Fitness Friday- Truvia review and giveaway

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Congratulations Cheryl F.!

Truvia™ (pronounced Tru-VEE-a) natural sweetener is a great-tasting, natural, zero-calorie sweetener made with rebiana, the best-tasting part of the stevia leaf.  It provides consumers with a new, natural sweetener choice to reduce the number of calories in their diets. Truvia™ natural sweetener sprinkles just like sugar, and is great in coffee and tea, or on your morning grapefruit or cereal.  One packet of Truvia™ natural sweetener provides the same sweetness as two teaspoons of sugar.  Truvia™ natural sweetener is safe for people with diabetes, because it has no effect on the glycemic index (it does not raise or lower your blood sugar). You can also cook and bake with it – recipes and a sweetness conversion chart are available at http://www.truvia.com/.

I have had the opportunity to try Truvia™ and really like it.  I have not baked with it yet(I'm not a huge baker) but am hoping to try it soon.  I have used it in things like cereal, oatmeal and drinks.  I love making lemonaid with it!  I love that by making homemade lemonaid vs. store bought lemonaid I have saved myself 100 calories or more for each serving!  When I have used it with oatmeal and have taken a quick drink I can still taste it a tiny bit, but that goes away shortly after you are finished eating.  It does not have the same flavoring completely as sugar but it is still good.  I like that I know I am cutting calories yet it is still natural. 

 Look for the leaf symbol to indicate that the product has been naturally sweetened with Truvia™ rebiana.


Current products include:
• Glaceau vitaminwater10™ and vitaminwater zero™
• Coca Cola Sprite® Green™
• Odwalla® Reduced-Calorie Quencher
• Kraft Crystal Light Pure Fitness
• True® Lemon Naturally Sweet
• Kraft Nature’s Splash®
• All Sport Naturally Zero™
• Hansen’s® Natural Lo-Cal Juices
• Blue Sky® Free sodas
• Minute Maid Premium® Pomegranate Tea
• Breyers YoCrunch® 100 Calorie Pack
• Velamints breath mints
• Dippin’ Dots© ice cream

I absolutely love some of these products.  I love VitaminWater Zero and Dippin' Dots ice cream...and didnt even realize they have Truvia in them.  I also love Breyers YoCrunch 100 calorie packs and Crystal Light Pure Fitness.  These two items I like even better than the originals! 
Truvia™ natural sweetener is available all over the country in grocery and food stores. You can find it in supermarkets like Kroger, Publix, SuperValu, Food Lion, Stop & Shop, Giant and Martin’s. You can also buy it at Whole Foods, Wal-Mart, and Target. It is available in boxes of 40-count ($3.99), 80-count ($6.49) and 140-count ($10.99) packets at the respective suggested retail price. Truiva™ spoonable is the equivalent in servings of an 80-count box of Truvia™ natural sweetener and now available nationally at grocery retailers with the suggested retail price of $6.99.
One lucky reader can win a box here!  To enter to win: Follow my blog and leave a comment telling me how you would use Truvia the most.

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This giveaway is open to US residents only.  The giveaway will end on July 17 and the winner will be chosen by random.org.

disclosure:  I received the product for free to review.

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