Thursday, January 29, 2009

Zsweet® Goes International, Cheers!

Great news for those in Europe who have been anticipating the arrival of Zsweet®!

Zsweet® is now available online to the 27 countries within the European Union; and for additional shipping charges; to certain bordering countries.

Shop for Zsweet® exclusively at: www.zsweet.eu.

Director of Zsweet® Europe - Cormac Walsh
Photo credit: Get On Fast, Ltd.

Available to:
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Replubic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain Sweden
United Kingdom

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Sugar & Dairy Free Chocolate Almond Milk Recipe






















A delicious option for kids & grown ups. Try Vanilla over your cereal or a yummy glass of Chocolate Almond milk.

For those of you who've been drinking unsweetened Almond milk, you'll definitely appreciate the improvement when you add Zsweet®. You know what I'm talking about.

Stir in 1/4 cup granular Zsweet® & 8-10 supersweet Zsweet® packets into a pitcher of 32 ounces of unsweetened almond milk & enjoy!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Zsweet® Trail Blazers

Many people want to know where they can find sugar-free products made with Zsweet®. Fortunately there are specialty chefs, nutritionists, bakeries and natural brands that are pioneering healthy and delicious products and recipes made with Zsweet®. There are also restaurants and cafes that are switching from artificial sweeteners to Zsweet® for health conscious people like you!

Here is a list of Zsweet® brand, nutrition and retail advocates:












Marquis Platinum® Vitality Drink
This posh "Luxury Refreshment" has been enjoyed by celebrities and sports figures alike. Marquis Platinum is more than an energy drink; it's a sugar-free beverage infused with vital nutrients designed to energize & hydrate you naturally... & it's sweetened with Zsweet®.

Red23
For UK customers, try an indulgent sugar-free raw chocolate coconut milk bar. All of it's ingredients are natural, including Zsweet®, and are diabetic-friendly. Watch for more Zsweet® sweetened chocolates from Red23 coming soon.


Zuberfizz®
Looking for a diet soda with no artificial sweetener? Here it is! Shop online for "All natural zero calorie sodas" in Ginger Ale & Raspberry Ginger Ale.












'The Healing Gourmet'
'Wellness Bakeries'
'Early To Rise'
'Total Health Breakthroughs'
Kelley Herring










'The Sweet Truth'
"A Sugar-free / Wheat-free Kitchen"
Beautiful TV Show Host & Cookbook author Kelly Keough shares her secrets of personal transformation through delicious sugar-free recipes. One of her secrets: Zsweet®!











Country Cookie Connection
P.O. BOX 49
Gardena, CA 90248
(310) 995-0660
This online store has perfected their sugar-free cookies made with Zsweet®. I have personally sampled these incredibly delicious, unbelievably sugar-free cookies and I can highly recommend them. They are SO good, you will not be disappointed! Order their 'Diabetic Cookie Sampler' and try them all for yourself.

53 State Rd., Route 1
Kittery, ME 03904
(207) 439-3555
Environmentally conscious and "self-proclaimed native wildflour" this bakery is doing it's part to offer "high-quality foods", including Zsweet®!

Cafe Zing
25 White Street
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 497-9464
With a mission of serving unique, earth-friendly foods & beverages, this independent coffee shop proudly serves "Equal Exchange - Fairly Traded" teas & coffees... & Zsweet®. Stop by & feel good.


Gee Family Farm
P.O. Box 304
Twain Harte, CA 95383
(209) 586-4512
"Awarded Best of Tuolumne County 2003 & 2004"
Look for Shelly's delicious Zsweet® infused jams & jellies at the Sonora Farmer's Market or Tar Flat Vintage in downtown Sonora, CA on weekends.
8 Franklin St
Lenox, MA 01240
(413) 637-8948
This gourmet cafe & bakery offers Zsweet® packets to compliment their fresh & tasty foods.

8264 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 650-9606
This wellness center carries Zsweet® for the health & convenience of their patients.

Leonesse Cellars
38311 De Portola Road
Temecula, CA 92592
(951) 302-7601
This beautiful restaurant and winery proudly serves Zsweet®.

3 W Center Rd
West Stockbridge, MA 01266
(413) 232-4111
Serving delicious French Contemporary food & Zsweet® all natural sweetener.

Seacoast Vitamins & Herbs
600 PALM AVE #109
IMPERIAL BEACH, CA 91932
(619) 429-1779
Visit them for incredible sugar-free, gluten-free pastries & desserts!

ZPizza
1021 Avenida Pico C
San Clemente CA, 92673
(949) 498-3505
ZPizza is known for healthy, natural ingredients that make up their delicious menu. This location now offers Zsweet® at their beverage bar.

