25 g, or 6 teaspoons, is the maximum daily sugar intake recommended. And not to mention milk and fresh fruit … Suffice to say that all the tricks are good for reduce your sugar intake. What if we bet on alternatives to white sugar?
5 alternatives to white sugar
Delicious, tasty, we owe it to the bees. Its advantages ? A strong sweetening power, minerals, a glycemic index (GI) moderate (35 for acacia honey, compared to 65 for sucrose) and 300 calories per 100g (compared to 400 calories per 100g sucrose)
It is made from the nectar of coconut palm flowers. Its advantages ? Its composition since it contains minerals and has a moderate GI (35). On the calorie side, count 370 calories for 100 g of coconut sugar.
This star of Canadian gastronomy is obtained from the sap extracted from maple, then concentrated. Advantages: a strong sweetening power thus a moderate energy intake and GI, with respectively 265 calories per 100 g and 35.
Like maple syrup, it comes from a plant. There, it is the blue agave of Mexico, from which the sap is extracted before concentrating it into syrup. Its advantages ? It contains minerals, 300 calories per 100g, high sweetness and has a low GI (19).
Birch sugar is extracted from birch bark. Unknown in France, it has been replacing sugar for decades in the Nordic countries! Its advantages ? 240 calories per 100 g… and a sweetening power identical to that of sugar! And a moderate GI (35). On the other hand, consumed in large quantities (> 40 g / day), birch sugar is associated with side effects such as bloating, diarrhea and other digestive disorders…
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