Hard Rhino HR Supplements Sucralose Powder | 250 Grams | Zero Calorie Sweetener & Keto Sugar Substitute |

UPDATED 2/12/13: Daverat's Wife speaking: (please be kind RE Typos, I have Rheumatoid Arthritis) I have ordered this in differing sizes and went for the biggest one this time since it should last all year long. It comes in a self-sealing silver, light impermeable bag that seales closed very well like a Ziploc bag only better. To open the bag you first have to tear off the sealed end to get to the zipper seal. When you DO open it, take care that you don't inhale! This stuff is SO pure and SO SWEET you will taste it if any of the powder gets in the air and you happen to breathe it in. I mix it in a a small glass I have that has a spouted end but is clear. You can mix this to be highly concentrated if you prefer it that way or as light as you want. When you make it highly concentrated, it becomes like syrup once it's been completely combined and the liquid is no longer cloudy. I find that I have to let the liquid sit and stir it up again every 15 minutes or so when making a very thick liquid. it takes time for the powder to become fully incorporated into the filtered water I use. Once the liquid has no powder at the bottom of the glass and looks clear but thick, I pour it into a sterlized dropper bottle for use. I store it at room temperature in sterilized dark glass dropper bottles just in case light might effect the solution. The eye droppers themsleves are made of plastic and so those have to be taken apart and cleaned well, piece by piece, after all the liquid is used. The bottles just have to be rinsed in boiling water after each use. I find I like mixing my liquid strong and thick so that a single drop or two can sweeten an entire recipe.I mix about a rounded teaspoon per 1 scant ounce of water and make 3 bottles at a time. ( that means I use a rounded tablespoon and pour slightly less than 3 ounces of water into my mixing glass, mix until fully clear then pour into 3 dropper bottles) My husband uses between 6 and 8 drops to sweeten an entire pitcher of strong black iced tea. I find I need about 1 scant dropper full to help flavor an entire a quart of homemmade greek yogurt but only because I flavor it with lemon juice which is my preferred flavor of yogurt. Greek Ygurt is tangy since it is "cooked" longer and the added lemon juice makes the yogurt more sour than usual. if I was making thinner yogurt and flavoring with pure vaniulla, I'd need maybe half a dropper or less.Before we began using this, we were paying about $6 a bag for Splenda granualated and it took at least an 1/8 of a cup to sweeten my husband's pitcher of tea each day and I simply couldn't touch the Splenda due to all the added maltodextrin they use in all their granulated Splenda now. Maltodextrin is an undigestible fiber that causes abdominal pain, gas and bowel ireggularity in sensitive people. Hard Rhino Sucralose powder has caused NO such problems for me. and has allowed me to enjoy sweetened drinks again without the issues that Nutrasweet is suspected of causing (joint pain & inlfammation, headaches and others), It may seem like a big layout of cash NOW but to pay $60 now or $6 every 8 to 10 weeks for Splenda when this bag should last us most of the year makes this the far better buy. This amount of Pure Sucralose, should by my estimate, last us a minimum of 8 months and maybe even a full year if stored properly. We may need more if we begin to use this in place of sugar in baking and other cooking but even so, it is still going to last far long than 10 bags of Splenda would.If you go to Hard Rhino's site they have a table about how much powder equals how much white sugar in sweeteness. YOu'll be shocked at the comparison between their pure product and Splenda's granulated product. It becomes apparent rather quickly that you are paying mostly for national ad campaigns, colorful bags and lots and lots of maltodextrin when you buy Splenda versus the pure, unadulterated Sucralose you get with hard Rhino. Even the taste is better. We are so glad we found this product. and we HAVE BEGUN using it in baking and have been very pleased with the results. Our primary uses are for sweetening cold drinks, hot drinks, homemade yogurt in bulk and in baking when we can easily make the substitution. SOme things, you just can't make the switch but if it is only to sweeten and not to add texture, color or to chemically combine to form candies, fudges or caramels, this does the trick. Even the tiniest amount substituted for sugar in salad dressing can help a diabetic enjoy the same foods as everyone else.Hard Rhino makes storage of their product easy by using a silver mylar type of bag that is impervious to light & moisture. Sucralose is "Shelf Stable" at normal temperatures unlike Nutrasweet, which breaks down over time and loses it's sweetness. In fact, just as you can with Splenda, you can cook with Sucralose. You will need to go to the Hard Rhino site for the precise measurement conversion tables. No, this is a much wiser spending choice than buying splenda by the bag when most of what you are paying for is undigestable fiber that has a laxative effect for people who have a sensitivity to matltodetxrin. Maltodextrin is a largely undigestible carbohydrate that helps make Splenda look & feel granulated, adds bulk to their product so it measure cup for cup like sugar but is often one of those food additives that people with irritible Bowel Syndrome, Crohn's Disease and other digestive disorders try to avoid since it gives them painful abdominal cramps, gas and worse. Pure Suraclose has none of those issues for most people. Hard Rhino's powder lets you mix up just what you need, when you need it. Just remember that this stuff is 600 times sweeter than sugar and that if you use too much, the taste won't be sweet so much as bitter. Less is better in the beginning until you get used to just how sweet this stuff truly can be!One last thing, as with all artificial sweeteners, use in moderation. We only use it in a few things we cannot reasonably sweeten with natural maple syrup. We also do NOT feed sucralose to children although there is no study that says you can't. It's simply our choice. As far as all the Sugar alternatives go, Sucralose in its purest form such as this, has the best press and is better for you than sugar alcohols, such as Maltitol , which has been the last huge "thing" in low cal sweeteners. Those things also have laxative effects and dieticians say they provoke an insulin response almost as strong as sugar itself. If you are looking for a cheaper alterntaive to Splenda or one that doesn't have all that added maltodextin that didn't used to be a part of rgular Splenda but is now part of every version of it they sell, try Hard Rhino's PURE Surcalose powder.Me, I really like this easy to use, PURE form of Sucralose without any of the nasty Maltodextrin. I like having the freedom to mix the strength I prefer and I am LOVING the savings over those big bags of Splenda. Try the smaller package FIRST if you aren't sure but do try this. It's so delightfully different than Splenda ! The batch number is listed on every pouch they send and if you have ANY problem at all, they WANT to hear from you and list their contacts right on the pouch. This is a company that clearly cares about the quality of what they sell.