The Benefits of Zsweet®

The "Z" in ZSweet® stands for Zero. As you read ZSweet®'s benefits you'll see why.

* Zero calories
* Zero glycemic index
* Zero artificial ingredients
* Zero net carbs
* Zero sugar, glucose, fructose, sucrose
* No known allergens (no corn, soy, nuts, dairy or citrus ingredients)
* Vegan
* Kosher
* Raw
* No gluten ingredients
* Non-GMO
* No MSG
* Doesn't promote tooth decay
* Doesn't promote candida growth
* Zero fillers
* Made in the USA

Want a second opinon?
ZSweet® is endorsed by Dr.'s Andrew Weil, Nicholas Perricone and Julian Whitaker




articles courtesy: www.drweil.com, www.perriconemd.com, www.drwhitaker.com

To Be or Not To Be, Zero Calories

A fact I found rather interesting since I've been in the sweetener biz is that not all zero calorie foods are truly zero calories.

FDA Food Labeling Regulations allow foods with just under 5 calories per serving to be labeled 0 calories.

See this quote from their official site:
"The caloric value of a product containing less than 5 calories may be expressed as zero or to the nearest 5 calorie increment (i.e., zero or 5 depending on the level). Foods with less than 5 calories meet the definition of "calorie free" and any differences are dietarily insignificant."

The FDA may consider less than 5 calories per serving insignificant, but to those of us counting calories for dieting or for monitoring blood sugar those hidden calories can really add up and have an impact.

So, when I learned this fact I was very curious to know the real calorie count for all the so-called "zero calorie sweeteners". I did my research and here's what I found:

4.0 calories per gm - Aspartame (Equal®)
4.0 calories per gm - Saccharin (Sweet'N Low®)
3.0 calories per gm - Sucralose (Splenda®)
2.6 calories per gm - Sorbitol
2.4 calories per gm - Xylitol
2.1 calories per gm - Maltitol
2.0 calories per gm - Isomalt
2.0 calories per gm - Lactitol
1.6 calories per gm - Mannitol
0.2 calories per gm - Erythritol (Zsweet®)
0 calories per gm - Stevia

Other than Stevia, Zsweet® is the only TRULY zero calorie sugar substitute. Not only is Zsweet® zero calories, but it's zero net carbs, which means you don't have to do the carb-calorie conversion. Why is that you ask? Because these kinds of carbs are not turned into glucose in the blood and are unavailable to be utilized as energy.

Here's the figures on some other commonly used sweeteners:
64.0 calories per tbsp - Honey
60.0 calories per tbsp - Agave Nectar
53.0 calories per tbsp - High Fructose Corn Syrup
11.0 calories per gm - Sugar
11.0 calories per gm - Brown Sugar

The #1 Question...

One of the first things people want to know is, "What is Zsweet® anyway?".

Zsweet® is an all natural sugar substitute made of erythritol (ee-rith-ritol) and natural flavors. I know erythritol looks like a scientific name and we're all warned to be wary of things like that, but it's not. I also know what you're thinking about "natural flavors", I'll address that concern in a moment.

Erythritol is a natural sweetener, a sugar alcohol or polyol, that is derived from fermented fruits and vegetables. Unlike, artificial sweeteners that are synthetic, man-made chemical compounds formulated in laboratories by scientists and pharmacuetical companies, erythritol naturally exists in foods like cheese, yogurt, wine, beer, soy sauce and certain fruits and vegetables and the process we use to make erythritol for our Zsweet® is similar to the fermentation process used to make wine or beer.

Still can't picture how it's made? Plant or fruit sugar is mixed with water and then fermented with a natural culture into erythritol. It is then filtered, allowed to crystallize, and then dried. The finished product is white granules that resemble sugar in taste and texture.


You can't pluck an apple off a tree and get a mouth full of aspartame, saccharin or sucralose, but if you've eaten grapes or melons or any of the other foods I listed, you've eaten erythritol.

Now, regarding the natural flavors in Zsweet®, they are simply a blend of exotic fruit extracts. They're non-citrus fruits not commonly associated with allergies. The reason we don't list them specifically is because they're what makes Zsweet® taste better then plain erythritol, which has a strong minty aftertaste. We've been able to eliminate erythritol's cooling effect with our natural flavors and make it taste like sugar, so that's why they're trade secret.

People ask all the time, "Are the natural flavors artificial chemicals, MSG, or arsenic?" Heavens no! I get why people ask because some other products do sneak things in under that natural flavors label, but no, there's nothing like that in Zsweet®.

The whole reason Tim Avila created Zsweet® was so that people could have a natural alternative to sugar and artificial sweeteners. He calls it a "no worries" sweetener and he's committed to that.

So that's it. Plain, simple and sweet!