... Enter Canderel Spoonful.
Canderel is an artifical sweetner, it is available in two varieties, the 'ever so revolting' tablet form or the 'less revolting but still not nice' spoonful variety. The latter is what I have been using this week.
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Canderel granules can be used to replace sugar in just about anything. Indulge yourself ... more
and try a refreshing aperitif, delicious main course or a luxurious dessert. Canderel granular is perfect to provide the level of sweetness you want, but without th...
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Advantages: Low calories content, less bitter then some, can be sprinkled on anything. Disadvantages: Dopesn't taste as nice sprinkled, Aspartme content, high price.
...that little bit faster. Enter Canderel Spoonful.
Canderel is an artifical sweetner, it is available in two varieties, the 'ever so revolting' tablet form or the 'less revolting but still not nice' spoonful variety. The latter is what I have been using this week.
You will find Canderel next to the sugar in your local supermarket, it costs a staggering £1.68 for a 40g jar. 40g sounds like a small amount but the jar is ... ...the Canderel which weighs next to nothing. As I said before, the jar is the same as a coffee jar, ie, short, fat and made of glass. It has a red lid and the label depicts a tub of stawberries lightly sprinkled with Canderel, yummy. There is also a little token on the back of the label, but no explanation as to what it's for so quite bloody useless to say the least.
The Canderel itself is a fine white powder, the granules (if you can ... more
If you are not already aware of Deano and my dieting experience lately then you have either been to Mars or you are just in the habit of skimming our opinions, either way you have now been subtley informed of our eating habits. Sod all.
So, seeing as the calories are at an all time low I needed to find something else I could get rid of calorie-wise in order to lose just that little bit more weight, just that little bit faster. Enter Canderel Spoonful.
Canderel is an artifical sweetner, it is available in two varieties, the 'ever so revolting' tablet form or the 'less revolting but still not nice' spoonful variety. The latter is what I have been using this week.
You will find Canderel next to the sugar in your local supermarket, it costs a staggering £1.68 for a 40g jar. 40g sounds like a small amount but the jar is roughly the same size as an average coffee jar, it's the Canderel which weighs next to nothing. As I said before, the jar is the same as a coffee jar, ie, short, fat and made of glass. It has a red lid and the label depicts a tub of stawberries lightly sprinkled with Canderel, yummy. There is also a little token on the back of the label, but no explanation as to what it's for so quite bloody useless to say the least.
The Canderel itself is a fine white powder, the granules (if you can call them that) are microscopic compared to sugar granules, they also weigh nothing, which is an odd feeling when you use your first spoonful. You are supposed to use the same amount as you would sugar, but I find that a little too sweet, I have swapped my normal two sugars for one and a half of this mixture.
So what does it taste like?
Well it tastes sweet and somewhat sugar like but unfortunately it has the bitter aftertaste associated with most sweetners, whilst this stuff may be ok to use in a cup of coffee I wouldn't recommend it sprinkled on anything, as it's not close to the taste of sugar at all when eaten that way. You also have to be careful when adding it to hot drinks, if you add it after the hot water it tends to fizz and float around on the top of your mug, strangely enough, if added before it doesn't do this.
It also contains Aspartme, which has been associated with many health problems over the years. The makers of sweetners have generally denied this and say there is no evidence to suggest it is linked, I suppose this is one area where you have to make up your own minds. They also say that is it is safe for diebetics to use this as long as it is part of their daily allowance.
Starting to sound abysmal isn't it? Well it has one redeeming quality, the calorie count. One teaspoon of this is a mere 1.5 calories, compared to 20 calories per teaspoon of normal sugar, when you have as many cups of tea over the day as I do then that adds up.
Personally I have had better sugar substitutes than this one, but none with such a low calorie count so for the time being this is the one I'll be using.
If you want to cut down but don't want to lose the taste of sugar totally then I can recommend Half Spoon, it has half the calories because you use half as much. You can find this also with the sugar in a navy blue bag. This is one you CAN sprinkle on anything and it tastes exactly like sugar.
One sweetner to avoid at all costs is Hermesetas, I have never tasted anything quite so revolting as that.
So, overall this product is mediocre, nothing particularly special, nothing particularly revolting, perhaps one to have in the cupboard when dieting but I wouldn't bother at any other time. I have recommended it only for that reason.
More information, recipes and more can be found at their website.
Advantages: Great for diabetics, Great if you want to lose weight by reducing your sugar intake, Easy to use due to the similar serving measures as sugar Disadvantages: I am still a little skeptical about the Aspartme and wether it is totally safe
...So when I saw Canderel boasting slogans like "tastes like sugar" all over their product I decided to give it a go. As it was I had decided to go on a diet (finally) so what better way to start.
So off I went and picked up a bottle of the Canderel powder and a dispenser of Canderel tablets. These are totally sugar free, whilst providing you the equivalent sweetner in a artificial way.
What I can tell you is that this product has mixed results. If ... ...the sweetner is less pronounced, Canderel will taste just fine. This will be the case in cereals, desserts, puddings and the likes. However in the case of drinks like tea, coffee where the sweetner forms a major basis of the drink, the taste of Canderel will be quite evident.
