Swerve Sweetener, Granular, 12 Ounce

What Puts the Sweet in Swerve? The secret to Swerveszero-calorie sweetness is a combination of erythritol and oligosaccharides. Ifyouve ever visited a brewery, youve gotten a peek into how fermentationworks. Erythritol is made by fermenting glucose with Moniliella pollinis, anatural microorganism. It also naturally occurs in many fruits and vegetableslike melons, grapes and asparagus. Erythritol is classified by the FDA as azero-calorie, 4-carbon sugar alcohol that does not affect blood glucose.Oligosaccharides are sweet, non-digestible carbohydrates sourced from selectfruits and starchy root vegetables. Oligosaccharides are prebiotic fibers, sotheyre not only tasty, but they can help stimulate beneficial bacteria inyour gut.   Swerve: Our Passion for Health and Quality Swerve is a small,independently owned company headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. TheSwerve team, together with co-founder Andress Blackwell, developed Swerve as atool for blood sugar stabilization. Helping educate consumers on the dangersof excessive sugar consumption has been a passion of Andress for 15+ years.Swerve is committed to sourcing only the highest quality raw materialsavailable. All ingredients in Swerve are sourced from the United States andEurope. There are no ingredients from China. Additionally, Swerves packagingand packaging components are all made in the United States. Browns &Caramelizes One of the unique functions of Swerve is its ability to brown andcaramelize like sugar. Even when making Crme Brule, you can get a crunchy,tasty torched crust. Swerve also performs extremely well in meringues,allowing you to accomplish a stiff peak. Use Swerve just like you would sugarfor recipes that require caramelizing.   Ketogenic Friendly If youre lookingfor a keto friendly sweetener, Swerve is your go-to. With zero netcarbohydrates, Swerve does not impact blood sugar or insulin levels. You canuse it easily in all of your low-carb baking and cooking recipes without theworry of a blood sugar spike. Just like fiber, when counting macros you cansubtract any Swerve that is used in your recipe to get a true net carb count.Measures Just Like Sugar When it comes to baking and cooking, Swerve is theeasiest and tastiest sugar replacement to use. Cup-for-cup, Swerve replacessugar in all of your recipes. If you need a half cup of sugar; simply replacewith a half cup of Swerve. And you wont get any bitter aftertaste that isoften associated with high intensity sweeteners like stevia and monkfruit.