind of be wary of opinions on sweeteners. For example, I don't care for erythritol sprinkled on berries, however... when you use it as a sweetener in homemade keto ice cream, it is absolutely fabulous and has stevia totally beaten for real ice cream taste. I'd love to see you do a video where you take the most common keto friendly sweeteners and make some ice cream and do the tests then. I simply cannot see how you sat there tasting all those things without gagging and I would *love* to know what your insulin levels did after all that stuff :)

[@SeriousKeto]

As mentioned in the description, our next tests will be how these perform in liquid (taste, ability to remain in suspension at various temps) and in baked goods.

[@grannysquareswagonwheels2604]

Try xylitol in ice cream, it is totally scoopable like "real" ice cream.

[@dear_prudence]

@@grannysquareswagonwheels2604 Thanks for the suggestion but I have dogs and it's extremely toxic to them. I keep xylitol out of my house.

[@grannysquareswagonwheels2604]

@@dear_prudence Yes, we have dogs too, we are just very careful. Be careful about any oral hygiene products as well, xylitol is good for teeth enamel so they put xylitol in many oral hygiene products, like toothpaste and mouth wash, etc.

[@suzannekazmiruk183]

Allergic to erythritol, stevia is unbearably bitter to me. Thank you for all your hard work. I hope your tummies didn’t revolt after this.

[@SeriousKeto]

The Xylitol hit me a little about 3 hours after we shot the video. 😯

[@shawnabeals9261]

Maltodextrin is actually WORSE than sugar... It's about twice the glycemic index as pure sugar. Also pure stevia and pure monk fruit are 200 to 300 times as sweet as sugar so you wouldn't EVER want to taste it plain. You would use like 1/32 or 1/64th of a tsp IN something. It would be a better comparison if you made some tea or whatever drink and put 2 tsp (or however much you would use of real sugar) EQUIVALENT for whatever sweetener you are using. You both have MUCH COURAGE tasting all that stuff straight. I can't even imagine how painful it would be to taste those really concentrated ones straight. Love your channel

[@kimwolfe1375]

If sadness had a flavor 🤣😂I literally Choked laughing. I am not doing the keto lifestyle I am doing ww but follow many of your ideas. Thanks for your awesome videos and you take as big of bites as you want.

[@SeriousKeto]

Believe me, I'll continue taking big bites. That's the way I roll. 😀

[@ShowYouOnceAgain]

I grow stevia. The tiniest sliver of the leaf is so painfully sweet you might feel nauseous. On the other hand it's straight up natural

[@saxgirlhornboy6458]

Very entertaining! But.... Why are we putting sweeteners to the test by eating them straight instead of cooking with them, mixing them in coffee, etc.? 🤔 (Stevia, especially, was created to make coffee palatable for diabetics who have to stay up all night, not for candy addicts.)

[@veronicaheaney3464]

I really hate processed stevia. However, if I dry the leaves, just a pinch among tea leaves makes great sweet tea.

[@Rocadamis]

I use the Lakanto "Golden" Munkfruit sweetener and it is perfect for the very little sweetener I use in my Keto lifestyle, like for coffee or tea. I do my best to stay away from artificial sweeteners in general as it leads to sweet cravings.

[@meesherbeans]

The reason the monkfruit and Truvia have erythritol as the main ingredient is because both monkfruit and stevia are extracts and therefore are extremely concentrated. The erythritol is the (sort of) flavorless "body" to hold the flavor of the extract.

[@SeriousKeto]

I'm definitely going to do some experiments to see if I can come with a blend that I really like.

[@meesherbeans]

Curious to see what you can whip up! Particularly interested to see how your opinions change when the products are used in recipes. I used that allulose-monkfruit-stevia blend to make a cheesecake and it was (in my opinion) indistinguishable from sugar in the final result!

[@grannysquareswagonwheels2604]

Try liquid splenda zero it is sucralose without the added maltodextrin.

[@SeriousKeto]

I'll have to give that a try. Thanks.

[@JNante]

You can also purchase sucralose powder without the added fillers.

[@darklausal23]

Thank you, I love splenda and monk fruit the rest I hate 😣

[@juliedorminey1438]

Zylitol actually does trigger an increase in blood glucose also. I've just started using liquid monk fruit drops in my coffee instead of liquid Stevia & it is SO MUCH BETTER. Only takes a tiny bit to get the perfect sweetness

[@aaronbailey23]

Julie Dorminey yeah but it’s so slight. It’s only 10 on the GI charts. Ever since I heard Dr Berg say he uses it in his coffee I use is as well. What’s funny is I can use it in my coffee no problem but if I use erythritol in my coffee, I’m running to the toilet. But baking with it I don’t get that affect lol.

[@barbaragray4309]

Thank you two so much for your time and patience,good video, i like liquid splenda, i plan to order the bochasweet, i like sweet& low in tea.please keep this up dated.......

[@SeriousKeto]

I'll definitely be providing updates. Some of these, I've already discovered, have unique properties that differ in how you use them -- sometimes in ways that can really screw up a recipe.

[@scottintexas]

Bocha is excellent! Yacon syrup is also very good. They are both a bit pricey but worth it if you are addicted to sweets. I agree with Courtney, I don’t like the cooling “shine” many of the fake sweeteners leave in your mouth.

[@SeriousKeto]

I haven't heard of Yacon syrup. I'll have to look into that. Thanks!

[@scottintexas]

@@SeriousKeto 1 tsp of yacon syrup does still have 4g or carbs, 2g of which are sugar, so I only use a 1/2 tsp in my coffee. Yacon is a low glycemic food. Try the alovitox brand, which is marketed as a prebiotic sweetener. Bocha (bo-cha) is a type of squash/pumpkin, which you can sometimes find at the grocery store, also a decent keto veg.

[@FlawlessCFO]

I definitely prefer lakanto monkfruit and swerve confectioners. I haven't tasted bocha sweet but I'm thinking of making a purchase along with getting sukrin gold.

[@SeriousKeto]

We're big fans (obviously) of both.

[@droosh]

I've gotten the pure liquid monkfruit drops from lakanto. It's good, but expensive. Has a slight vanilla taste. I don't like how most of the powdered monkfruit products have so little monkfruit, yet for marketing fraud, they name the product to make people think they are getting a pure monkfruit product. I think it might be a better test to exactly weigh each product to the advertised equivalent of 1 tsp sugar. Then mix that into a consistent amount of water and then taste and compare. Some of these products are much sweeter per gram than others and this needs to be equalized IMO.

[@lostwanderer3213]

After the super taster test on your channel I understand why you could taste the sweetness at some points in the video but Courtney couldn't...I.wonder if you taste buds are heightened some how cause of keto? So interesting love the video and you sound SO well spoken its the voice of a radio host or someone professional

[@SeriousKeto]

Thank you.