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

Artificial sweeteners provide virtually no calories and no nutrients. NDSU photo
Artificial sweeteners provide virtually no calories and no nutrients. NDSU photo

“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…