What makes it easier to digest isn't really the other ingredient, but rather keeping from having it be 100% erythritol. Erythritol can be pretty hard on some people in large amounts, so by padding it out with monk fruit extract they can reach an amount of sweetness that they want while also using less of it.
Erythritol is ~70% as sweet as sugar, whereas monk fruit extract is 100-250 times sweeter than sugar so the idea is that you can use a small amount of two naturally made sweeteners to reach the same level of sweetness as real sugar, without needing to pour in a massive amount of erythritol which can upset people's stomachs.
Edit: I saw the non-organic Swerve, which I'm not as much of a fan of, does not have monk fruit extract but instead bulks with Allulose, "flavor" and Xanthan gum.
I do not like bulking with Allulose, I found the taste of it less enjoyable when using it separately but the more you know.
Allulose is another natural sugar extract, about 70% as sweet as sugar like Erythritol.
I tried to make caramel with it once based on a keto recipe. That was a disaster, haha.
wait, really? because there's a certain mechanism in swerve that makes it easier to digest, not just a different sweetener.
anyways, it is indeed magical stuff. i mix swerve icing sugar with butter and eat it out of a bowl lmfao.
Yup, the two ingredients in the organic Swerve is just erythritol and monk fruit extract. https://swervesweet.com/products/organic-granular
What makes it easier to digest isn't really the other ingredient, but rather keeping from having it be 100% erythritol. Erythritol can be pretty hard on some people in large amounts, so by padding it out with monk fruit extract they can reach an amount of sweetness that they want while also using less of it.
Erythritol is ~70% as sweet as sugar, whereas monk fruit extract is 100-250 times sweeter than sugar so the idea is that you can use a small amount of two naturally made sweeteners to reach the same level of sweetness as real sugar, without needing to pour in a massive amount of erythritol which can upset people's stomachs.
Edit: I saw the non-organic Swerve, which I'm not as much of a fan of, does not have monk fruit extract but instead bulks with Allulose, "flavor" and Xanthan gum.
I do not like bulking with Allulose, I found the taste of it less enjoyable when using it separately but the more you know.
Allulose is another natural sugar extract, about 70% as sweet as sugar like Erythritol.
I tried to make caramel with it once based on a keto recipe. That was a disaster, haha.