SuomeksiTraditional white sugar has a challenger: Foodin’s selection includes several sustainable and organic sweeteners that are perfect for baking and cooking. Without compromising on taste, sweetening naturally and without white sugar gives your kitchen routine a kick!
Foodin’s natural sweeteners are sustainably produced, and all of them have a low glycemic index. The glycemic index indicates how much a sweetener raises blood sugar levels. Foodin’s sustainable and organic sweeteners raise blood sugar levels slowly, if at all.
SWEETEN WITHOUT WHITE SUGAR: A SHORT GUIDE
ALTERNATIVES TO WHITE SUGAR
ERYTHRITOL
- Made from grape sugar
- A completely calorie-free and natural sweetener
- Sometimes playfully referred to as keto sugar, as it does not contain absorbable carbohydrates
- Can be used exactly like white sugar
- If you want to make icing sugar, simply grind the erythritol into a powder
BIRCH SUGAR
- A natural sweetener that is almost as sweet as white sugar, with a cool, fresh taste
- Its texture is like that of ordinary sugar
- Reacts well to heat, and is therefore suitable for baking
- Birch sugar also promotes dental health
- The glycemic index is very low, GI 7, so it raises blood sugar very slowly
COCONUT SUGAR
- Has been granted the title of the most ecological sweetener in the world
- The taste resembles toasty caramel
- Collected from coconut blossoms sustainably and ethically
- Has become especially popular in the sweetening of pastries and hot drinks
- Used in the sweetening of Foodin’s raw chocolate delicacies
- The glycemic index is low compared to traditional white sugar, GI 35, and does not raise blood sugar radically
ALTERNATIVES TO SYRUP AND HONEY
COCONUT NECTAR
- Ethical and ecological sweetener
- As coconut sugar, the nectar is collected from coconut blossoms sustainably and ethically
- Sweet, aromatic and sophisticated in taste
- The glycemic index is the same as with coconut sugar, GI 35, and does not raise blood sugar radically
- A versatile tool for baking and sweetening
AGAVE SYRUP
- Made from the Mexican agave plant according to sustainability guidelines
- The runny texture makes this syrup a suitable replacement for honey in baking and cooking
- The glycemic index is GI19, raising the blood sugar levels slowly
FOR OTHER SWEETENING
MAKEA EXTRACT POWDER
- Extract powder made from the stevia plant
- One single gram of Makea is equivalent to 300g of sugar, so we recommend starting the use carefully!
- The glycemic index of stevia is 0, and it does not raise blood sugar levels
- Is fit for all types of sweetening as it is, and can be mixed together with other sweeteners and liquids
- Take note, that stevia does not crystallise in the same way as sugar