I haven't written much about erythritol over the past two years, but every day I drink some in my breakfast herbal tea. Sometimes I use it with black tea and milk ("English tea"), but the result has a slightly unusual taste that although drinkable is unsatisfying.
So every few months, I have to buy more erythritol. Usually I buy from some Internet merchant in Israel, but these seem to change each time as either I can't remember from whom I ordered the previous, or they don't have any in stock/have stopped sellingwhen I go to order. This time I found a new supplier, "Nifla'ot hakoleh" who are selling erythritol for 19 NIS/kilo. This is 'bulk' erythritol, not prepackaged, so one can order any weight that one wants (within reason). Of course, an Internet merchant has to add delivery costs, in this case a rather steep 39 NIS (normally shipping is about 25 NIS, if I'm charged at all), and so 3 kg cost me 96 NIS, or 32 NIS/kilo. The sugar came in three bags that I did not weigh.
At what price is the health foods shop in Bet Shemesh selling erythritol? They offer several packages: 400 g @ 19.9 = 49.75 NIS/kilo; 260 g @ 26.9 = 103.46 NIS/kilo; 500 g @ 33.9 = 67.80 NIS/kilo. So why bother going there, when they are at least 55% more expensive, not including the cost of getting to the shop?
I can't find the payment for the last batch of erythritol so I can't compare, but I'm sure it was more expensive.
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