SUSTA is a natural, low calorie, low-glycemic, antioxidant sweetening system that supports healthy blood sugar levels & energy. The SUSTA sweetener is available online and in select supermarkets and retail stores nationwide.
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I think this tastes much better than any of the other so called “natural” sweeteners on the market today. I have tried several of them and at least this one tastes good plus it has vitamins and the antioxidants. Glad to see that you can buy it at Shaws now. Artificial sweeteners are so bad for you, wish it would be taken out of all the foods and that they would put Susta in instead.
Best new sweetener on the block. No after taste, mixes easy ( I mix with water to take during my hikes for a low cal energy drink )and the health benefits are compared to no other on the market.
I am very interested to know more about this product. I just googled it as I have tried their smootie (its good) and am very cautious of artificial sweeteners. Finally someone with a natural product! Their smoothie tastes great so I’m looking forward to trying this. The post before said it’s avail at Shaws thats good!
Great product, will be glad when it goes main stream!!!
Could revolutionize the sweetener market –with vitamins, antioxidants and probiotics. Plus, it tastes great. The smoothies are delicious too. Could become a staple for diabetics and people fighting obesity!
Delicious, without any after taste…not too sweet…just right!
This sweetener is wonderful! I haven’t used anything else since my first packet and I don’t leave home without it.
The best taste of all the new sweeteners, I have tried several of them. No after taste at all, its really sweet; plus all the other stuff it has. I like it!
I’ve turned my kitchen into an experimental lab creating new recipes using SUSTA as a sweetner and additional nutrients. My health conscious friends, who are eager to try my concoctions, cannot believe I did not use sugar in my power smoothies. If America is serious about winning the battle against obesity and other sugar related health issues, SUSTA, replacing cane sugar, can be one of the main ingredients for a healthier population.
i have loved this product ever since I found it! Its a great alternative to sugar with no strange aftertaste – thank god. I definitely recommend it to all my friends and carry it in my purse at all times.
Susta puts all of the other sweetners to shame. No after taste and is so good for you! Everyone should definitely try this product and they will never use anything else!!!
LOVE this product! Delicious in anything, even cereal AND it’s good for you. Finally! I predict this product will replace the “pink packets”, the “blue packets” and the “yellow packets” in restaurants in the next year. The taste is amazing and my family loves it.
Big Question???
Sounds good, but one of the ingredients is fructose.
Does anyone know if they are using Genetically Modified corn for their source of fructose?
If they are, please encourage them to support the few farmers who avoid the Genetically Modified crops.
Gerber Baby Foods is now doing that.
Is GM safe? How many drugs have been recalled after they were “safe” but turned out to be unsafe?
No scientist knows the long term side effects of GM contaminated food, but it’s already in most corn, canola, soy and other foods too.
What is the status of SUSTA with the FDA? How much fructose is included? I will definately be trying this product. I hope it passes the more consumer oriented research entities.
I live in Slate Hill, NY but cannot find a store in my community that sells susta sweetener. Thought ShopRite would have it but they do not.
Now I am reading there is fructose ingredient in susta. Is this okay for diabetics?
Also, why isn’t scientific medical proof available if it is good for you. I can’t find any medical studies approving of this product. Help!
In my humble opinion (and influenced by having taught college-level nutrition courses for the last 25 years), there is utterly nothing special about this product—it is merely fructose dressed up with a bunch of other fab-sounding biochemicals that do basically nothing much, and it is exorbitantly expensive. Seriously, you can buy an ENTIRE POUND of pure crystalline fructose at any bulk-food store for a couple of bucks! This product is first and foremost a MONEY-MAKER (for the company and the shareholders of NXTH)–cleverly marketed, IMO, to be something other than what it really is: a very expensive source of fructose. BTW, that is the same fructose as in “high-fructose corn sweetener” (HFCS). Unlike dirt-cheap readily-available pure fructose in bulk or even HFCS, though, Susta also contains inulin (a “prebiotic”, meaning that it feeds the intestinal bacteria, and you bet it does–keep reading), pretty much guaranteed to produce some extra intestinal gas, thanks to large-intestinal bacteria fermenting the inulin. Inulin is the same chemical (a polymer of fructose) that is the primary “active ingredient” in onions and other gassy veggies. Might have to eat a few packets to get that, um, special benefit, as the dose of inulin matters. BTW, that fermentation is likely good for your colon, but the same effect is produced by eating ordinary gassy veggies.
They do put a great spin on the product—pro marketing all the way.
You want antioxidants? Eat a little dark chocolate or some ordinary unprocessed plant foods–fruits/veggies/nuts/seeds.
The slogan for Susta: “Turns Calories into healthy energy”?? What the heck is that supposed to mean? It’s largely meaningless, IMO.
Nor are the vits/mins in this product going to turn your life around.
I have just recently tried the smoothies containing Susta, and they are awesome. But, I am worried about any possible side effects – I get migraines from most artificial sweeteners – has anyone heard of that as a possible side effect to Susta?
SUSTA sounds great. Looking forward to trying this unique, well-researched product. The ingredients are far superior to what’s out there.
