The 4 Best Keto Sweeteners

The Keto Diet requires reducing the number of carbs consumed every day, in order to keep the body in ketosis. Ketosis is a state where the lack of carbohydrates in the bloodstream forces the body to transform its stored fat into energy.

As a result, it’s absolutely critical to reducing the carbohydrate intake to about 15g to 30g of net carbs per day. And therefore there is a need to find alternative ingredients to sweeten the food to keep the sweet taste we know and love.

But what are the different sweeteners? What are the best keto sweeteners? What are the other health effects of these sweeteners? Can I swap a sweetener for another one? How do I convert volumes from one sweetener to the other?

Read on, and we’ll tell you what you need to know about the best keto-friendly sweeteners.

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What are the different types of low-carb sweeteners?

Sweeteners, also called sugar substitutes are food additives that are used to provide a sweet taste. They are essential to your keto cake recipes or keto cookies to give them the sweet flavor you expect.

There are three main families of sweeteners:

• Sugar Alcohols: derived from sugar. E.g. Erythritol, Xylitol, Sorbitol, etc.
• Artificial Sweeteners: sweeteners manufactured by chemical synthesis. E.g. Aspartame, Sucralose, Neotame, Saccharin.
• Natural Sweeteners: still manufactured, but instead of being 100% artificial, the main components of these sweeteners come from plant extracts. E.g. Stevia, Monk Fruit, Allulose, Inulin, Tagatose

In this article, we’ll look into each of the alternative sweeteners. We’ll find out if these sweeteners are keto-friendly by looking at how much net carbs they have and we’ll rank the most keto-friendly sweeteners.

However net carbs per 100g can be a tricky measure. For example, if you need just a teaspoon of a sweetener to get the same sweetness as 100g of sugar, it’s unfair to compare the same mass or the same volume.

What matters is to compare the net carbs needed to reach the same level of sweetness as 100g of sugar.

Note that manufacturers often include sweeteners with a code instead of their name (E9XX). To help you find what you are consuming, you can find the code for each of them below.

Sugar Alcohols

Xylitol, Sorbitol, Maltitol, Erythritol, Lactitol, etc.

Sugar alcohols are chemically very close to normal sugar. The term alcohol has nothing to do with alcoholic drinks, but it refers to the presence of a hydroxy on their molecule – the chemical definition of alcohol. So do not worry, you can’t get intoxicated on sugar alcohols.

In their normal form, sugar alcohols are white crystals – like normal sugar, they dissolve in water. The relative sweetness of sugar alcohols is between 60% and 90% which explains why you generally need to put more of it to replace sugar in your recipes.

The body absorbs Sugar alcohol at half the rate of sugar which therefore also reduces the blood sugar impact of their consumption compared to normal sugar.

• Fun fact: Dissolving sugar alcohols in water is an endothermic reaction, meaning that it absorbs energy. So when you eat sugar alcohol crystals, you get a cooling sensation on the tongue.
• Nasty fact: Many sugar alcohols are not completely digestible and therefore might lead to bloating and flatulence.
• Good fact: Sugar alcohols – unlike sugar – do not contribute to tooth decay. In fact, Xylitol might even help prevent tooth decay!
• Cooking fact: sugar alcohols do not brown when cooked so you won’t get caramel with them.

Erythritol (E968)

Net Carbs:0g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 130g => Net carbs for 130g: 0g
• Maximum recommended intake: 0.8g/kg or 0.36g/lbs

What is Erythritol? Also known as E968, Erythritol shares some characteristics with the other sugar alcohols but it’s by far the best. With a sweetness equivalent to about 75% of the same amount of sugar, it’s quite sweet.

But that’s where similarities with other sugar alcohols stop. Indeed, its glycemic index is null, it’s, therefore, a perfect substitute to sugar for diabetic diets. It is also better absorbed into the bloodstream than other sugar alcohol with only 10% reaching the colon.

Therefore it has a far lower laxative effect than xylitol or sorbitol. But most importantly for Keto dieters, Erythritol does not turn into sugar in your body, and thus its net carbs and calories are null. Erythritol is most often available as a sugar-free crystal sweetener.

For all these reasons, Erythritol is on top of our list of most keto-friendly sweeteners.

