Replace sucrose with dextrose and fructose to reduce sweetness

[Dr_Alex_Harrison]

Sweetness reduction would be best accomplished by maltodextrin + fructose. Barely.

I pulled that image from this thread:
https://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/?post=last-7417228#first

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