I've used pure sucralose powder for years- long enough to remember when this package only cost $11.00! Still, even at this new price, this is way less expensive than the yellow packets or the bags of the "sugar substitute." Also, there's no fillers or any other contaminants diluting the sucralose. Thus, this stuff is powerfully sweet and kinda hard to control in a cup of coffee or iced tea. Eventually I've gotten used to the tiniest bit of powder at the tip of a teaspoon to completely satisfy my sweet tooth. I've also mixed it with some hot water and put it into dropper bottles so I have a little more control over the application (and it's portable, too). No bad aftertaste and lasts a LONG time. Great product!

This is going to save me a ton of money! I'm concerned about the diabetes in my family so I use this stuff to protect my internal blood sugar/insulin factory because it has zero carbs. I had bought a liquid Splenda product at the grocery store but it was expensive and not terribly sweet. It lasted about a week. Lol. So I ordered this based on the good reviews and I am not disappointed. It tastes great with no aftertaste that I can detect. What I do is screw off the top of the empty liquid Splenda bottle and use a funnel (bone dry) to add 1 tsp of this powder. I then fill up the bottle with filtered water, put the cap back on, give it a good shake and, voila!, liquid sucralose! It's a squeeze bottle so I simply adjust squirts to get the right degree of sweet. I use it in coffee, tea, and homemade kefir. I've even added it with a little vanilla and cacao to freshly ground peanut butter to make myself a special treat. This wouldn't work for recipes where you need the bulk or stickiness of real sugar but there's always cupful sucralose for that. I'm very happy with this product. The bag will last me a loooong time and save me beaucoup bucks.

We have been using sucralose powder for a few years, we used to use another brand (not gonna say who) but that product would come off color and taste funny so we decided to give these guys a try. So happy we did, every bag we've had has been clean and taste is as expected. We primarily use it to make sweet tea and kool aid, 1/2 tsp per gallon (2 packets) for kool aid and only 1/4 tsp for a gallon of tea (not real sweet but just enough, northerner :)). I'll sub with baking when I can and still no complaints.

Sweetness:I use this sucralose mostly for iced tea and drink 1 to 2 gallons a week. I like my tea SWEET, and the 250g (2 × 125g) package I purchased a little over a year ago and still have a little bit left. I don't follow the instructions for how to mix it into a liquid. Instead, I guesstimate and pour about 1 or 2 tablespoons into an 8 oz. bottle and fill it with water. The powder dissolves quickly onto a clear liquid and I keep it in the refrigerator. When making a gallon of tea, I guesstimate again and dribble in a teaspoon or so, then add more until it tastes right. (I don't know if it's my imagination or something about the way it mixes, but the tea seems to get sweeter after it's been in the fridge overnight.)I would NOT recommend trying to measure out small amounts of the powder to put in a single serving, like a cup of coffee. It's incredibly strong, and even a tiny error in measurement could easily deliver enough to sweeten ten cups!Quality:After 13 months in my pantry, the powder is still as white as snow, with no sign of the contamination mentioned in reviews I've read of other brands.Value:I don't remember where I found the data but, back before I first bought this, I added it up and found that this 250g gave the same sweetness as several hundred pounds of sugar.Before switching to the pure sucralose powder, I used the bags that are mixed with fillers to make it the same sweetness per cup as sugar (ie. Splenda). I haven't kept track, but I've saved probably ~95% compared to what I would have spent on the diluted stuff.Also, I think the filler used in the diluted stuff may have been causing some imflamation and joint pain for me. (I haven't checked to see if there's been any genuine research on that, so take my "testimonial" with a grain of salt.)Uses:Sucralose seems to work best with tea and other water-based foods & drinks.It WON'T work in any kind of food or drink that requires sugar to be calmelized, or needs the volume, thickness, stickiness, or other physical properties of real sugar; like apple pie, cake frosting, etc.For my pallette, sucralose doesn't taste right when used in food or drinks that contain a significant amount of fat, especially milk products.Overall, I'm very satisfied with this product and will be ordering more soon.