• Commercial brands selling Erythritol (affiliate links): Swerve Granular Sweetener, Z SWEET All Natural Zero Calorie Sweetener, Wholesome Sweeteners Organic Zero, Anthony’s Erythritol Granules
• Is Erythritol Keto Friendly? Yes

Sweet As Honey Score: 10/10 (no net carbs, easy to swap)

Xylitol (E967)

Net Carbs: 0g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 100g => Net carbs for 100g: 0g
• Maximum recommended intake: 0.4g/kg or 0.18g/lbs

Also known as E967, the Xylitol is often produced from wood – hence the name since “xylon” means “wood” in Ancient Greek. Another source of Xylitol is agricultural waste, making it a renewable chemical.

It’s just as sweet as sugar but provides 40% fewer calories than sugar. The body however doesn’t metabolize calories coming from Xylitol, so it just passes through! It also remains stable under heat so it’s baking-friendly.

Xylitol has a very low GI of only 12 (while sugar is at 100), therefore it’s an approved sugar replacement for diabetes. Xylitol has one of the strongest bloating effects of sugar alcohols, so if you are easily bloated, avoid it!

Nasty fact: Xylitol can be life-threatening for some animals – 1g can be lethal for a 10kg dog!

• Commercial brands selling Xylitol: NOW Foods Xylitol, Xlear XyloSweet, Anthony’s Xylitol Sweetener, Morning Pep Pure Birch Xylitol
• Is Xylitol Keto Friendly? Yes

Sweet As Honey Score: 5/10 (no net carbs, but some undesirable effects)

Sorbitol (E420)

Net Carbs: 62g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 160g => Net carbs for 160g: 100g
• Maximum recommended intake: 0.7g/kg or 0.31g/lbs

Also known as E420, Sorbitol is very similar to glucose. It’s generally made from potato starch. It’s about 60% less sweet than sugar and Xylitol and therefore a larger amount is needed to get the same taste.

Because its net carbs are quite high and more of it is required to get the same sweetness, Sorbitol is a terrible replacement for sugar on a Ketogenic diet.

To get the same sweetness as 100g of sugar, you would need 160g of Sorbitol that contains 100g of net carbs! Not worth it!  However, Sorbitol has a GI of 9 making it an accepted sugar replacement for diabetes.

• Sorbitol is not sold as a standalone product.
• Is Sorbitol Keto Friendly? No

Sweet As Honey Score: 0/10 (high carbs)

Maltitol (E965)

Net Carbs: 67g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 111g => Net carbs for 111g: 74g
• Maximum recommended intake: 1.4g/kg or 0.63g/lbs

Maltitol, also found under the code E965, is another nasty sugar alcohol. Its sweetness is 90% as high as sugar, but it has the highest glycemic index of all sugar alcohols (between 35 and 52), making it unusable for diabetics.

Its laxative effect is also quite strong but most importantly its net carbs are quite high. Given its high sweetness, the relative net carbs are slightly lower than for Sorbitol though.

• Commercial brands selling Maltitol: SweetPearl
• Is Maltitol Keto Friendly? No

Sweet As Honey Score: 0/10 (high carbs)

Is sweetener 965 keto? No, not at all!

Artificial Sweeteners

Aspartame, Sucralose, Neotame, Acesulfame-K, Saccharin, Advantame, etc.

The list of artificial sweeteners is long and varied, however, we can trim it down quite a bit by looking at the ones that are currently approved for use in food manufacturing.

One thing to note about artificial sweeteners is that they are all somewhat controversial. Many of them have potentially dangerous side effects.

There is no suspense, none of the artificial sweeteners are in the most keto-friendly sweeteners.

Aspartame (E951)

Net Carbs: 85g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 0.5g=> Net carbs for 0.5g: 0.4g
• Maximum recommended intake: 0.05g/kg or 0.02g/lbs

Aspartame, also known as E951 is one of the most common sweeteners, present in many “diet” drinks, sugar-free gums, candies, ketchup, etc.

Although many people believe that it to be sugar-free, it is not. In fact, its net carbs are super high at 85g per 100g. However, its high level of sweetness saves it, about 200 times higher than sugar.

Therefore, only half a gram of Aspartame brings the same level of sweetness as 100g of sugar. Aspartame is a fairly controversial product, many studies show that it has no adverse effect on health whole many others show the contrary.

It’s important to note that there are gigantic economic interests at play, because of the size of the aspartame market – so some studies have to be taken with a grain of salt.

