Best Natural Sweeteners for Taste / Best Yacon for Taste

Best Natural Sweeteners for Taste
tested 15 Feb 2018
uploaded 9 June 2018
revised 4 Je 2020

This test is based on what tastes the best, based on sugar being the very best and the one most of us are most used to. The test was for making cold chocolate milk with raw cocoa powder, which has no sweetener of its own:

1. Sugar. 2 tsp

1A. Dibetic Kitchen sweetener (allulose)

2. Lakanto (Moneyfruit and erythritol). Expensive. 1 T

3. Monk Fruit Juice. 1/2 tsp

4. Xylitol. 1.5 tsp

5. Stevia. Now brand's pure stevia (hard to find in stores, as stevia is usually mixed with other sweeteners like erythritol, etc.) If it's pure, use four, 1/32 tsp scoops that come with the container.
This is our "go to" sweetener if we don't want to use sugar. It's proven to have slight health benefits as well and registers 0 on the glycemic index.

6. Truvia. Packets of stevia and another. 1.5 packets

7. Yacon.2 tsp. Tastes similar to molasses, so it has a great flavor on its own, but does not have the same effect as sugar, which has a neutral flavor, for sweetening most items.

8. Erythritol, birch sourced. 1 T + 1 tsp.This is a sugar alcohol, not as damaging as sugar on the glycemic system, but is still not healthy for you

Applying the test: making chocolate milk 
The best quantity of each sweetener is reported below also, after experimenting with different amounts. Test included a high quality raw cocoa powder (Health Works) and 8 oz (or possibly 4 oz) of whole milk. 
tested 18 Feb 2017 
1. sugar. 2 tsp
2. monkfruit/erithrotol combo, Lakento 1 T
3. Monkfruit juice, Whole Earth 1/2 tsp
4. xylitol, Health Garden 1.5 tsp
5. stevia, Better Now 4 scoops of provided 1/32 tsp
6. Truvia (packet of erithrotol and stevia) 1.5 packet
7. erithritol, birch sourced, Anthony's 1 T + 1/2 tsp
8. yacon, Gold 2 tsp

Best Natural Sweeteners for Health
(for strength and endurance)
A
Yacon syrup, "Gold" brand
monkfruit/erithrotol combo, Lakanto
Stevia, Bulk Supplements (pure stevia, one of the few sold)
Monk Fruit Juice, Whole Earth
Stevia, Better Stevia Now, with Now emphasizes on packaging
Monk Fruit, Nu Naturals
Stevia, Stevia Select
B or C
Xylotol, Health Garden
D
Erythrotol, birch sourced, Anthony's (probably most or all erythritol)
Truvia (Erithritol and stevia combo), Truvia brand
F
Sugar, C&H (or any brand)

Taste test of Yacon as a sweetener
tested 20 Feb 2017

BRAND NAME / DESCRIPTION / GRADE FOR TASTE
1. Gold, molasses-like, B-
2. Nature Botanics, molasses-like, C+
3. Ojio, tastes just like dates, C/C+
4. Genesis Today, tastes like prunes but a little bitter, C-

Test of Yacon for health and for weight loss
1. Joio
2. Pure Gold
3. GenesisTody
4. Nature's Botanicals