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    🏠Home » Recipes » Low Carb/Keto Recipes

    Simple Splenda Lemonade

    Feb 22, 2010 | Last Updated Mar 17, 2022 by Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan

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    4.78 from 9 votes

    This is just a ratio thing type recipe that is darn useful—a simple lemonade one glass at a time. You can make regular or raspberry lemonade. Use regular sugar or Splenda to decrease the calories by 170 calories per glass.

    splenda and lemon juice

    Table of Contents
    • Splenda Ratio
    • 🍋Regular Lemonade
    • 🍋Raspberry Lemonade
    • 📖Summer Favorites
    • 📖Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

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    Introduction

    I wanted a low-calorie lemonade that I can mix one glass at a time with what I have on hand. I have been using this recipe for almost two years now.

    This post just seems to elementry to me. It is just way too simple. You should be able to find this ratio on the Splenda website, but it is not there. 1 part granular Splenda to 2 parts lemon juice to 5 parts water.

    Google is no help for the simple ratio I wanted. You must have lemons, club soda, and many other things people put in. Nobody wanted to just tell the ratio of Splenda to ReaLemon to water. How hard could it be?

    My Rating

    My rating system of a 4 out of 5 so very nice.

    It is a very nice lemonade. Much better than premade cans.

    Splenda Ratio

    I suggest 1 part granular Splenda to 2 parts lemon juice to 5 parts water.

    I use some of that water ration as ice cubes. One cup of ice cubes will be about ½ to ¾  cup water, but it varies a little since cubes are different sizes and will leave a different amount of space between cubes.

    ¼ cup granulated Splenda is equal to 6 packets. I believe that different people perceive the sweetness of Splenda differently.  So adjust to your taste. Or just use regular sugar.

    The Math

    So let’s do the math:

    ¼ cup Splenda = 24 cal vs ¼ cup sugar = 194 calories
    ½ cup RealLemon = 24 calories
    the tea and the water we will call zero.
    The volume is a bit variable. The ice is probably 4-6 oz of water depending on size so ice cubes and airspace in the cup.

    So Regular Lemonade with Splenda will be 48 calories for a total volume of a little over 3 cups.
    The Raspberry version with Splenda is 36 calories in a total volume of a little over 2 ½ cups.

    If sugar is substituted for Splenda, it adds 170 calories to the above numbers.

    🍋Regular Lemonade

    ¼ cup sugar or Granulated Splenda
    ½ cup ReaLemon
    2 cups water-cold
    1 cup of ice cubes

    Raspberry tea with splenda and ReaLemon

    🍋Raspberry Lemonade

    1 Raspberry herbal tea bag
    ¼ cup Sugar or Granulated Splenda
    ¼ cup ReaLemon
    1 ½ cups water-near boiling
    2 cups ice cubes

    Instructions:

    For the regular lemonade, just mix.

    For the raspberry lemonade, first, make the tea in hot water then add the sugar and ice.

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    real lemon with splenda

    Simple Splenda Lemonade

    From Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan
    This is just a ratio thing type recipe that is darn useful. A simple lemonade one glass at a time. You can make regular or raspberry lemonade. Use regular sugar or Splenda to decrease the calories by 170 calories per glass.
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    4.78 from 9 votes
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    Prep Time: 2 minutes
    Cook Time: 1 minute
    Total Time: 3 minutes
    Servings #/Adjust if desired 1 glass

    Ingredients

    Regular Lemonade

    • ¼ cup sugar - or Granulated Splenda
    • ½ cup ReaLemon
    • 2 cup water
    • 1 cup ice cubes

    Raspberry Lemonade

    • 1 Raspberry herbal tea bag
    • ¼ cup ReaLemon
    • 1 ½ cup very hot water
    • 1 cup ice cubes
    • ¼ cup sugar - or Granulated Splenda

    Instructions

    • Just mix for the regular lemonade.
      real lemon with splenda
    • Raspberry Lemonade1) Add tea bag to 1 ½ cup very hot water for 5 minutes. I used a hot water dispenser, or you can boil or microwave the water.2) Mix tea, sugar, and ReaLemon in a large class.3) Add ice
      Raspberry Splenda Lemonade
    See the step-by-step photos in the post. Some recipes have an option to display the photos here with a switch above these instructions but the photos DO NOT print.

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    Recipe Notes

    The Math:
    ¼ cup Splenda = 24 cal vs ¼ cup sugar = 194 calories
    ½ cup RealLemon = 24 calories
    the tea and the water we will call zero.
    The volume is a bit variable. The ice is probably 4-6 oz of water depending on size so ice cubes and airspace in the cup.
    So Regular Lemonade with Splenda will be 48 calories for a total volume of a little over 3 cups.
    The Raspberry version with Splenda is 36 calories in a total volume of a little over 2 ½ cups.
    If sugar is substituted for Splenda, it adds 170 calories to the above numbers.

    To adjust the recipe size:

    You may adjust the number of servings in this recipe card under servings. This does the math for the ingredients for you. BUT it does NOT adjust the text of the instructions. So you need to do that yourself.

    Nutrition Estimate

    Calories : 47 kcal (2%) | Carbohydrates : 14 g (5%) | Protein : 0.5 g (1%) | Fat : 0.3 g | Saturated Fat : 0.05 g | Polyunsaturated Fat : 0.1 g | Monounsaturated Fat : 0.01 g | Sodium : 39 mg (2%) | Potassium : 120 mg (3%) | Fiber : 0.4 g (2%) | Sugar : 3 g (3%) | Vitamin C : 41.3 mg (50%)
    Serving size is my estimate of a normal size unless stated otherwise. The number of servings per recipe is stated above. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.
    Course : Beverage
    Cuisine : American

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    Editor's Note: Originally published  February 22, 2010. Updated with expanded options, refreshed photos, and a table of contents to help navigation.

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    Comments

    1. Jean Whittaker

      December 24, 2018 at 4:03 am

      Hello, You do not mention the calories per glass for the lemonade -- I know you
      Use regular sugar or Splenda to decrease the calories by 70 calories per glass. This is just a ratio thing type recipe that is darn useful.
      You do NOT say how many calories are in a glass of lemonade. I do not have the that information
      Thanks,
      Jean

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      • DrDan

        December 24, 2018 at 5:58 pm

        Hi Jean,
        Welcome to the blog. My math was 8 yrs old and references have improved. I didn't redo it when I combined the two recipes and re-edited the images.

        So here is the math.

        1/4 cup Splenda = 24 cal vs 1/4 cup sugar = 194 calories
        1/2 cup RealLemon = 24 calories
        the tea and the water we will call zero.
        The volume is a bit variable. The ice is probably 4-6 oz of water depending on size so ice cubes and airspace in the cup.

        So Regular Lemonade with Splenda will be 48 calories for a total volume of a little over 3 cups.
        The Raspberry version with Splenda is 36 calories in a total volume of a little over 2 1/2 cups.

        If sugar is substituted for Splenda, it adds 170 calories to the above numbers. The 70 was wrong.

        The automatic calculation in the nutrition box does some rounding so it is 47 instead of 48 for the regular Splenda lemonade.

        The post is updated.

        Thanks for the note.
        Dan

    2. CookinsForMe

      February 23, 2010 at 7:30 am

      I love homemade lemonade and make it during the warm months. I use Fiber fit sweetener (pure sucralose without the dextrose or maltodextrin of Splenda) and the juice of a real lemon, even throwing the lemon halves in the glass. Mmmm!

      And thanks for telling me how to find the recipes. I'm computer literate but missed the 'more' on the pages.

      Reply

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