• Commercial brands selling Aspartame: Canderel, Equal, NutraSweet Company.
• Is Aspartame Keto Friendly? Yes, technically, 

Sweet As Honey Score: 2/10 (very low carbs, but hard to use in baking and cooking)

Sucralose (E955)

Net Carbs:0g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 0.16g=> Net carbs for 0.16g: 0g
• Maximum recommended intake: 0.005g/kg or 0.002g/lbs

Sucralose, also known as E955 is another artificial sweetener. It is non-caloric because, unlike Aspartame, Sucralose is not broken down by the body during digestion.

Although Sucralose is non-caloric and has a GI of 0, some brands mix it with Maltodextrin lifting the GI above 80, so watch out!

The other thing to know about Sucralose is that it boosts the effects of glucose, were you to eat some sugar after consuming Sucralose. Sucralose almost doubles the glycemic load of sugar.

Sucralose is an incredibly strong sweetener, it’s about 600 times stronger than sugar.

Therefore, only 16 grams of Sucralose bring as much sweetness as 10kg of sugar!

• Commercial brands selling  Sucralose: Equal Sucralose, SucraPlus, EZSweet
• Is Sucralose Keto Friendly? Yes, technically (in pure form)

Sweet As Honey Score: 2/10 (no carbs, but very hard to use and health effects)

Acesulfame-K (E950)

Net Carbs: 0g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 0.5g=> Net carbs for 0.5g: 0g
• Maximum recommended intake: 0.015g/kg or 0.007g/lbs

Acesulfame-K, also known as E950 or Acesulfame-Potassium is quite similar to Aspartame. It was discovered by accident and has the same level of sweetness – 200 times stronger than sugar.

Acesulfame-K is non-caloric and has a GI of 0. Its strong bitter taste makes Acesulfame-K quite difficult to find in pure form, it’s generally sold in blends or in bulk to manufacturers.

• Commercial brands selling 100% Acesulfame-K: Sunett
• Is Acesulfame-K Keto Friendly? Yes

Sweet As Honey Score: 3/10 (no carbs, but hard to use in baking and cooking) 

Neotame (E961)

Net Carbs: 0g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 0.0125g=> Net carbs for 0.0125g: 0g
• Maximum recommended intake: 0.0003g/kg or 0.0001g/lbs

Neotame, also known as E961 is also derived from Aspartame. However, it’s 40 times sweeter than Aspartame, making it 8,000 stronger than sugar. Its glycemic index is 0 and it does not contain any calories. Neotame can cover the bitterness of other sweeteners.

• Neotame is not sold on its own, because of its strength – you would need a commercial-grade scale to weigh the few milligrams needed to sweeten a whole cake!
• Is Neotame Keto Friendly? Yes, technically

Sweet As Honey Score: 1/10 (no carbs, but too hard to work with)

Saccharin (E954)

Net Carbs: 0g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 0.25g=> Net carbs for 0.25g: 0g
• Maximum recommended intake: 0.015g/kg or 0.007g/lbs

Saccharin, E954, is commonly used in food manufacturing. It’s one of the oldest sweeteners, found at the end of the 19th century. Saccharin is a sweetener often used to mask the bitterness of other sweeteners, despite being bitter on its own. Its glycemic index is 0 and it does not contain any calories.

• Saccharin is not sold on its own but mixed with sugar-free or sugar crystals.
• Is Saccharin Keto Friendly? Yes, technically

Sweet As Honey Score: 1/10 (no carbs, but too hard to work with)

Advantame (E969)

Net Carbs: 0g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 0.005g=> Net carbs for 0.005g: 0g
• Maximum recommended intake: 0.032g/kg or 0.014g/lbs

Advantame, also known as E969, is the most potent sweetener approved for use in food manufacturing. It’s up to 47,000 sweeter than sugar. Advantame derives from Aspartame, hence its name (“Advanced Aspartame“). Its glycemic index is 0 and it does not contain any calories.

• Advantame is not sold on its own but mixed with sugar-free or sugar crystals.
• Is Advantame Keto Friendly? Yes, technically

Sweet As Honey Score: 1/10 (no carbs, but too hard to work with) 

Are sweeteners 951 and 950 keto? Technically yes, but it is preferable to avoid them.

Natural Sweeteners

Stevia, Allulose, Inulin, Monk Fruit, Tagatose, Monatin, etc.

Natural sweeteners are a family of sugar replacements that naturally occur in plants and are either chemically or mechanically extracted.