In Regards to David Stone’s input:
-Inulin comes from Sugar Beets and is a fantastic effective Prebiotic with very little side effects and alot of well documented benefits. Inulin feeds ALL friendly bacteria in the intestinal tract (not just a few like Pro-biotics); Fructose (Granulated fructose) is completely different than High Fructose (Corn syrup); ranks much lower on the glycemic index and is a superior sugar (does not spike your blood sugar) giving sustained energy.
Smart companies make superior products. Combining prebiotics with probiotics is fantastic; antioxidants added make “Better”, BEST….Go SUSTA, Go!
Doug, would be real interested in seeing any “well-researched” information. David Stone’s comment is the only “well-researched” info I have seen.
I do know that the company has paid BIG bucks to a very shady penny stock promoter to pump the stock. In my experience, “birds of a feather flock together” has been a highly reliable old saying.
Jmes , how do you know David Stone is ”Well researched”? Do you know him? From what I understand ‘Susta’is derived from the Stevia plant.
NO Stevia is in SUSTA at all. Go to the website and you can see. As for James/David/Timothy have you tried the product? I have and I have talked to the company about Susta, I am a diabetic and personally do not like the taste of Truvia and the like. This has no chemicals and is all natural and tastes great! Why are you talking about the stock on this site? This is a “food” site not a site about stocks, you must be invested ? As they say, “I think thou protests to much” keep your comments to the nature of the site!
I like SUSTA-nuf said!
Sarah, I would never be invested in this company. They are strictly a marketing company and do not even make their only product. All money taken in is distributed to the handful of employees, not invested for the benefit of shareholders. Money is not the only thing being taken by these charletons, but you know, Sarah, there is a sucker born every minute isn’t there?
Well James there is also an ill-informed person born every minute too! They have 3 products on the shelves, HEALTHY DAIRY YOGURT SMOOTHIE, SUSTA and SUSTA BOWL with several more being formulated–call the company or just go to their web-site…NXTNUTRITIONALS.com. You obviously have some sort of bone to pick, you must own Stevia, Truvia or some of the other products that are in the market today. Also, it’s too bad–that although they are good products, and questionable about the health benefits, they taste horrible, the DO NOT have pre or pro biotics, vitamins or fiber. This site is for TASTE only…not company profile, money etc…you are the one that sounds like someone thats afraid of a good product—so you have to find away to bash it! Susta taste good and is a GREAT healthy alternative to those that can NOT use sugar!
No,Sarah, I don’t work for a competitor, but it sure sounds like you work for NXT. Why else would be so adamant about a product that is nothing more than cheap grocery store fructose with a daily vitamin tablet crushed in it and marketed at an exorbitant price? I just came to this site to see what kind of nitwits would be buying this crap, and now I know. Have a really merry Christmas and good luck with your diet. Bye.
Where can you find exact ingredients in susta? Is there a website where it is listed? What is company’s answer to this?
Here is their website with all the hype you could ever want to read.
http://www.nxtnutritionals.com/
A google search for susta would get you there also.
WOW !! JAMES you really are a hater ain’t ya!!!! I guess we should all stick to good ole refined sugar…even us diabetics!!! you sign off as good bye crtuel world …then pop back up[ like Jason on friday 13th!!!
Don’t count on being able to buy Susta much longer:
“Meanwhile, with just $163,263 left in the bank, NXTH has already warned shareholders that its resources “may be insufficient to meet its cash needs for the near future” without additional fundraising.
Berman & Co., the Boca Raton firm that serves as NXTH’s independent auditor, has raised substantial doubts about the company’s ability to continue operating as a going concern in the meantime. The same firm began auditing CLRH’s books this summer, replacing a firm that has since lost its license, and has issued a similar warning for that company as well.
http://www.timothysykes.com/2009/12/thestreetsweeper.org-goes-beyond-my-initial-research-nails-2-pump-dumps/
JAMES JAMES JAMES… TAKE IT EASY, SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE A COMPETITOR OR INVESTED IN NXTH AND GOT BURNED…EITHER WAY RELAX.. IF YOU PLAY THE STOCKS YOU WILL LOSE MOST OF THE TIME SON!!! DONT CRY WHEN YOU DO!
This is the best all naturall sweetener by far. Great taste and many healthy benefits.
Just a little education for the gullible:
“What are the major sources of fructose?
Fruits and vegetables have relatively small, “normal” amounts of fructose that most bodies can handle quite well. The problem comes with added sugars in the modern diet, the volume of which has grown rapidly in recent decades. The blame has often been pinned to high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which is made up of 55% fructose and 45% glucose. However, sucrose is half fructose and half glucose. So, HFCS actually doesn’t have a whole lot more fructose than “regular” sugar, gram for gram.
High fructose corn syrup has become incredibly inexpensive and abundant, partially due to corn subsidies in the United States. So, really, the problem is more that it has become so cheap that it has crept its way into a great number of the foods we eat every day.”
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/nutrition/a/fructosedangers.htm
I have been using SUSTA for 3 months now and I have lost 12 pound and I feel better than ever. I plan to use it for the rest of my life.
Sugar is a huge lucrative market and you will always find people to denigrate all alternatives.
