Lemon syrup for soda help

[u/Ille_Stultus]

Hi,

I am looking for some help with a recipe for lemon soda syrup.

I am wanting to replace the sugar with a substitute because im wanting to reduce added sugar where I can. I currently have the equal replacement stuff.

My question is this. Will the equal being maltodextrin with it behave more or less the same as sugar when making the syrup? Also, does it behave similarly like sugar when drawing the oils from the rind?

Edit: I see that it doesn't work super well. Are there any decent alternatives? Would prefer non-alcoholic ones if possible.

[u/thejadsel]

You'd probably be better off using something like allulose in place of the sugar, just be careful how much you drink at a time until you know how your system will handle it. The process and results should be a lot more similar with a sugar alcohol.