This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of
Nectresse™ Sweetener. All opinions are 100% mine.
I'm not much for artificial sweeteners - never have been. I pass up those little pink and blue packets for the white or brown ones. Aside from all of the man-made junk inside the artificial sweeteners, they just taste nasty to me. But when I had an opportunity to try a sweetener that is 100% natural and made from fruit, I was all in! Made from fruit, you say!? Why yes! Monk fruit to be exact. Monk fruit is a small green melon that has been grown on "lush vines in remote mountain regions" of Asia for hundreds of years. The extract from the monk fruit is combined with a blend of other natural sweeteners to bring that rich sugar-taste with less calories. What is this elusive sweetener called? It is
NECTRESSE™Sweetener and it is 150 times sweeter than sugar. Which means, you don't have to use very much...AND it has zero calories.
So, what to do with my box of Nectresse packets? Well, I sweeten my coffee and my iced tea (not to mention two of our summer favorites: Lemonade and Limeade), so substituting Nectresse in those applications was a no-brainer. A packet in my morning coffee? I liked it! I was skeptical (remember...I'm a raw sugar or brown sugar in my coffee kinda gal), but it was great. I only needed one packet, which is fantastic, because even though I know I'm ingesting way too many calories with my coffee normally, I do it anyway. Nectresse will eliminate some of those first-thing-in-the-morning-calories from my cherished morning ritual! Ditto on the iced beverages - it dissolved beautifully and added a natural-tasting sweetness.
