Prairie Fare: Sweet truths — What to know about artificial sweeteners

“What’s the difference between these packets?” my husband asked me after he picked up his cup of coffee.

“These are different non-nutritive sweeteners,” I replied as I read the ingredient statement. “Some are sweeter than others.”

“Could you pick out a packet for me?” he added.

I selected a pink packet for him because it caught my eye. I think I used a blue packet.

I don’t know why we sweeten our coff…