James tell us, are you associated to the sugar industry?
The main ingredient of SUSTA is inulin and it has many healthy benefits.
Ray, could you please provide a link for your assertion that inulin is the main ingredient in Susta? Thanks.
Daniel, no, I am a CPA and as a result of 40 years auditing the financial statements of many types of companies I have developed a nose for fraud and a love for exposing charlatans.
I also have a degree in agriculture from the University of Maryland and ran a pick your own berry farm (blueberries, red raspberries and blackberries) in the summer months. I guess it’s that nose for fraud that attracts me particulary to the herbal remedy/natural foods industries,the patent medicine purveyors of our generation.
Sure. Look at the ingredients at the bottom of the “Nutrition Facts”. They are always written in order of concentration.
http://www.nxtnutritionals.com/susta-nutritional-information
And if you want to learn more about inulin
http://www.lifeenergyfood.com/sweeteners.html
Well that figures James, another words you have no clue of what you’re talking about but you’re a knowitall sherlock holmes!!!! Being a cpa or a degree in ag gives you NO CREDENCE WHAT SOEVER ON EITHER SUBJECT YOU’RE ADDRESSING!!! Mr Pompass!
Gino, you said: “From what I understand ‘Susta’is derived from the Stevia plant.”
Please provide a link that verifies your statement. Thanks.
James, I understand your point because we should always be cautious about new products but I think this one is good. Have a wonderful year!
Inulin 1st listed on the box ? doesn’t that mean its the MAIN ingredient ? I am a diabetic and my doctor just recently looked over this product and gave me the go-ahead. I like it and thats what this site is for— not all this other crap.
Yes, the main ingredient always come first in the listing.
Last time I checked I (and I am sure others) used this site to find new and beneficial products and information for our day to day lives NOT to hear bashing of a company. I have enjoyed using this product to date and recommend it to all of my friends. So YOU don’t like it, FINE, I believe you got your point across several posts ago. Move on because obviously there are others who enjoy this product.
I just came across this page — and I can’t wait to try Susta. I have weight to lose and am loathe to use artificial products. This sounds like it’s just the ticket…
Sorry, but I couldn’t help but notice that James claims to be a CPA with 40 years of auditing experience, a degree in agriculture, experience in the food industry (even if it was just a pick-your-own farm), and a nose for fraud — yet he either couldn’t find or understand the ingredient list for Susta? Hhhmmmmmmm… Now what sounds fraudulent, here? Someone’s got some kind of axe to grind.
Susta is available at the website for NXT nutritionals
http://nxtnutritionals.com
I am looking forward to trying it after reading a lot about it.
Tried sample Susta tonight in my tea and my glucos went from average 2 hr after dinner test of 160 to 260 the highest reading Iv’e had in months.
Interesting about the sugar spike that Juanita mentions. I did get my order of the 1 pound baking size. Now our Shaws here in the northeast has it in the packets. I see it does list 6 calories and 3 gr. carbs per teaspoon (1 sugar). If you use it to bake or something that brings the carbs way up. 3 Tbs. with my math would = about 54 calories and 27g. of carbs. Not a small amount.
I am a diabetic myself and I never notice a significant increase of my glucos even if I use Susta regularly. Maybe it’s different from one person to the other.
As the inventor of SUSTA, this blog has been very interesting. Myself and colleagues very much appreciate all your comments–the great reviews as well as the harsh.
There are some misunderstandings I wish to convey.
(1) Regarding Debbie’s note #48: Labels can be a little confusing. In a 3 g serving of SustaBowl, there is less than a 1/2 of gram of fructose and in far greater predominance, almost all the rest is soluble, prebiotic fiber. However, in labeling requirements, the fiber is counted under “carbs”–obviously an unavoidable misnomer that is confusing to the consumer and frustrating to us.
(2) Regarding Jaunita’s note, # 47, sorry for your reaction, but this is very strange. First, there is barely 1/2 g of fructose in a packet–that’s like a smidgen on your finger tip. One would have to consume an entire box of 50 packets to match the sugar content of one large apple( but in so doing , you would also have 5X the fiber of an apple)!
Second, fructose, unlike glucose, sucrose or tablesugar, does not stimulate the glycemic response–its one of the lower glycemic foods on the glycemic index. Third, soluble fiber drives down the effects of sugar.At a ratio of 2 parts fiber to one part sugar, this has a ratio more similar to dried peppers + dried tomatoes, rather than a higher sugar to fiber ratio such as a succulent fruit or even an apple!
Please test again in a little plain water removing any other variables–let us know.
(3) James and multiple entries:
Considering all the baloney out there in the food and dietary supplement industry, James skeptic notations are completely understandable and appreciated. The facts are we are a young science based and marketing public company, growing and expanding with the commitment to excellence and integrity in a tough economy and a tough food category–sweeteners. In spite of the expected challenges, we are rapidly growing and gaining market-share. because we have a great tasting, proactive healthy value product, that is steadily garnering the excitement, results and respect of consumers and top health professionals nationwide over the competition.
Thank you all again for your participation and support of NXT’s Susta and keep this blog buzzing!