Good day! Today I will talk about one of the most common diabetic and dietary sweetener products on the market.
Consider the Novasweet sugar substitute, its benefits and harms, its composition, consumer reviews and find out whether or not it is worth contacting it.
After all, often, if the label is labeled “sugar-free”, we immediately perceive the product as useful and non-caloric.
Novasvit production line
Novasweet sweetener is a line of several sweeteners. Each of the below-named products of the company NovaProdukt AG can be found on the shelves of supermarkets in the food department for diabetics.
- Classic Novasweet in plastic boxes with a dispenser of 1200 and 650 tablets, consisting of cyclamate and sodium saccharinate.
- Sucralose tablets, packaged in 150 pcs. in a blister. Safe daily dose amount to not more than 1 pc. on 5 kg of weight.
- Stevia tablets in a blister by 150 pcs., In the package is similar to the previous sweetener.
- Fructose powder in boxes of 0.5 kg.
- Sorbitol in powder, packaged in 0.5 kg. Especially convenient in cooking, as it retains its properties when cooked or frozen.
- Aspartame tablets as a classic sweetener is available in a dispenser tube. The permissible dose is 1 tablet per 1 kg of weight.
- Novasvit Prima, is a synthetic sweetener based on acesulfame and aspartame 1 tablet corresponds to 1
As you can see this company has a very wide range and how not to get confused in it.
The chemical composition of sugar substitute Novasvit
But not everything is as rosy as we would like, because the composition is one of the main minuses of this sugar substitute.
Novasvit tablets consist of:
In them, as we remember, there is no GMO, but all synthetic sugar substitutes are present, which are substances of chemical origin, which is not at all beneficial for the organism.
We should be alarmed by the fact that several types of chemical sweeteners that are not beneficial to the body can be present in the Novasweet.
A pleasant exception is NOVASWEET STEVIA, which does not contain the above chemicals, but is made up of regular stevia. The use of fructose and sorbitol from the company Novasvit is also excluded, since I have already spoken many times about the harm of these supposed sweeteners.
If you have forgotten or have not read these articles, then I will list them here and give direct links to them.
The benefits and harms of classic Novasvit
Now consider the detailed effect of the classic Novasweet sugar substitute on our bodies.
Useful properties (benefit) Novasweet
- Since the sweetener does not increase blood glucose, it can certainly be used in the menu by people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
- Novasvit is specially enriched with minerals and vitamins C and groups E and R. This is especially important for those who include a sweetener in their diets, in which the quantity of essential substances in the diet usually drops immediately (a dubious plus)
- Classic Novasvit does not contain GMOs.
- There are a lot of positive reviews of this sweetener for people who regularly take it for several years. They did not notice any deviations or deterioration of health (the subjective opinion does not reflect reality).
- The low price makes it extremely popular in the market for diabetic products, as well as convenient packaging with dispenser.
Harm of sugar substitute Novasvit
Composition
Already the composition should scare away the thinking consumer. It contains cyclamate and saccharin sodium. Both synthetic sweeteners and cyclamate are also toxic. I don’t know whether to write further, but I will still finish the article and list some more minuses.
Effect on appetite
Like any other inorganic sweetener, Novasvit only irritates the taste buds, but does not produce glucose in the blood.
This leads to a significant increase in appetite, which is why this sweetener is not suitable for keeping a low-calorie diet – it contributes to overeating.
Poor solubility in cold foods
In boiling water, novasvit dissolves quickly and completely; just throw the pills into the cup.
But in cold water, kefir or cottage cheese, it disperses badly – you can add it only in the already dissolved form, which is not always convenient.
The reviews about the taste of this sweetener are the most controversial: many buyers complain about the bitterness that accompanies the taste of tablets that do not seem sweet enough.
But as we already know, Novasweet is a wide product line, which includes not only synthetic sugar substitutes, but also natural ones. It is better to use, of course, the latter, since they do not harm the body. Not all of them are low-calorie, such as fructose, but there are also those that have a minimum of energy value, like stevia.
Therefore, choosing Novasvit, the best of all sweeteners, carefully read not only the label, but also get acquainted with customer reviews, and also collect as much information as possible about the benefits and harms of each particular product. I recommend only STEVIA novasvit and nothing else. Unfortunately, this particular product I do not see in the store, and most often the classic version and sucralose.
Use this company as a sweetener to decide. And on this I have everything.
With warmth and care, endocrinologist Dilyara Lebedeva
