Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

It is very hard to find a pure Lo Han. This product seems to come closest to that mark, with no Xylitol or other sugar substitutes (but there are other ingredients, like inulin.) The taste is very pleasant, sort of a light brown sugar or maple sugar flavor, and with a very mild aftertaste similar to cane sugar (every sweetener has an aftertaste, including sugar.) It has no impact on my blood sugar levels, a big plus when you are controlling diabetes by diet and exercise alone. I use this primarily in baking and cooking; for coffee or tea I use a liquid stevia. Part of this is that I prefer the taste of stevia in coffee, and part is that this stuff clumps at the drop of a hat. It is particularly nice with chocolate. Where stevia gives chocolate a weird sort of aftertaste, the maple and brown sugar tones complement chocolate very nicely (at least to me.) There are several non-diabetic people in my household, including my grown children, and when I bake a chocolate meringue pie I have a hard time securing a piece for myself. All the sugar-lovers are back with their plates for seconds every time. One warning, it is very easy to overdo the Lo Han. In excess, it tends to taste like crap. Always taste it cold in your cooking to get an idea of the sweetness. As with other sweetners, including sugar, it tends to be less sweet the hotter you get it. If it is just right while cooking, chances are it is going to curl your hair once it cools. In a pie filling recipe that calls for 1.25 cups of sugar, I use about 1/4 cup of Lo Han and work up SLOWLY from there. Think "less is more" and you can't go wrong.