I like NuNatural's granulated Stevia. They come 100 packets/box and I think it's about as expensive as Splenda. I've never tried to bake with it, but it's good in tea/coffee.

I like the taste of Splenda -- I think it tastes the most like real sugar, BUT I've noticed that when I run out of Stevia and I don't have the time to make it to the healthfood store and I used Splenda instead, my weightloss stalls. Maybe that is for other reasons, but I noticed that happening to me twice.

I LOVE erythritol. It works really well in baking to add a bit of stevia, as they work together and become sweeter together than they are separately.

Here's some information:

http://www.wheylow.com/Articles.asp?ID=134

http://www.wheylow.com/EasyEditor/as...ct%20sheet.pdf

Yeah I was having trouble with slow websites yesterday too...fixed now though. Anyway, that's how I heard of it but didn't know if it was any good.

Sounds interesting, will have to try it out.

Here's an article about Stevia. The key is moderation :)

http://www.cspinet.org/nah/4_00/stevia.html

Here's a link that talks about all sweeteners:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...g=artBody;col1

I cut out all artificial sweeteners a few months ago and have been looking for a natural substitute since...for a while I just used real sugar. I don't do a lot of baking or anything like that so all I really wanted it for was my coffee in the morning. I'm not a fan of the stevia...at least not in my coffee. I've tried it several times and just don't like the taste. HOWEVER I finally found xylitol at a health food store (my mum did, actually) and it's perfect. Like erythritol, it's a sugar alcohol and completely natural. I think I'm in love...haha.