Sugar Free Pumpkin Butter Recipe!

How on earth is she benefiting by someone clicking on her website?  I wonder how her google analytics are for hits, she's probably up to about 2 cents in revenue by now. 

She is swirling tablespoons of honey into how many pounds of pumpkin, which is I might add is one of the most nutritionally sound foods found in nature.  And this is a "butter" i.e. a spread you put on things.......not that you eat by the pound. 

You might dump from this spread but most people won't and it is nice to still be part of the holidays.  I think anyone *****ads the recipe knows that honey is a carbohydrate, but it is used in such a small quantity obviously for flavor.  Sugar is not the enemy, eating balanced foods with small amounts of sugar are acceptable except for people who are extremely sensative.  For me bread will do me in just as quickly as a candy bar, even when there is "no" sugar in it whatsoever.

I mentioned that the recipe is not Sugar free as indicated. Not sure how is that bad for any one?  I am not sure what is your point? 

She added honey to the recipe.. Honey has sugar... simply I was trying to let her know that and warn others who may not know that  honey =sugar.  I am not sure why do you feel like you need to defend her... I think she can do a great job herself. 

If she likes to use honey  - that is great - but calling that ":sugar free"  is misleading... I was not rude - just pointed that out. 

it is like saying something is free but that you need to still pay for that.   so which one is it? 

I do have issue with the food industry labeling..  and the nutrition things on here are misleading sometimes.   

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I agree that the honey is trivial.  This recipe looks great, and I will try it too!

I decided to look up other "sugar-free pumpkin butter recipes" on other sites and they all seem to call for Honey or maple syrup and also sugar pumpkin. This does sound very good. I love apple butter and would love to try this recipe, but splenda and other artificial sweeteners give me a headache. So, Please someone explain to me, What is sugar free??? Please! I was under the impression that sugar free was something that does not have refined sugar in it! Just trying to learn these things.

For me, I don't count naturally occurring sugar as sugar per se (per my surgeon's guidelines).  There are lots of things that have sugar in them naturally, but I consider it to be "sugar free" if it does not contain refined sugar and does not contain a lot of natural sugars.  In this particular recipe, a serving has 1/12 of a tablespoon or 1/4 teaspoon of honey and the natural sugar from the pumpkin, so I consider it sugar free.  1/4 teaspoon of honey has 5 calories and 1 gram of sugar.  The remaining 6 calories and 2 grams of sugar/carbs comes from the pumpkin.  JMO for what it's worth ;)

As for the artificial sweeteners giving you a headache, have you tried pure stevia (sweetleaf is 100% stevia - be wary of other brands that also include artificial sweeteners)?  A tiny bit goes a long way, but I am sure this recipe could be tried with that as well.  The liquid would probably work best and just taste until it just a little less sweet than you would like as the flavors will concentrate.

On October 17, 2013 at 4:01 PM Pacific Time, Melanie C. wrote:

I decided to look up other "sugar-free pumpkin butter recipes" on other sites and they all seem to call for Honey or maple syrup and also sugar pumpkin. This does sound very good. I love apple butter and would love to try this recipe, but splenda and other artificial sweeteners give me a headache. So, Please someone explain to me, What is sugar free??? Please! I was under the impression that sugar free was something that does not have refined sugar in it! Just trying to learn these things.

My Quest bars say NO SUGAR and NO SUGAR ALCOHOLS on the box lid, but the nutrition label says 3g sugar. As I understand, it is from the fruit in the bar. I think no sugar = to no sugar cane product. Raw, refined or liquid. I don't count honey or maple syrup as 'sugar added' but that is not to say they are not viewed as 'sugar' to your body, you CAN dump on honey or maple syrup. There is such a negligible a amount in this recipe, I would certainly consider it sugar free for my purposes.



I will be trying this-I LOVE pumpkin anything!

This may help you.  I've looked at several places and industry wide it appears a food can be labeled as sugar free if it has less than 0.5 grams of sugar per serving.

The word "sugar" is defined as: 1) sucrose which is a white crystalline sweet carbohydrate normally extracted from sugar cane and sugar beet, or 2) a generic term that includes any of a class of water-soluble carbohydrates with various degrees of sweetness. Using the first definition, manufacturers can claim that a product is "sugar free" if it contains less than 0.5 grams of sugar (sucrose) per serving. However, it can still contain other sweet carbohydrate mixtures such as molasses, dried cane juice, cane concentrate, high fructose corn syrup, or a variety of sugar alcohols like erythrol, mannitol, xylitol, etc. Sugar alcohols occur naturally or may be produced by hydrogenation of monosaccharides and disaccharides. Sugar alcohols usually provide only two calories per gram, rather than four calories per gram like other carbohydrates. If you are not familiar with chemical nomenclature, the total carbohydrate and sugars in the Nutrition Facts label gives you a good idea of the actual amount of sugars in a product. The example above shows a "sugar free" gum that says in small letters "not a low calorie food" and lists 2 grams of "sugar alcohols" which are listed as sorbitol, mannitol, and maltitol in the ingredients. On a weight basis, 74% of this product is carbohydrate (2 grams out of 2.7 grams serving size).

Thank you to everyone to responded to my question!

This looks great and I plan to make it this week! Thanks for sharing.