What is a good sweetener other than refined white sugar?

Stevia...sold in whole food stores.

Be cautious...it's very sweet.

For baking you could use applesause, crushed pineapple, or fruit juices, or dates.

Try sprinkling some Cinnamon,it's got a sweet taste to it but not to much you can use it in cookies over apples,have a look on the Internet for some more recipes.

Honey ofcourse but should not be heated or poured on

heated food because according to ayurveda it is bad.

Another natural product is ofcourse stevia powder and

then there is ofcourse maple syrup as well carob powder.

Take your pick. Cheers! :o)

Have you tried Stevia or Equal?

Well, there's unrefined sugar.

Depending on what you're making, you can use fruit juice, molasses, or corn syrup.

brown sugar.

Try STEVIA or other natural sugar subs:

Natural sugar substitutes:

Brazzein — Protein, 800x sweetness of sucrose (by weight), Exxx

Curculin — Protein, 550x sweetness (by weight), Exxx

Erythritol — 0.7x sweetness (by weight), 14x sweetness of sucrose (by food energy), 0.05x energy density of sucrose

Fructose — 1.7x sweetness (by weight and food energy), 1.0x energy density of sucrose

Glycyrrhizin — 50x sweetness (by weight)

Glycerol — 0.6x sweetness (by weight), 0.55x sweetness (by food energy), 1.075x energy density, E422

Hydrogenated starch hydrolysates — 0.4x–0.9x sweetness (by weight), 0.5x–1.2x sweetness (by food energy), 0.75x energy density

Lactitol — 0.4x sweetness (by weight), 0.8x sweetness (by food energy), 0.5x energy density, E966

Mabinlin — Protein, 100x sweetness (by weight), Exxx

Maltitol — 0.9x sweetness (by weight), 1.7x sweetness (by food energy), 0.525x energy density, E965

Maltooligosaccharide

Mannitol — 0.5x sweetness (by weight), 1.2x sweetness (by food energy), 0.4x energy density, E421

Miraculin — Protein, nx sweetness (by weight), Exxx

Monellin — Protein, 3,000x sweetness (by weight), Exxx

Pentadin — Protein, 500x sweetness (by weight), Exxx

Sorbitol — 0.6x sweetness (by weight), 0.9x sweetness (by food energy), 0.65x energy density, E420

Stevia — 250x sweetness (by weight)

Tagatose — 0.92x sweetness (by weight), 2.4x sweetness (by food energy), 0.38x energy density

Thaumatin — Protein, — 2,000x sweetness (by weight), E957

Xylitol — 1.0x sweetness (by weight), 1.7x sweetness (by food energy), 0.6x energy density, E967