Natural Sweeteners
What Are Natural Sweeteners?
More and more health-conscious consumers today are putting in the work to curb their sugar intake, either by making wiser food choices or by swapping out sugar for natural and alternative sweeteners. Indeed, alternative sweeteners are a wonderful way to cut down on your sugar consumption while still satisfying your sweet tooth. What’s great about many natural alternative sweeteners is that while the molecules themselves are similar to sugar, providing a sweet flavour, they differ enough that the body can't recognize them and break them down; therefore, they provide no calories. Some popular alternative sweeteners include agave syrup, coconut palm sugar, honey, maple syrup, monk fruit sweetener, stevia, and much more! Read more >-
Dutchman’s Gold Bee Pollen Spread combines pure Canadian raw honey with nutrient-rich bee pollen for a naturally flavourful blend. Made with unpasteurized honey and containing 5% bee pollen by weight, this spread brings together rich honey notes with a subtle, earthy taste. Smooth and easy to enjoy, it’s a simple way to add natural sweetness and texture to your day. Try it drizzled over toast, ...
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Dutchman’s Gold Hot Honey blends smooth Canadian honey with a touch of chili for a perfect balance of sweet and heat. This bold, flavourful condiment adds a delicious kick to both sweet and savoury dishes. Drizzle it over pizza, fried chicken, or roasted vegetables, or try it on ice cream for a surprising contrast of flavours. It also works beautifully as a glaze, marinade, or dipping sauce. Wi...
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Dutchman’s Gold Hot Honey blends smooth Canadian honey with a touch of chili for a perfect balance of sweet and heat. This bold, flavourful condiment adds a delicious kick to both sweet and savoury dishes. Drizzle it over pizza, fried chicken, or roasted vegetables, or try it on ice cream for a surprising contrast of flavours. It also works beautifully as a glaze, marinade, or dipping sauce. Wi...
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Dutchman’s Gold Organic Liquid Honey offers a pure, smooth sweetness made from 100% Canadian organic honey. Unpasteurized to preserve its natural character, this golden honey delivers a clean, delicate flavour that’s perfect for everyday use. Enjoy it drizzled over breakfast favourites, stirred into coffee or tea, or used as a natural alternative to refined sugar in baking, smoothies, and recip...
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Dutchman’s Gold Organic Raw Honey is a simple, natural sweetener made from 100% Canadian organic honey. Unpasteurized to preserve its rich flavour and natural qualities, it delivers a smooth, full-bodied taste that’s perfect for everyday use. Enjoy it drizzled over toast, stirred into tea, or used as a natural alternative to refined sugar in your favourite recipes. Carefully harvested and minim...
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Dutchman’s Gold Raw Honey has been enjoyed for over forty years for its pure, natural quality. This honey is cold processed, unpasteurized, and lightly filtered to help preserve the naturally occurring compounds found in raw honey, including small amounts of bee pollen, royal jelly, and beeswax. It has a smooth, creamy texture and may naturally become solid at room temperature. Perfect for spre...
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Dutchman’s Gold Raw Honey has been enjoyed for over forty years for its pure, natural quality. This honey is cold processed, unpasteurized, and lightly filtered to help preserve the naturally occurring compounds found in raw honey, including small amounts of bee pollen, royal jelly, and beeswax. It has a smooth, creamy texture and may naturally become solid at room temperature. Perfect for spre...
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Dutchman’s Gold Raw Honey has been enjoyed for over forty years for its pure, natural quality. This honey is cold processed, unpasteurized, and lightly filtered to help preserve the naturally occurring compounds found in raw honey, including small amounts of bee pollen, royal jelly, and beeswax. It has a smooth, creamy texture and may naturally become solid at room temperature. Perfect for spre...
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Dutchman’s Gold Honeycomb brings pure, fresh honey straight from Canadian beehives to your table. This 100% natural honeycomb is fully edible, offering a unique texture that combines soft, chewy wax with rich, golden honey. Enjoy it on its own, spread over toast, or paired with cheese for a simple treat. Harvested seasonally, it’s a special product available for a limited time each year. Add it...
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Dutchman’s Gold Total Hive Raw Honey blends a variety of ingredients naturally found in the beehive into one convenient, everyday product. Made with raw, organic Canadian honey, it also includes bee pollen, royal jelly, and propolis extract, along with Canadian-grown Panax ginseng. This smooth and flavourful honey can be enjoyed by the spoonful or added to tea, smoothies, or your favourite food...
