If you cannot eat sugar or wish to avoid sugar in your diet, vegetable glycerine could be an enormous help.
You can still cook your favourite biscuits and cakes but substitute this product in place of the sugar.
100% pure Vegetable Glycerine is a safe, permitted low glycaemic index sweetener. It contains no carbohydrates or cholesterol. Derived from coconut or palm oil, this product is excellent for use in raw foods as well as in baked and cooked foods.
Glycerine is not chemically related to sugar and seems to have no affect on insulin and blood sugar levels making it a safe alterntive for diabetics and people with candida yeast overgrowth. It also does not feed the bacteria that form plaques and cause dental cavities.
A little goes a long way - only one tablespoon of vegetable glycerine is equivalent to about 1/4 cup of sugar. However, when the glycerine is heated, some of its flavour evaporates, so you may wish to use a little more in cooked products. It is best to mix it into sauces after they have cooked.
Vegetable Glycerine is pure Kosher grade and is suitable for vegans and vegetarians. It can also be used in recipes as a substitute for glycerine of animal origin.
Approximately 27 calories per teaspoon.