Just received this message in my Inbox from one of our favorite natural nutrition bar companies, Gnu Foods about Sweet Fiber. Sweet Fiber is a zero calorie sweetener made from fiber (specifically Inulin). Of course, use of Inulin in foods as a natural source of fiber is nothing new, but now it's packaged and marketed for it's sweetness.

We now have a "Gnu" discovery to share - Sweet Fiber, a zero calorie sweetener with the added bonus of Fiber. And, unlike Splenda and most other sugar substitutes, the ingredients in Sweet Fiber are 100% natural: Chicory Root Fiber (Inulin) and Luo Han Guo (Monk Fruit Extract) and natural flavor.

Each 1 gram packet is said to sweeten the same as 2 teaspoons of sugar, but there is less than 1 gram of fiber per packet - about 3% of the recommended daily amount. Could this be serious competition for Truvia?!

Sweet Fiber is available online at Gnu Foods at the sale price of $5.99 for a box containing 50 packets, and $7.19 for a Sweet Fiber Shaker which has 250 servings.