Thursday, April 16, 2015
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"Coffee is the best
thing to douse the sunrise with, " says American writer. Terri Guillemets.
The Persian Hanbali jurist and Sufi Sheik
Abd-al-Kadiroes beyond that, in a quote attributed to him: " No one can understand the truth until he drinks of
coffee's frothy goodness. " [Source] If one were to believe English author Alexander Pope, coffee would be the potential solution to political problems. "Coffee," according to him, "makes the politician wise."
Like other products we have tackled in this blog, coffee tops the list in several ways. "It is consumed either hot or cold by about one-third of the people in the world, in amounts larger than those of any other drink," according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. ["coffee." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2014.] That alone should make it prime material for this blog.
A broadcast (and podcast) by the British Broadcasting Corporation further reinforces coffee's premier position. "The global industry is worth at least 500 billion dollars a year - more even than gold...It's said to be the developing world's second most valuable traded commodity - outstripped only by oil."
The coffee article of Encyclopedia Britannica clarifies the reasons for the preference for coffee: "Its popularity can be attributed to its invigorating effect, which is produced by caffeine, an alkaloid present in green coffee in amounts between 0.8 and 1.5 percent for the Arabica varieties and 1.6 to 2.5 percent for Robusta." ["coffee." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2014.]
Sugar-free Coffee Products
As with other products, sweet or sweetened coffee products.
Not surprisingly, coffee has joined the rapidly-growing bandwagon for sugar-free products. Instant coffee mixes, which were originally 3-in-1 (coffee, cream and sugar), but, with the addition food supplements with touted health benefits, have risen to 5-in-1, 7-in-1, or 9-in-1 or so. Many brands of instant coffee mixes are now available sugar-free, and these are readily available in supermarkets and convenience stores.
San Mig Super Coffee has nine-gram 3-in-1 sachets, in mild or strong variants. The product can also be purchased in plastic packs containing ten sachets. San Mig uses sucralose (Splenda) as its sweetener.
On the other hand, Great Taste has a sugar-free version of Great Taste White. It is available in 17-gram sachets, and uses sucralose as its sweetener.
For its part, Jimm's coffee mix also has its own version of a sugar-free coffee mix. There is a 5-in-1 product, which contains, aside from coffee, creamer and sweetener (in this case, aspartame), Agaricus mushroom extract and Korean ginseng. It can be purchased in boxes containing 20 sachets.
Another brand, Nice Day! has two sugar-free versions. It's White product, apparently for those hoping for lighter skin, has gluthatione, a food supplement taken for this purpose and collagen, as well as the sweetener sucralose. In addition, it has, for dieters, it's Slim product, a 6-in-1 with CLA fat burner, L-carnitine, fiber, and the sweetener sucralose.
In addition, though, it has another version, a 10-in-1 product, Nice Day! Coffee Cleanse, which has coco sugar, a low glycemic index sweetener, instead of regular sugar. Nice Day! Coffee Cleanse contains extracts from ganoderma, grape seed, cranberry, sylimarin, spirulina and goji berry (aside from coco sugar).
Then, Glorious Blend has five different "coffee blend variants." 7-in-1 contains coffee, stevia (the sweetener), and the food supplements malunggay (moringa), mangosteen, calcium and gotu kola. The brand's 3-in-1 coffee is composed of coffee, non-dairy creamer, and, the sweetener stevia, a natural plant product which it uses for all of its coffee mixes. Glorious Blend 4-in-1 coffee includes a delightful blend coffee, a non-dairy creamer, and the sugar substitute stevia, and contains the food supplement malunggay. A different flavor is imparted by brown rice to the brand's 5-in-1 product, which contains malunggay, non-dairy creamer and coffee. Dieters would be interested in Glorious Blend Slimmax coffeed, which cantains L-carnitine, "which can boost weight loss, increase blood flow, reduce fatigue, and increase muscle mass." It can be purchased in bulk in boxes containing 20 sachets.
Apart from these sugar-free products, it is relevant to diabetics to mention another coffee mix which is not sugar-free, but contains a low glycemic natural sweetener, cocosap sugar (derived from the sap of coconut) - Optimo. Optimo is a a "3+3 coffee mix," containing instant coffee, cocosap sugar and non-dairy creamer - plus three food supplements, Ginkgo biloba, grapeseed and green tea extract.
Since this article is about coffee, it is also pertinent to mention a product which does not fall under the category instant coffee mix, but is also coffee. I am referring to products served at dispensers in 7-11 convenience stores. These dispensers "dish out" brewed coffee (presumably sugared), sugar-free French vanilla cappuccino, mochaccino, and a non-coffee hot beverage, Hershey's hot chocolate.
There is still another sugar-free product, sold in Family Mart convenience stores. There is a Family Mart Collection Selected Coffee, which is "black" and "sugarless." The ingredients list only "coffee beans." There is no sweetener, so dieters and diabetics who prefer their coffee sweet can add sweetener.
Altogether, an abundant, and growing choice for diabetics and dieters. It is something to be glad about. At least for coffee, this sector is not left behind, or disadvantaged, compared to the rest of the population.
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Sugar-free Coffee Mix Websites
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