Exciting news team: cutting your sugar intake doesn’t mean life will be less sweet!

In fact, there are plenty of sugar alternatives you can lean on when the sweet cravings call. Here are some of our favourites. 

Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener 

For the uninitiated, Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener is our low calorie, zero glycemic sweetener that acts EXACTLY like regular sugar! We make it from Monk Fruit, which has been used for centuries in eastern traditional herbalism to increase chi and well-being. 

You can sub in 1:1 Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener for sugar in all your favourite recipes, so you can enjoy all the sweetness without the sweet stuff. Winning!

Check out all our recipes here for inspo!

Fresh Fruit  

Fresh fruit (that is, fruit that’s not juiced, dried or from concentrate) contains naturally sweet sugars. But these come wrapped up with plenty of balancing fibre, water and nutrients so they don’t wreak havoc on your body like the bucketloads of added sugars in many processed foods. 

That makes fresh fruit your snack best friend and goes perfectly with a hint of fat like a slice of cheese or spoonful of yoghurt to keep you fuller for longer. 

Cinnamon 

Warming spices like cinnamon make sure the perfect sweet addition to so many recipes! Sprinkle over breakfast, dust over roasting veggies, add to herbal teas or smoothies… you’re really only limited by your imagination.

Vanilla 

Vanilla powder or extract makes for a perfect sweet sugar alternative. Add a dash to smoothies, breakfast bowls and desserts for a sugar-free sweet hit. 

Sweet potato  

Ahh sweet potato, is there anything it can’t do?! These top tubers are a great source of fibre, vitamins A and C, manganese, and antioxidants. 

They’re also naturally sweet, lending themselves to both savoury and dessert recipes like casseroles, pies, brownies (yes, brownies!), mash and better-for-you fries. Try sprinkling some roasting sweet pot with a little cinnamon for a winningly sweet snack.