"other" - don't use refined sugar at all and certainly <for me> no synthetic substitutes. I try to eat as whole and unrefined as possible much of the time. Most of the things I make don't require sweetener <burgers for husband and that kinda thing > and I don't bake. With things like soups and condiments and other things that would normally have sugar already in them, I read labels and don't buy products with refined sugar.
We have some refined white sugar in the house only for when my husband makes cookies - but I haven't used sugar <or salt>in anything I cook for years. I use very little sweeteners of any kind in things I make but when I do I use either raw agave, or Eden organic barley malt for things like hot cereal, pancakes and the like, but not very much- most of the time I add natural spices to bring out the natural taste of the grain and add some extra flavor. And stevia for my coffee on the rare occasions I have it, if I'm out somewhere - we don't have way for me to make coffee at home and I don't wanna buy a coffeemaker or anything like that. Hubby likes raw honey on his oatmeal which we get from local beekeeper.
