Sweet Success – National Diabetes Month

Ellie Wilson, MS, RDN, CDN   Senior Nutritionist

When I was seeing patients with diabetes, one of their biggest frustrations was finding a low calorie sweetener that would taste good, be convenient and meaningfully help them manage sugar intake. The products available then had no calories, but they also did not have a good taste, and were hard to use regularly.

Time has passed, and sweeteners have come a long way. Splenda® Naturals Stevia Sweetener has found the best way to bring flavor out and calories down. The sweet stevia leaf, long used in South America, is processed by drying the leaves and soaking them in water to tease out and capture their sweet elements – natural steviol glycoside compounds such as: Reb A and Reb D. The different steviol glycosides have different taste profiles.  Reb D content in Splenda® Naturals is important, as that has none of the bitter notes that some alternate stevia sweeteners have. Splenda® Naturals  is great in recipes and as the sweetener for coffee and tea. The packets make it easy to carry with you, especially as you make your way through the fun events and shopping the holiday season brings upon us.

How to enjoy it? This great recipe for Beef Satay with Peanut Sauce will wow your guests and help keep calories and carbs in check, and this AdvantEdge card e-coupon keeps you on budget – win-win!

Written by Jane N. Golub

Director In-Store Marketing Programs

 

                                    BEN & JERRY’S NEW GREEK FROZEN YOGURT

Ben & Jerry’s is pleased to provide consumers with a new way to provide the creaminess and benefits of Greek Yogurt with all the fun and flavor combinations that Ben & Jerry’s is known for. Ben & Jerry’s Greek Frozen Yogurt offers consumers a better for you option through the addition of wholesome fresh Greek Yogurt.  These flavors stand out on their own and are perceived as a before dinner or early evening snack. Ben & Jerry’s New Greek Frozen Yogurt is really Greekin’ good and it’ll pretty much rock your Acropolis.  Try all four flavors – Banana Peanut Butter, Blueberry Vanilla Graham, Raspberry Fudge Chunk & Strawberry Shortcake. You will find Ben & Jerry’s New Frozen Greek Yogurt in the Frozen Ice Cream section with all the other great flavors of Ben & Jerry’s.

SPLENDA NECTRESSE

New!  Finally a 100% natural zero calories sweetener with the rich, sweet taste of sugar.  Nectresse – a natural, no calorie sweetener from the makers of Splenda Sweeteners. Unlike any other no calorie sweetener out there, Nectresse is made from Monk Fruit – a small green melon in Southeast Asia, cultivated for hundreds of years and harvested at the peak of sweetness.  Monk Fruit is 150 times sweeter than sugar, yet contains no calories.  There’s no better way to naturally sweeten foods and beverages than by using the sweetness of fruit.  Nectresse combines sweet Monk Fruit extract with the perfect blend of other natural sweeteners to bring you a sweetener that tastes like sugar without all the calories. Try Splenda Nectresse in coffee, hot tea, smoothies, over cereal, oatmeal, berries, grapefruit or just about anything you want to sweeten.  Available in packets or a canister for everyday convenience, which is perfect for spooning, pouring and sprinkling. Look for Splenda Nectresse in the Sugar Substitute section.

Written by Jane N. Golub

Director In-Store Marketing Programs

 

                                    BEN & JERRY’S NEW GREEK FROZEN YOGURT

Ben & Jerry’s is pleased to provide consumers with a new way to provide the creaminess and benefits of Greek Yogurt with all the fun and flavor combinations that Ben & Jerry’s is known for. Ben & Jerry’s Greek Frozen Yogurt offers consumers a better for you option through the addition of wholesome fresh Greek Yogurt.  These flavors stand out on their own and are perceived as a before dinner or early evening snack. Ben & Jerry’s New Greek Frozen Yogurt is really Greekin’ good and it’ll pretty much rock your Acropolis.  Try all four flavors – Banana Peanut Butter, Blueberry Vanilla Graham, Raspberry Fudge Chunk & Strawberry Shortcake. You will find Ben & Jerry’s New Frozen Greek Yogurt in the Frozen Ice Cream section with all the other great flavors of Ben & Jerry’s.

SPLENDA NECTRESSE

New!  Finally a 100% natural zero calories sweetener with the rich, sweet taste of sugar.  Nectresse – a natural, no calorie sweetener from the makers of Splenda Sweeteners. Unlike any other no calorie sweetener out there, Nectresse is made from Monk Fruit – a small green melon in Southeast Asia, cultivated for hundreds of years and harvested at the peak of sweetness.  Monk Fruit is 150 times sweeter than sugar, yet contains no calories.  There’s no better way to naturally sweeten foods and beverages than by using the sweetness of fruit.  Nectresse combines sweet Monk Fruit extract with the perfect blend of other natural sweeteners to bring you a sweetener that tastes like sugar without all the calories. Try Splenda Nectresse in coffee, hot tea, smoothies, over cereal, oatmeal, berries, grapefruit or just about anything you want to sweeten.  Available in packets or a canister for everyday convenience, which is perfect for spooning, pouring and sprinkling. Look for Splenda Nectresse in the Sugar Substitute section.