1 cup of granulated Splenda has 24 g of carbs.

It's the bulking agents in the Splenda.

Jennifer


Doug wrote:

> Jennifer
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> What size pitcher do you make up? To get 20 grams of carbs you must be
> putting a mountain of Splenda in!! Or are the carbs coming from something
> else you are putting in?
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> Doug
> "Jennifer" > wrote in message
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>>I love Splenda... but it uses bulking agents which add carbs.
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>>When I use it make a pitcher of iced tea, the 3/4 cups I use adds about
>>20g of carbs. Not much for a whole pitcher... but unecessary. Well,
>>come to think of it, it IS a lot for a beverage.
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>>The problem is the folks that make it, McNeil, won't release "liquid
>>Splenda" to the public. Liquid Splend would have no carbs. It's
>>available to manufacturers for use in things like Diet Rite Cola, so
>>their Splenda has no carbs.
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>>I did however find a place where you can get a liquid Splenda!!!
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>>And I've spent the last week testing it out.
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>>It's amazing. It has NO carbs, and I think it has even less of an
>>aftertaste because it doesn't have the maltodextrin etc.
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>>It's called Sweetzfree. www.sweetzfree.com And it's seems to be
>>expensive, but it's not really. I bought 2 oz. 1/4 of a teaspoon
>>sweetens a whole 2qt pitcher of iced tea. That means I'll get 48
>>pitchers worth out of my purchase.
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>>I do NOT own any part of this company, I just pass along the info.
>>
>>www.sweetzfree.com
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>>Jennifer
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