Since my need for using Canderel was solely to reduce weight that is why I find my tolerance levels are very limited. However if a person suffering from diabetes were using ...
vinodgm 14.05.2002
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Advantages: Substitutes Sugar. Disadvantages: Taste until you get used to it.
...SO WHAT IS CANDEREL ?
Canderel make little tiny pill like white pellets which are dispensed from a very attractive dispenser. Here in France, the dispensers are actually becoming a fashionable item to collect and my latest has a picture of a British telephone box on it, which leads me to believe that they must have similar dispensers in the U.K.
This product is purported to be one of the most widely tested sweeteners on the market and is made up ... ...This is a zero fat product and the nutritional values compare very convincingly with the equivalent in sugar, i.e. one pill is the equivalent of one spoon of sugar and its calorific content is negligable at 0.29KCals.
HOW DO YOU USE IT ?
the simplicity of use of this product is ideal. The dispensers that are made these days are small and rectangular and can easily be carried in a handbag. To use, you hold the dispenser over your cup, press once ...
thingywhatsit 07.05.2005
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Advantages: less calories than sugar, better for teeth, taste nice in tea and coffee, reasonable price, variety of containers, widely available, suitable for diabetics and vegetarians Disadvantages: none that i can think of
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I drink quite a few cups of tea and coffee a day and I always used to have one sugar. Being conscious of my weight as well as the condition of my teeth I decided that it wasn't really doing me any good by consuming so much sugar through cups of tea and coffee! I tried drinking hot drinks without sugar but abandoned that idea after a while because it made them taste foul!
Just over a month ago I was browsing the shelves of Tesco ... ...to try some Canderel.
Canderel can be brought in a jar in the form of a powder which you use in the same way you would use ordinary sugar, or it is available in little dispensers where you press a button and out comes a circular canderel tablet. Seeing as I only really use sugar in drinks, I decided that the dispenser was the easiest option. It was merely a coincidence that at the time they had small limited edition dispensers which looked really ...
ilusvm 27.10.2005
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Advantages: sweetens your food drinks like sugar Disadvantages: not good for cooking
Canderel is an artifical sweetener which is used in place of sugar for people who are diabetic, have sugar intolerance, or simply wish to cut down on their sugar intake.
There have been many health claims about Aspartme –the sweetening agent found in sweeteners such as canderel. Claims such as the said ingredient given cause to headaches and brain tumours are probably the most worrying. It was even mentioned in ‘Balance’ – ... ...My next sample was canderel that uses the sweetener Aspartme. I decided canderel wasn’t too bad, in fact it was quite similar in taste to sugar, and the more I used it, the more I liked it. So that’s how I become a user of this wonderful product. Aspartme the basis of canderel comes from everyday items such as: Milk, Meat, Fruit and vegetables.
Canderel is an intense sweetener and roughly translated 1 small tablet is equal to 1 teaspoon ...
dabmim 08.09.2001 (05.12.2001)
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Advantages: Can be used in replacement of sugar, and aid with weight loss Disadvantages: Is aspartame good for you?
Canderel Spoonful is basically a sugar substitute. Purchased in 40g jars for approximately £1.29, it's labelled as a 'Low Calorie Sweetner with Aspartame'.
The product comes packaged in a glass jar with a red plastic lid, which you can either remove completely to get the sweetner out, or you can flip up part of the top of the lid to reveal a pouring hole.
The sweetner itself does resemble sugar, though it is much more 'fluffy' looking. As opposed ... ...is rather more pleasant. Canderel is suitable for sprinkling on your cereals, or on fruit, and can be used in hot drinks such as tea or coffee. Eaten on cereals the taste is very similar to that of sugar, although you may miss that satisfying crunch that you get by smothering your cereals in a nice thick coating of the real thing! I don't tend to drink hot drinks, however I'm assured by most people that it tastes like normal sugar when used in tea ...
angeelu 10.09.2002
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Listed below are a few other products available from Tesco in the sweetener range and a quick price check up against Canderel.
Tesco granulated sweetener (35g jar) - 45p / Canderel (40g jar) - £1.09
Tesco sweetener tablet pack (100) - 99p / Canderel - £1.29
Tesco sweetener tablet pack (300) - £1.97 / Canderel - £3.03
Tesco sweetener tablet refill pack (5 x 100?s) - £3.18 / Canderel - £4.99
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~~~my opinion~~~
Although I still buy granulated sugar for my kids as they can?t stand the sweetener and visitors that have this preference, I personally have made the switch permanently and am quite happy.
The sweetener is a pleasant and satisfying sweet alternative that dissolves far quicker into cups of tea and onto cereals/puddings AND completely, thus there are no surprise clumps when you ...
I?ve been a diabetic since 1997, and since then have always used Canderel as a sweetener for my drinks, fruit etc. However, there was a health warning a while back about the over use of the product, but we were assured the product was totally safe, so I have used it non stop since.
Reading in a magazine recently, I spied a piece about Canderel, the advice now was to change your sweetener every three months or so to avoid any possible problems with any of them. This meant using an aspartame based one, followed by saccharin etc.
The first choice of mine was Splenda, we?ve probably all seen the adverts which claim ?Something magical is happening - it will change the way you bake your cakes, sweeten your cereal and even enjoy your tea and coffee?. I believe they also sponsored a small part of GMTV (something like the Christmas food ...
