Sugar free chew method?

[Bearded]

Hey guys, back again!

I found a tobacco supplier close to me (in Aus). I've been making snus but it's not cutting it for me. I love dip and chew (you can't buy them here).

Now, I see a lot of chew recipes with reduced apple juice as the base and people adding artificial sweeteners instead of molasses.

If I want to make a sugar free chew, what could I use instead of the apple juice base?

Also, I know it's probably alright, but is air cured alright to make chew over fire cured? I can't get fire cured here.

Thanks!

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

I do believe xylitol is the go to for sweetening. It actually exists in nature, and has a neutral flavour.

You could add liquid (or real) smoke if you wanted the smoky flavour of fire cured. Yes burley. Fire cured actually is burley .

 

[Bearded]

I do believe xylitol is the go to for sweetening. It actually exists in nature, and has a neutral flavour.

You could add liquid (or real) smoke if you wanted the smoky flavour of fire cured. Yes burley. Fire cured actually is burley .

Cheers for that mate. Do you have an idea of what to use for a base? Or would water do it?

 

[Jitterbugdude]

It depends on how sweet you like your chew. I use Xylitol for its mild sweetening effect but I also add pure sucralose powder because I like my dip to taste more like candy than actually tobacco. The Xylitol will also act as a mild anti-microbial. It is being added more and more to toothpastes and chewing gums for its anti-cavity affect.

Air cured is fine. It's all I use. I don't like fire cured in my dip. It makes it too bitter for me.

 

[Bearded]

It depends on how sweet you like your chew. I use Xylitol for its mild sweetening effect but I also add pure sucralose powder because I like my dip to taste more like candy than actually tobacco. The Xylitol will also act as a mild anti-microbial. It is being added more and more to toothpastes and chewing gums for its anti-cavity affect.

Air cured is fine. It's all I use. I don't like fire cured in my dip. It makes it too bitter for me.

Thank you!

As far as the base to mix the tobacco in to, will water be ok? So boil water, add xylitol, glycerine, mix tobacco?

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Post #3 in this link is how I make dip: https://fairtradetobacco.com/threads/a-few-homemade-dip-questions-from-a-noob.8574/

No no need to boil anything. I add my xylitol, sucralose and glycerine to the hot tobacco. But really, you don't even need to cook the tobacco that's just a step that is done to reduce the cancer causing TSNAs.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

But really, you don't even need to cook the tobacco that's just a step that is done to reduce the cancer causing TSNAs.

Sounds like a good idea, then.

 

[deluxestogie]

I should probably stay out of this thread, since I know nothing about making chew, but I discovered several years ago that the commercial "Stevia" sweetener sold at the grocery store is almost entirely xylitol, with just a whiff of actual stevia, to crank up the sweetness.

Bob

 

[MarcL]

Dry Stevia Leaves are really sweet. I've soaked them in water then strained it. Very sweet like. Most health food stores should carry them.