Welcome! I’m Adriane, the person behind the Sweetener Calculator. A chemical engineer, food technologist, mother & wife, I was born & raised in Brazil and have lived in the United States since 1996.
In April 2019, I launched the WhatSugar™ website to answer one question: “What’s the best sweetener?” I quickly realized that my readers’ biggest frustration was converting one sweetener to another. Time and time again, I’m asked, “How much sweetener to use instead of sugar? How to substitute this brand for another? Can I replace this product in my recipe?”
In an effort to begin answering these questions, I embarked on a thorough process of going down the sweetener rabbit hole. I gathered information from different sweetener websites. I deconstructed the front and back of sweetener packages (ingredients, nutrition facts, label claims). I contacted manufacturers and sellers to find all the details about their products.
Based on this exhaustive research, I created a series of tools. The first one was the Sweetener Calculator™, and subsequently the Sweetener Comparer™ and the Sugar Swap Tool™.
My mission is pretty simple—to help you find substitutes for sugar so that you can eat healthier, have less sugar, or no sugar at all.
I provide smart kitchen tools and practical resources about sugar alternatives.