The fact that they come from natural sources doesn’t mean they are weak by any measure – some are actually as strong as artificial sweeteners.

These natural sweeteners come in many different forms. Since they come from plants, they tend to be found with naturally occurring sugar. Therefore, the more processed and pure they are the more they tend to become keto-friendly.

They are then often mixed with other low-GI sugar replacements to make them easier to incorporate in daily foods – most of the time with sugar alcohols. So it’s not a surprise if many of these are among the best keto-friendly sweeteners.

Are all natural sweeteners keto? No, but Tagatose is not keto-tagatose isn’t. But most of the other sweeteners are fine.

Stevia (E960)

Net Carbs: 0g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 0.5g=> Net carbs for 0.5g: 0g
• Maximum recommended intake (pure steviol): 0.004g/kg or 0.0018g/lbs

Stevia is a leaf, naturally growing in South America. Even if it’s a natural sweetener it still has an E number – E960 – so it could be hidden on some labels.

The Stevia used in cooking and baking is actually Steviol, a chemical compound made of several glycosides (a chemical that resembles glucose).

Pure Stevia is about 200 times sweeter than sugar, however, it’s not commercially available. Stevia can be bought as a solution, in which Steviol is dissolved in water, or as crystals, in which case Stevia is mixed with another sweetener, in many cases Sugar Alcohols.

Pure Stevia or liquid Stevia does not contain any calories, its GI is 0 and is therefore very good on Keto. Stevia is particularly good if you find it mixed with Erythritol, it’s in our top 4 best keto-friendly sweeteners.

• Commercial brands selling Stevia (affiliate links): Pyure Organic Stevia Sweetener Blend, Natural Mate Stevia, SweetLeaf Sweet Drops, Pure Organic Stevia Powder, All Natural Stevia Powder
• Is Stevia Keto Friendly? Yes

Sweet As Honey Score: 8/10 (no carbs, easy in crystal blends)

Allulose/Psicose

Net Carbs: 0g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 140g=> Net carbs for 140g: 0g
• Maximum recommended intake: not yet known

Allulose is a bit of a special case. Chemically, it is a monosaccharide – just like glucose, galactose, or fructose. However, unlike these three, our body doesn’t have what it takes to turn it into energy.

Because of this, Allulose doesn’t raise your blood sugar levels, it’s therefore fine for diabetics. It also has zero grams of net carbs – despite having a non-zero calorie count, because it cannot be metabolized by the body.

Allulose is a very recent discovery and therefore there are not that many long-term studies on its effect.

Early results seem to show that it actually has some rather positive effects, including anti-inflammatory and anti-hyperglycemic properties. If scientists can confirm this, it would make Allulose a bit of a dream sweetener.

For cooking and baking, Allulose remains stable when cooked, pretty much like normal sugar.

It’s interesting to note that Allulose is not yet approved in the European Union, and therefore it doesn’t have an E code yet. Allulose is one of the best keto-friendly sweeteners!

• Commercial brands selling Allulose (affiliate links): It’s Just – Allulose Keto Sweetener, Wholesome Allulose Zero Calorie, ALLULOSE Sweetener
• Is Allulose Keto Friendly? Yes

Sweet As Honey Score: 9/10 (no carbs, easy to use)

Inulin

Net Carbs: 0g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 285g=> Net carbs for 285g: 0g
• Maximum recommended intake: no maximum limit (trust your guts, literally)

Inulins are dietary fibers that plants use as energy storage, just like they use starch. Because it’s fiber, it’s not broken down by the digestive system and therefore it has no net carbs.

Most of the inulin produced comes from chicory root. Interestingly, many manufacturers also use the same chicory root to make coffee substitutes.

Since Inulin is a dietary fiber, it has the same drawback as other fibers: bloating, flatulence, and general digestive discomfort.

Inulin is a good keto-friendly sweetener, but the volume required as well as its digestive drawbacks prevent it from entering the best keto-friendly sweeteners.

• Commercial brands selling Inulin (affiliate links): Organic Inulin FOS Powder, Bulksupplements Inulin, Pure Inulin FOS
• Is Inulin Keto Friendly? Yes

Sweet As Honey Score: 5/10 (no carbs, can change the texture of recipes)

Monk Fruit

Net Carbs: 0g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 0.5g=> Net carbs for 0.5g: 0g
• Maximum recommended intake (pure mogroside): not yet known

Monk fruit, also known as Luo Han Guo is a fruit of the Cucurbitaceae family that has been cultivated for centuries in China and Southeast Asia.

