Whole Earth Sweetener

With zero sugar and zero calories, Whole Earth sweetener has been one of my best “food finds” in the past couple of years.

My typical weekday breakfast is plain Greek yogurt with granola and chia seeds. I prefer the taste of vanilla yogurt, but unfortunately it adds about 18 grams of sugar per serving. I eat between two and three servings since this is my entire breakfast, so the carbohydrates can really add up fast. Half of a packet of Whole Earth is enough to just give it some flavor without making it too sweet. I usually add the other half to my coffee.

Whole Earth is the only sweetener that I’ve used that doesn’t have an aftertaste. While taste is subjective, many others have commented similarly after trying it for the first time. Besides my yogurt for breakfast, I also use it to sweeten homemade lemonade and iced tea.

There are only four ingredients in Whole Earth sweetener: erythritol, stevia leaf extract, natural flavors, and monk fruit extract. I’ve tried stevia by itself in the past and didn’t care for how overly sweet it is or its strange aftertaste, but I haven’t noticed it when it’s blended with the monk fruit.

Unlike other sweeteners that come in flakes or a fine powder, Whole Earth is made into actual grains just like real sugar to give you the appearance and texture that you would expect.

The packets couldn’t make it any more convenient to keep some at work, in my car, and in my desk at work. This box of 400 packets will last me over a year. It’s a bargain at only a few cents per packet.