chnklberri-- Thanks for the welcome. I'm mostly lurking so far but am learning a lot from the wisdom of the people here. I don't have a lot of weight to lose, but with a history of diabetes in my family, low carbing seems to be a good route to staying out of trouble on that front as well as a sensible way to lose weight.

I have been trying to find agave. I read some where (maybe the sugar busters forum) that it is getting extremely hard to find becuase the growers can get better prices selling it to the tequila makers. It is not being sold in any of my local health food stores. I'm going to call the supplier you listed. Thanks!

On the other hand I got pure powdered sucralose--no added ingredients--from Best Body Products. One teaspoon of it is equivalent to about 3 cups of sugar, so to make measuring easier, I mixed a teaspoonful with a cup and a half of water to use to sweeten my coffee and tea. I haven't tryed it in any recipes yet because I only got it yesterday.