What to Replace Sugar With: Options for Baking, Drinks, and Porridges

25.01.2025 13:45

Sugar is a fairly harmful ingredient, which is also a popular sweetener.

However, there are many analogues that can be added to baked goods, tea or coffee if desired.

Culinary expert of HERE NEWS, chef and fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova will tell you which analogues can be used in various cases.

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How to sweeten tea or coffee

Besides the obvious option with honey, there are other analogues that can be used to sweeten drinks.

The following are most often added to coffee and tea:

  • condensed milk;
  • syrup;
  • beet or cane molasses;
  • licorice.

How to sweeten porridge

As with tea and coffee, adding honey is also a great option.

However, if you are allergic to bee products, then you should take a closer look at the following options:

  • fresh fruits and berries;
  • jam;
  • jam.

How to Replace Sugar in Baking

If the task is to replace sugar in baking, then vanilla sugar is most often used as an analogue. It will be most useful to use vanilla pods.

If you want to make the finished product more aromatic, lemon or orange zest will help.

Sugar in baking can also be easily replaced with syrup or molasses, and when making marshmallows, it is recommended to use glucose syrup.

Irina Tint Author: Irina Tint Editor of Internet resources

Arkhipova Julia Expert: Arkhipova JuliaExpert / HERE NEWS


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  1. How to sweeten tea or coffee
  2. How to sweeten porridge
  3. How to Replace Sugar in Baking