Now, raw Monk Fruit – like most fruits (see how Keto Fruit List to learn some more) – contains quite a lot of fructose and sucrose – as is, it is not keto-friendly at all. What is commonly known as Monk Fruit sweetener is actually an extract of the Monk Fruit, namely the Mogroside V.

Mogroside V is a glycoside (like Steviol) that is 250 times sweeter than sugar and it’s also a natural antioxidant!

This Monk Fruit extract contains no carbs at all, however, Monk Fruit is often sold blended with other sweeteners or sugars, so make sure you read the label and check that the other sugar is indeed Keto friendly as well.

But when it is the case, monk fruit blends are some of the very best keto-friendly sweeteners! But just like Stevia, some brands sell Monk Fruit extract in a liquid solution – diluted in water.

• Commercial brands selling Monk Fruit extract or blends (affiliate links): Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener, 1:1 Sugar, Health Garden Monk Fruit Sweetener, It’s Just – 100% Monkfruit Extract Powder, Monk Zero – Monk Fruit Sweetener, NatriSweet Monk Fruit Extract
• Is Monk Fruit Extract Keto Friendly? Yes, monk fruit sweeteners are keto-approved.

Sweet As Honey Score: 8/10 (no carbs, liquid is harder to use) 

Tagatose

Net Carbs: 7g/100g

• Weight needed to get the same sweetness as 100g sugar: 108g=> Net carbs for 108g: 7.5g
• Maximum recommended intake (pure mogroside): not yet known

Tagatose is another relatively recent discovery in the sweetener world. Tagatose, like Allulose, is a monosaccharide, meaning it is very similar to glucose, fructose, and galactose.

However, it is present in some fruit and in milk in much smaller quantities than the common monosaccharides. The body also metabolizes Tagatose differently and therefore it has a very low effect on the blood glucose level (GI of only 3).

Because it is a new sweetener, Tagatose hasn’t been the subject of many long-term studies, so its effects are not yet fully understood.

One thing that is for sure is that our body is only able to metabolize about 20% of it, which means 80% will go to the colon where it will be fermented by bacteria. So heavy consumption of Tagatose will leave you with bloating, flatulence and diarrhea.

It’s important to note that because most commercial tagatose is made from milk, it is often not a vegan product!

• Commercial brands selling Tagatose (affiliate link): NuNaturals – Tagatose Sweetener, Dayelet Tagatose
• Is Tagatose Keto Friendly? Yes

Sweet As Honey Score: 4/10(easy to use, but not enough hindsight) 

So what are the 4 best keto-friendly sweeteners?

It’s impossible to say which ones are the best keto-friendly sweeteners without explaining what factors come into consideration. These factors might vary from one person to the other, but if you consider the following:

• Net carbs: a sweetener is here to replace sugar so should be 0 net carbs or very close
• No or very limited negative health effects both short term and long term
• Ease of use for cooking and baking

Then, it immediately excludes all of the artificial sweeteners, all the sugar alcohols but Erythritol, as well as some of the natural sweeteners that have undocumented health effects.

Note that if you really want to use them, the best artificial sweetener for keto is Acesulfame-K, the rest aren’t keto-approved sweeteners.

The best keto sweeteners used in most of the recipes on this website are:

1. Erythritol
2. Monk Fruit (blended with Erythritol or Allulose)
3. Stevia (blended with Erythritol or Allulose)
4. Allulose

My favorite keto recipes with sweeteners

There’s no way around it, if you want to sweeten a recipe, you need keto sweeteners!

Below are my favorite sweetened recipes:

What can I do with sweeteners?

Many recipes call for keto-friendly sweeteners:

• Keto Desserts
• Baked Goods (Bread, Pies, Tortillas)
• Cakes
• Mug Cakes

What are the effects of low-carb sweeteners on my health?

Sweeteners, whether they are artificial or not, all function in the very same way, at least at the very beginning when you put them in your mouth. They pretend to be sugar when they hit the receptors on our taste buds.

So while they are in your mouth, most sweeteners behave the same way. It’s what happens after, both in the brain and in the digestive tract that changes.

There have been a number of studies on the effects of sweeteners on brain response, such as how the brain identifies sugar or sweetness, how it triggers a release of dopamine, and how it kicks off the reward systems.

