For those who don't want artificial sweeteners...

Hello everyone,
Some time back I mentioned that I don't tolerate sucralose or aspartame very well.  I have been searching around and found a few products that are useful for our lifestyle and don't contain these ingredients.  They are all sweetened with stevia and/or erythritol and/or xylitol.

Quest Bars Natural (protein bars, 20g protein, 2 g net carbs)

Designer Whey 100 Good for you calories All natural Shakes
http://www.designerwhey.com/designer-whey/products-powders-n atural.htm

Vitamin Water, naturally sweetened, Zero calorie (by Glaceau)

Crystal Light Pure- powder packets to put in water (I also find you can freeze these and make popsicles with it)

True Lemon, Raspberry lemonade powder packets (to put in water- can also freeze into popsicles)

I also put the crystal light and the True lemon in my shakes, because the shakes are rather bland.  A good choice for someone that wants unflavored...even though it says vanilla, it tastes like thickened water to me- no flavor and mild smell once mixed.

Someone mentioned buying unflavored gelatin and putting the crystal light into it.  I haven't tried that yet, but it's on my list of things to try.

If I find anymore products I will post them

try about time...I like that one.  Also Xylitol is another low calorie sweetener.  I like stevia I make kool aid with it.  lol...kool aid... Also I really like Nature's Hallow products(syrup,  sugar free jam, and BBQ sauce) made with Xylitol. If you can't handle sugar alcohols though...Xylitol is a nono.

Thank you for mentioning those.  I have not heard of them.  Will google their stuff now and check it out.  I do just fine with xylitol and erythritol.

nanfromsan, where do you buy the quest bars?

Thank you for posting this! I try to avoid aspartame because it can be a migraine trigger for me.

Pam :)

Hello,
I buy the quest bars online on amazon.com
They're pricey, but i don't eat them too often.  I eat them when I'm really craving something sweet.  I loved the cinammon role flavor the best.  Didn't care for the strawberry cheesecake at all.

As far as artificial sweetners go, I like erythritol - not too sweet, and doesn't seem to have an insulin response like some other artificial sweetners do.

Quest bars are awesome - keep turning people onto those!  They do make two versions - one set with sucralose, and one set without.  And no glycerin or crappy sugar alcohols, tons of plant fiber.  And they actually taste pretty decent!