The problem with baking is that you know just how healthy – or unhealthy, more likely – the ingredients are because you’re doing the baking. If you’re wondering whether you can use artifical sweeteners as a substitute in your recipe, then the answer is a solid “probably, yes.” You can use alternatives for some things – but not everything. There are some sweeteners you need to avoid, like sucralose (E 955) and aspartame (E 961) because they’re not heat-stable which makes them unsuitable for baking. “Aspartame, for example, loses its sweetening power when heated,” says Daniela Krehl, nutrition e…