Sukrin Melis Powdered sugar / Icing

Sukrin Health, 100% natural, low-calorie alternative to icing sugar!

About Sukrin icing sugar

Sukrin icing sugar - 100% natural

Sukrin icing sugar is an all natural product with no artificial additives. It is based on the polyol "erythritol". Erythritol occurs naturally in pears and melons.

0 calories, 0 net carbs*

If you like to eat healthily, Sukrin icing sugar is the pure natural alternative to icing sugar. Sukrin icing sugar has no calories, no carbohydrates and no effect on your blood sugar levels.

Sukrin icing sugar is a powdered Sukrin white sugar with a little stevia added. The difference with regular Sukrin white sugar is that Sukrin powdered sugar dissolves more easily. It can be used for, among other things:

• Cakes and desserts that are not baked (for example, cheesecake)
• Cream and buttercream frosting
• Icing made with water, lemon juice and egg white
• Iced tea and other cold drinks
• Smoothies
• Decorations and powders
• Yoghurt

Like all Sukrin sweeteners, Sukrin icing sugar can also be used for baking. It has the same sweetness as regular sugar.

Healthy alternative to icing sugar

Sukrin powdered sugar has some health advantages over sugar and other sweeteners. Sukrin powdered sugar can help protect your teeth from caries by inhibiting the growth of bacteria. Sukrin can act as an antioxidant as it has the ability to fight free radicals in the body.

If you are using Sukrin powdered sugar to make icing, it may be useful to add some regular icing sugar to give the mixture more consistency. Then you still have a product with less sugar, but with a slightly fuller taste.

100% safe and natural

Many people would like to reduce their sugar consumption, but are concerned about the safety of artificial sweeteners. Sukrin icing sugar is a 100% natural product, without additives, based on the polyol erythritol. Erythritol occurs naturally in pears and melons.

Sukrin powdered sugar is manufactured through a natural fermentation process

Natural Sukrin icing sugar consists of the natural sweetener erythritol, which is made from glucose abstracted from non-genetically modified maize flour

Advantages of Sukrin powdered sugar

Natural flavour

Sukrin icing sugar has a natural, sweet taste with the same texture as regular icing sugar. Sukrin icing sugar can be used in the same quantities as standard icing sugar.

Health benefits of Sukrin powdered sugar

If you like to eat healthily, then Sukrin icing sugar is the natural alternative to regular icing sugar. With less than one calorie per teaspoon (5g), Sukrin icing sugar has a Glycaemic Index of 1. The lower the index, the less the blood sugar level will fluctuate. This reduces the risk of hypo and complications for diabetics.
Sukrin icing sugar has only 1g of carbohydrates per 100g, so its effect on blood sugar levels is also low. Sukrin powdered sugar helps protect blood vessels from damage that can be caused by elevated blood sugar levels.

Sukrin powdered sugar protects your teeth against cavities by inhibiting the growth of new bacteria in your mouth. Daily use of Sukrin can even improve the health of your teeth.

Research has shown that Sukrin icing sugar can act as an antioxidant and therefore has the ability to combat free radicals in the body. Free radicals are small, highly active aggressive particles that can cause a great deal of damage. These harmful particles are created during all desirable and undesirable oxidation processes in our body.

Sukrin powdered sugar is recommended by experts

Viljen Poleszynski, professor of food science, recommends the use of erythritol as a natural and safe alternative to sugar.

Sophie Hexeberg is a physician with a doctorate in nutrition. She has published several cookbooks using Sukrin in recipes. The book "The Scandinavian diet: Healthy with low carbs" has been on the bestsellers list for over a year. She says "I recommend Sukrin (sweeteners) to all my patients as a sugar substitute. Most of them are very satisfied with this alternative".

Inge Lindseth is trained as a clinical nutritionist, she has been giving dietary advice for years. In 2010 the book "Living well with type 2 diabetes" was published. Inge was co-author of this book. She recommends her readers to use Sukrin icing sugar instead of regular icing sugar.

Nutritional value per 100g

* If you are counting your carbohydrates you may subtract the erythritol from the total carbohydrates to calculate the net carbohydrates, you will end up with 0g net carbohydrates per 100g.

All Sukrin products are made with natural, non-GMO ingredients.