Where do They Find these Sugar Substitutes?

• Erythritol : Fruits
• Maltodextrine: Corn
• Sorbitol: chemically altered sucrose (cane sugar)
• Sugar: Beets, Sugar Cane
• Stevia: Plant
• Xylitol: Extract from bark of birch trees (don't get all crazy that it's tree bark, syrup after all is tree sap)
• Equal: Aspartame, chemical
• Sweet N-Low: Saccharin, chemical

Virtual ChemBook: Research on Sweeteners: This is an extensive site, not pretty, but chock full of information on the chemistry of alternative sweeteners.

Check the About.com section on sweeteners for "Everything you always wanted to know about sugar substitutes but were afraid to ask."

Power Nutrition: "Recipes to Get You Jacked" (I think "jacked" is meant as a good thing).

Emperor's Herbologist: Tons of information about stevia. Excellent resource.

Fabulous Foods: Recipes and talk of splenda etc.

Shugr

Where to Buy Sugar Substitutes

Erythritol

Erythritol: Now brand

Erythritol: LC Success

Where to get pure Stevia

Where to find Xylitol

What's ZTrim and how to use it to shave fat calories

PolyD

Inulin

Low Carb Foods Page

Stevia Clear Liquid

Healthier Sweeteners