Sugar Substitute reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 275 Reddit reviews across 26 subreddits and 48 posts to rank the best Sugar Substitute brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/keto, r/nutrition, r/diabetes, r/ketorecipes, r/AskBaking. Top-rated brands include allulose (4.5/5), Stevia (4.0/5), Swerve (4.5/5).

Stats

Reviews275

Subreddits26

Posts48

Brands85

Products26

Top communities

r/keto90 r/nutrition33 r/diabetes25 r/ketorecipes20 r/AskBaking15

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allulose

4.5

(29)

"Allulose is the best one."

"I’ve had good luck with allulose in a no sugar added fudge."

"Allulose is the closest to regular sugar. No aftertaste"

"In my personal opinion, allulose is superior to all other sweeteners."

"Allulose!"

"Second the use of allulose"

"Make a simple syrup, 1.5:1, allulose to water."

"I would use allulose sugar as your sugar substitute."

"Depending on your carb goals allulose is amazing."

"If you are sensitive to weird aftertastes and cooling sensations, go for allulose."

Stevia

4.0

(30)

"I love stevia and my life turned for the best when I discovered its existence."

"I personally like stevia."

"There’s stevia, as always. I like to get the stevia leaves and either add them to my tea or have it on its own."

"Stevia also lowers blood glucose."

"It's still the least offensive zero cal sweetener I've tried."

"Stevia or monkfruit"

"Stevia."

"I haven't tried baking with it, but stevia has been perfectly fine for making drinks sweet."

"I would recommend Stevia."

"Given that, i’d say stevia is probably your best bet."

Swerve

4.5

(20)

"Swerve brown sugar is awesome!"

"For baking granular Swerve is my #1 choice."

"Powered swerve"

"I've had great success with Swerve, a US brand of erithrytol."

"I use 'Swerve' brown sugar replacement and it bakes beautifully!"

"I introduced my family and friends to Swerve and they all love it."

"The best sub for baking is Swerve, without question."

"My fiancé makes THE BEST cheesecake with Swerve!"

"I'm a fan of swerve!"

"*Swerve (erythritol) for baking."

Erythritol

4.2

(19)

"I make my own sugar. I use roughly 2.5 Oz. erythritol, 0.5 Oz allulose."

"Absolute best is erythritol."

"Erythritol"

"Personally I like erythritol the best - everything else has a weird chemical aftertaste."

"I use erithrytol and allulose as sugar substitutes for baking."

"I really enjoy erythritol. Weirdly enough, I kind of enjoy that cooling effect it provides."

"Try mixing substitutes - erythritol has a minty cooling sensation."

"Erythritol and monkfruit or erythritol and stevia blends usually work the best for me."

"If you end up using an erythritol-based keto sweetener in place of the sugar."

"The best thing I found was erythritol blended with monkfruit extract."

Monkfruit

4.4

(14)

"My vote is for liquid monkfruit."

"I’ve found the best 1:1 is Monkfruit in the Raw."

"I use a Monkfruit sweetener for my baking. No real aftertaste and 0 on the glycemic index."

"I liked monkfruit. I'd suggest trying that."

"My go to is monk fruit sugar."

"Monkfruit all day"

"I use monk fruit in the raw with my tea and I’ve never had any problems."

"Monkfruit syrup"

"Powdered monkfruit."

"If you really want significantly less sugar you’ll have to try replacements like monk fruit, stevia, etc."

Honey

4.4

(13)

"Honey is prolly the best."

"Honey"

"Honey! Not the one that comes is mixed with preservatives though."

"Honey"

"Honey!"

"I found out the older the bananas the sweeter the bread will be."

"I would highly suggest instead of the sugar, just try some natural honey."

"Honey and real fruit."

"Honey and tbh there’s nothing wrong with a dash of sugar."

"I would say honey because it is actually much moar healthy than raw sugar."

Truvia

4.2

(13)

"I love Truvia!"

"Truvia is my jam."

"My personal favorite is Truvia, which is erythritol mixed with stevia."

"I use Truvia!"

"I like Truvia."

"I use Truvia or brown sugar Swerve"

"Truvia"

"Truvia gives the best flavor in my opinion."

"I use about 3/4 cup of truvia or erythritol w/ a sucralose drop in mine."

Splenda

3.3

(16)

"I just made whipped cream just now for my lemon vanilla keto cake all I used was heavy cream and Splenda."

"Splenda is my favorite. The rest taste weird to me too."

"I just use Splenda"

"I use Splenda"

"Splenda is pretty good, sweet n low has a more artificial flavor."

"I use splenda. Still not dead."

"Personally, I use a mix of splenda / xylitol around my house."

"Splenda might be the easiest to find. Monk fruit sweetener works too."

"Ngl splenda"

"Liquid splenda was good for cakes and custards."

Monk fruit

4.7

(11)

"Might want to try High quality powdered Monk Fruit sweetener (with ZERO maltodextrin)."

"Monk fruit tastes amazing with no aftertaste."

"Monk fruit or eritriyol (sp?) ive made it with both successfully"

"I prefer monkfruit drops in my whipped cream."

"Monk fruit sweetner."

"Monkfruit. it's a 1 to 1 sub"

"I use monkfruit I like it a lot no funky taste and dissolves like sugar"

"Try monk fruit sugar, it's really good and has no weird after taste."

"I’ve had good luck baking with both monkfruit and xylitol."

"I'm a fan of monk fruit sweetener."

#10

Lakanto

4.6

(8)

"Lakanto makes both a brown sugar and reg sugar 1 to 1 replacement."

"Monkfruit sweetener! lakanto makes little travel packets."

"Just tried lakanto. It’s a monk fruit blend with erythritol."

"Yes Lakanto Sweetener!"

"I prefer Lakanto Monkfruit sweetener to replace good old white sugar."

"Lakanta erythritol and monk fruit"

"The brand I use (they sell at Costco) is called Lakanto."

"I have used Lakanto's monkfruit before too and also Natvia (stevia), and I found both good."

#11

Dates

4.5

(6)

"I like to sweeten banana bread with dates."

"Dates."

"Blended medjool dates."

"I have noticed that a lot of “healthier” food options incorporate dates for sweetness."

"I like to sweeten banana bread with dates."

"Dates."

#12

Xylitol

4.3

(6)

"I like xylitol. I only make mugcakes and it is much better because there is no aftertaste."

"Have him try xylitol. It tastes just like sugar to me."

"The only one I've found that works for me is xylitol."

"Xylitol for sure. It is safe for diabetics."

"Xylitol for me!"

"I can’t eat sugar but Xylitol comes closest without the aftertaste."

#13

Torani

4.3

(4)

"I tend to use the sugar free syrups by torani or Jordans."

"There’s a sugar free vanilla coffee syrup I really like."

"There's also the sugar-free Torani syrup that is decent."

"Torani flavored syrups."

#14

Banana

4.0

(4)

"I’ve had luck with adding ripe banana or date for sweetness and cutting out sugar completely."

"Mashed banana. Pouring and mixing it with boiling water helps caramelise it."

"Fruit! My favorite combo is a mashed up banana and a spoon of peanut butter."

"This is also weird, but I blend my coffee with 1/2 a ripe banana and some cocoa powder."

#15

Allulose

5.0

(2)

"Powdered erythritol or powdered Allulose is my preferred."

"I like to blend granulated allulose into a powder. It has no aftertaste."

#16

3.0

(1)

"But I’ve found that adding collagen powder or a ketogenic/paleo friendly creamer helps take the edge off coffee."

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