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Dutchman’s Gold 100% Pure Canadian Maple Syrup is a natural sweetener made from sap collected from local maple trees during the spring harvest. Carefully crafted using traditional methods, it offers a rich flavour that goes far beyond pancakes. Use it to sweeten coffee, tea, smoothies, or your favourite recipes as an alternative to refined sugar. Packaged in a classic glass bottle, it also make...
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Dutchman’s Gold 100% Pure Canadian Maple Syrup is a natural sweetener made from sap collected from local maple trees during the spring harvest. Carefully crafted using traditional methods, it offers a rich flavour that goes far beyond pancakes. Use it to sweeten coffee, tea, smoothies, or your favourite recipes as an alternative to refined sugar. Packaged in a classic glass bottle, it also make...
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Dutchman’s Gold 100% Pure Canadian Maple Syrup is a natural sweetener made from sap collected from local maple trees during the spring harvest. Carefully crafted using traditional methods, it offers a rich flavour that goes far beyond pancakes. Use it to sweeten coffee, tea, smoothies, or your favourite recipes as an alternative to refined sugar. Packaged in a classic glass bottle, it also make...
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Treat the honey lover in your life to a thoughtful and delicious gift. Dutchman’s Gold Honey Gift Set features five unique varieties of pure Canadian honey, beautifully packaged and ready to enjoy or share. Each jar is unpasteurized and carefully sourced to highlight the natural flavours of honey straight from the hive. Perfect for tasting, gifting, or adding variety to your pantry, this set of...
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Sweeteners - Alternatives To Sugar
More and more health-conscious consumers today are putting in the work to curb their sugar intake, either by making wiser food choices or by swapping out sugar for alternative sweeteners. Indeed, natural and alternative sweeteners are a wonderful way to cut down on your sugar consumption while still satisfying your sweet tooth. What’s great about many natural alternative sweeteners is that while the molecules themselves are similar to sugar, providing a sweet flavour, they differ enough that the body can't recognize them and break them down; therefore, they provide no calories.
As mentioned, the body cannot metabolize alternative sweeteners like it does sugar, so they do not have an incidence on glycemia (they have a low-glycemic index). This is good news for those with blood sugar metabolism issues such as diabetes and pre-diabetes, metabolic syndrome, central obesity, weight management and sugar cravings to both help maintain satiety and to beat sugar addictions.
Benefits Of Alternative Sweeteners
- Aids Weight Loss
- Helps Manage Diabetes
- Helps Prevent Cavities
- Reduces Risk of Obesity
- Stabilizes Glycemia
Most Popular Natural Alternative Sweeteners
Some of the most well-known alternative sweeteners include:
Agave Syrup: A Healthy Replacement For Sugar
Agave is native to the Southern United States and Mexico, agave syrup comes from the agave plant and is a natural, low-glycemic sweetener that is 25% sweeter than sugar, dissolves quickly and will not cause a sugar spikes.
Erythritol As An Alternative Sweetener
Erythritol is found naturally in fruits, mushrooms and a range of fermented foods. Erythritol has the least calories of any sugar alcohol and the body cannot metabolize it, which makes it a great option for those who need to monitor their glycemia closely.
Monk Fruit As An Alternative Sweetener
Monk Fruit is a natural sweetener made from crushed monk fruit that’s been used for over a thousand years as a sweetener in China. It contains no calories and is said to be about 250 times sweeter than sugar. It is often blended with other alternative sweeteners, most notably, erythritol.
Stevia Extract As An Alternative Sweetener
Stevia Extract is a sweetener that is extracted from the leaves of the Stevia plant, which is native to South America. Stevia is said to be 200 to 300 sweeter than sugar, does not contain calories and is often blended with another non-nutritive sweetener to reduce bitterness.
Xylitol: An Alternative to Sugar
Xylitol is widely used in no-sugar chewing gum, candy and toothpaste because it prevents tooth decay and does not cause a sugar spike, making it ideal for those with blood sugar metabolism issues. Xylitol is extracted from birch wood, looks and tastes like sugar and is low in calories, however, it’s important to note that it’s toxic to dogs, so make sure to keep it out of your dogs reach.
Where To Buy The Best Natural Sweeteners
You can buy all of these alternative sweeteners both in store and online at National Nutrition.ca
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