"Jean B." > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
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>>> I was actually at TJs tonight and saw one new products: freeze-dried
>>> UNsweetened cranberries. From the US too (although I will hastily add
>>> that many other countries have more-stringent rules about food, and I
>>> love to get food from such countries). I am very excited about these
>>> because I have been procrastinating about making a sugar-free
>>> substitute for Craisins. Of course, the freeze-dried cranberries are
>>> not the same, but I can use them as is or partially rehydrate them and
>>> sweeten them a bit with a low-carb sweetener.
>>
>> They now have a low sugar Craisins. I bought some but haven't tried
>> them. I could get unsweetened at Central Market and my health food store
>> a few years back but they now only sell the fruit juice sweetened. I did
>> get some from Ebay but they tasted so sweet that I had a hard time
>> believing that they were truly unsweetened.
>>
>> I tried dehydrating my own but rather than them coming out like
>> Craisins, they were all light and puffed full of air. Almost like eating
>> popcorn with with a cranberry flavor. They were good but I never craved
>> them or anything. And a while back I got similar from Nuts.online or
>> Nuts.com or whatever that place is.
>
> I have seen the low-sugar Craisins, but I still think they are too carby.
> There are various recipes for making something to substitute for Craisins,
> but none look like they cone out well, and some take many hours to dry,
> which doesn't appeal to me.
>
> I will play with these freeze-dried ones and see how things come out.

They are carby. When I eat them, I only eat a few at a time so not a big
deal.