Comments on: Keto Sweeteners: The Best Sugar Substitutes (and the Worst!)

By: Jan

Jan — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 22:47:52 +0000

In reply to Jo. Hi Jo, No, Bocha Sweet contains pure Kabocha extract from the pumpkins. I agree, it tastes more like the real thing than the rest. Allulose runs a close second. Maybe one reason why they're a little more spendy than the rest?

By: linda forguson

linda forguson — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:43:43 +0000

thank you this info has helped me I just started baking new receipes for me being diabetic it has been a wonderful help

By: Stacey

Stacey — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 23:07:44 +0000

In reply to Stella.

Hi Stella – thank you for the feedback and I want to let you know that I am a real person and I do use the monk fruit brand that I recommended. To me, it does not have a strong aftertaste at all, though flavors can be subjective and I’ve heard some that think it does. Part of finding your favorite keto friendly sweetener is trial and error, and I’ve tried many, but all I can recommend is how I personally think they taste.

By: Stella

Stella — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 20:53:34 +0000

In reply to Stacey. I keep seeing the statement that erithrytol tastes like sugar and has no aftertaste. That's definitely not true. I bought 2kg of it for use in 2020 and it tasted awful. I thought the online source was dodgy and ordered another kilo from a rather expensive, but reputable store and it was exactly the same: annoying cooling effect which you have totally failed to mention, and the odd off taste. Monk fruit sweeteners on their own are quite expensive, but have no aftertaste. It's the erythritol most brands add that give it the horrible aftertaste. And yes, I have taste-tested most of the them on family and friends! Please actually taste/use the products you write about.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 21:57:12 +0000

Taste a teaspoonful of erythritol and the aftertaste cannot help but be noticed. Used in recipes it will be noticed. However, I’ve found that ‘cooling effect’ less noticeable with Swerve Brown, or by adding some allulose to the mix in place of the erythritol.
As for BochaSweet, they’ve added xylitol to the ingredient list. Some have voiced complaints about that. The liver has to process it, and most folks on keto are trying to avoid exactly that. Additionally, xylitol will kill your dog if it grabs your muffin or cookie.

By: Carol L

Carol L — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 19:34:20 +0000

I have been (officially) T2Diabetic since 2016.( I believe that I actually had it 5 years prior) For the longest time, I was totally sugar free. Then I found Swerve, which I liked. But then I found a totally natural option: Bocha Sweet!!! I LOVE it. I have used small amounts of it in my coffee, mostly. Since I was sugar free for so long, I no longer need that much sweetness to all things. I have recently become familiar with Allulose, another natural sweetener and have used it twice in my sugar free teriyaki sauce. I like it very much and neither Bocha Sweet nor Allulose have any aftertaste that I can detect. (both monkfruit and stevia have, and they are much too sweet for me, so I avoid them)
P.S.:
Monkfruit is ALWAYS a combination of Monkfruit and either Stevia or Erythritol (Or several other ingredients), so it isn’t just the monkfruit you are getting.

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:35:11 +0000

The only thing I’ve tried that does not have the aftertaste and has the least amount of fooling is BochaSweet and it is very expensive but I’m willing to have sweet treats less and enjoy them more. Just saw a big warning about taking erithtrytol on a REGULAR BASIS causing SEVERE HEART ATTACKS, STROKES ETC. It causes the blood to be stickier and CLOT MORE EASILY!! No more for me. I had already gotten tired of the cooling aftertaste. I don’t don’t if BochaSweet contains erithrotol or not—I sure hope not.

By: Arleen S

Arleen S — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 06:25:01 +0000

I am disappointed in Lakanto. It crystallizes when heated – I used it to make lemon sauce. Do you know if Swerve does the same? Thanks

By: Tity

Tity — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 23:42:25 +0000

As much as I like Lakanto, it definately has a recognizable cooling aftertaste. I’m looking for an alternative too…planning to try allulose.

By: Lisa B.

Lisa B. — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:46:38 +0000

Becky Doude, the cooling effect in Lakanto (and other brands of monkfruit sweetener) is coming from the main ingredient, erythritol. My husband and I don’t mind it.

Allulose, though, is better. No aftertaste, and most of the allulose sweeteners have a little monkfruit in them to bring the sweetness level up to equal that of sugar, so you can measure one to one.

Hope that helps.