Your Q: Are you looking for the pure extract or one cut so you can spread it, such as over cereal?
We mainly use it in tea and to sweeten our kefir.
I appreciate the note about using stevia cut with FOS to bake with- I never thought to bake with it. I usually just sweeten with juices or applesauce, but this would give me more flexibility. Not everything lends itself to the fruit flavors.
Trader Joe's does have a 100% extract- a one ounce bottle for about $10. They do also have the one with lactose, as well as a box of packets cut with maltodextrin. From what you say I am paying the normal price.