However, to this point, there is still no real consensus on whether or not the use of sweeteners, in general, can have long-term adverse effects such as obesity, Alzheimer’s disease, etc.

Some studies on individual sweeteners seem to have linked them with forms of cancer or other eating disorders, but it’s not quite clear if sweeteners, in general, can be the culprits.

So instead of looking at sweeteners in general, let’s consider the health effects individually.

Bloating, flatulence, etc

The best way for sweeteners to trick the body into thinking it’s consuming sugar is to actually be very much like sugar and are therefore often no void of calories.

But because sweeteners are trying to be sugar-free, the body tends to not metabolize them. So, where do these calories go?

The first option is that it just passes through, either the digestive system or liver unadulterated – this happens with some sweeteners like Allulose.

However, for many other sweeteners, these unmetabolized wastes end up in the colon where our swarms of bacterias digest them and turn them into gas, through fermentation. This is what gives you flatulence, bloating, diarrhea.

Many sweeteners have this undesirable side effect:

• Xylitol
• Sorbitol
• Maltitol
• Aspartame
• Inulin
• Tagatose
• etc.

So just to keep you out of trouble, the list of best keto-friendly sweeteners contains none of these!

Is there a risk of getting cancer with sweeteners?

There has been quite a lot of controversy in the media about the link between some sweeteners and cancer.

Because of the gigantic financial interests in play – by Aspartame manufacturers particularly on one side and by the Sugar industry on the other side, it’s very difficult to see the wood from the trees in all the announcements, sponsored studies, and reviews.

To date, there is no direct evidence that sweeteners, and in particular artificial sweeteners are causing cancer.

The sweeteners that have had question marks for being potential carcinogenic are

• Aspartame
• Saccharin
• Sucralose

According to various reputed sources (US FDA, European FSA), these are still safe to consume within limits.

Can I have honey on keto?

Honey is a natural sweetener often used to replace sugar in clean-eating recipes. However, Honey is made of 82 grams of carbs per 100 grams. Suffice to say that it is not keto-friendly at all!

Prefer a sugar-free replacement like Sugar-free maple syrup.

Can I use Coconut Sugar?

Coconut Sugar is a healthy alternative to regular table sugar, but it’s not keto-friendly. Its high glucose concentration can raise blood sugar levels fast.

So it’s not recommended on a low carb diet.

Can I swap a keto sweetener for another one?

The answer is not simple. It depends.

For sweetening a drink

If you want to sweeten a drink like tea, coffee, or your favorite Smoothie, then in theory you can swap for any sweetener, as long as you convert the volumes properly.

However, not all crystal sweeteners dissolve the same way. Some might leave a bit of a crispy deposit at the bottom.

There’s also the fun fact of the endothermic reaction. Some of the sweeteners, in particular, some sugar alcohols tend to absorb energy when they dissolve in water. So a large amount of sugar alcohol will take a few degrees off your cup of tea.

For baking and cooking

There’s an easy rule of thumb for baking and cooking. You can’t swap a crystal sweetener for a non-crystal sweetener.

Why can’t you swap a crystal sweetener with a liquid sweetener? It’s simple:

• Water: Liquid sweeteners are always dissolved in water. By adding unnecessary water to a recipe, it alters its balance and will lead to a significantly more moist result – it’ll probably make your recipe fail
• Volume: Liquid sweeteners are often highly concentrated extracts, and therefore a few drops have the same sweetness as your cup of Erythritol. So these few drops of pure stevia will take far less volume than your cup of Erythritol hence making your dough or paste that much smaller. You won’t get the result you need!

So if you do need to swap sweeteners, make sure you swap a crystal sweetener for another crystal sweetener from the list of best keto-friendly sweeteners and that you convert the volumes properly!

How do I convert volumes from one keto sweetener to the other?

It’s just maths! Converting sugar or another sweetener to any of the keto-friendly sweeteners is easy!

But instead of giving a complicated formula, we’ve built a converter. Use the button below and

1. Choose the volume to convert from (e.g. the recipe says 1 cup)
2. Select a sweetener to convert from (e.g. the recipe mentions Erythritol)
3. Choose the sweetener to convert to (e.g. you have some Lakanto Powdered)
4. You get your result, 1/2 a cup!

Let us know in the comment section below if you would like other brands or sweeteners added to the list!