Sweeteners in Food
Sweeteners add sweetness to foods and drinks. This list covers sugars and syrups as well as low- and no-calorie sweeteners such as sugar alcohols and high-intensity sweeteners.
Maple
Maple syrup is a natural sweetener made from the sap of maple trees, primarily sugar, red, or black maple trees. …
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Cane Refinery Syrup
Cane refinery syrup is a sweetener made from the byproducts of refining sugarcane into granulated sugar. It is a thick, …
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Corn Sweeteners
Corn sweeteners are a group of sugary syrups made from corn starch. The starch is broken down into simpler sugars, …
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Sorbital
Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol, also known as glucitol. It is found naturally in some fruits like apples and pears. …
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Sucralose & Acesulfame Potassium
Sucralose and Acesulfame Potassium are both artificial sweeteners. Sucralose is made from sugar through a process that replaces some hydrogen-oxygen …
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Icing Pens: Sugar
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a carbohydrate found naturally in fruits, vegetables, and grains. Commercial sugar is primarily extracted …
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High Fructose Corn
High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The corn starch is first processed into …
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Granulated
Granulated sugar, also known as table sugar or white sugar, is sucrose, a type of carbohydrate. It is typically extracted …
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Malted Corn And Barley Syrup
Malted corn and barley syrup is a sweetener made from grains. It is produced by malting barley and then combining …
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Cane Brown Sugar
Cane brown sugar is a type of sugar made from sugar cane. It is a sucrose sugar product with a …
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Organic Corn Syrup
Organic corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from the starch of organic corn. The corn starch is broken down …
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Organic Clover Honey
Organic clover honey is a natural sweetener produced by honeybees from the nectar of clover flowers. The bees collect nectar …
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Aspartamet
Aspartame is an artificial sweetener that is much sweeter than sugar. It is made by chemically combining two amino acids, …
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Cane Sugar And Cane Syrup
Cane sugar and cane syrup are sweeteners made from the sugarcane plant. Sugarcane stalks are crushed to extract their juice, …
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Bbq Sauce: Sugar
Sugar is a sweet carbohydrate that comes from sugarcane and sugar beets. It is refined into various forms, such as …
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Humectant: Sorbitols
Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in some fruits, like apples and pears. It is manufactured commercially by …
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Filling: Invert Sugar Syrup
Invert sugar syrup is a liquid sweetener made from sucrose (table sugar). It is produced by breaking down sucrose into …
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Candy Sugar
Candy sugar is a type of sugar, often found in large, irregular crystals, produced by slowly crystallizing a concentrated sugar …
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Saccharose
Saccharose is the chemical name for sucrose, a common sugar. It is a disaccharide, meaning it is made of two …
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Fructose Corn Syrup
Fructose corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from corn. Corn starch is first processed to create corn syrup, which …
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Liquid Fructose
Liquid fructose is a sweetener made from corn syrup. It is a mixture of glucose and fructose, simple sugars that …
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Unfiltered Honey
Unfiltered honey is honey that has not been heated or processed to remove fine particles like pollen, beeswax, and propolis. …
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Organic Powdered Sugar With Organic Corn Starch
Organic Powdered Sugar With Organic Corn Starch is a very finely ground sugar, also known as confectioners' sugar or icing …
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Sugar Citric Acid
Sugar is a carbohydrate primarily derived from sugar cane or sugar beets, extracted and refined to create a sweet crystalline …
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Non Gmo Dextrose
Dextrose is a simple sugar that comes from corn starch. It is made by breaking down corn starch through a …
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Malt Cereal Syrup
Malt cereal syrup is a sweetener made from barley malt and other grains. The grains are germinated, then mashed with …
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Water Corn Syrup
Corn syrup is a thick, sweet liquid made from corn starch. It's produced by breaking down corn starch into simpler …
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Inulin Syrup
Inulin syrup is a liquid sweetener made from chicory root. It is produced by hydrolyzing inulin, a type of soluble …
What is Inulin Syrup? →
Powdered Sugar Sugar
Powdered sugar is finely ground granulated sugar mixed with a small amount of cornstarch to prevent clumping. The grinding process …
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Derived From Sugar Beets
Sugar derived from sugar beets is sucrose, a common disaccharide (a type of sugar made of two simpler sugars). It …
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Caramel Swirl: Corn Syrup
Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. It is produced by breaking down the starch into simpler …
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Vegan Sugar
Vegan sugar is a type of sugar that has not been processed using bone char, a common refining agent derived …
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Ready-to-use Icing: Confectioners' Sugar
Confectioners' sugar is a finely ground granulated sugar, also known as powdered sugar or icing sugar. It is made by …
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White Icing: Powdered Sugar
Powdered sugar, also known as confectioners' sugar or icing sugar, is granulated white sugar that has been finely ground into …
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Certified Organic Stevia Leaf Extract
Certified Organic Stevia Leaf Extract is a sweetener derived from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant, native to South …
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Sugar-based Coating
Sugar-based coatings are typically made from refined sugars like sucrose, often combined with other ingredients such as corn syrup, water, …
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Organic Coconut Flower Sugar
Organic coconut flower sugar is a sweetener made from the sap of coconut palm blossoms. The sap is harvested, heated …
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Organic Allulose
Allulose is a low-calorie sugar that occurs naturally in small amounts in foods like wheat, raisins, and figs. It is …
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Organic Natural Milled Sugar
Organic Natural Milled Sugar is a form of sucrose, a disaccharide sugar. It is typically derived from sugar cane or …
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Muscovado Sugar
Muscovado sugar is a type of unrefined whole cane sugar. It is made from the juice of sugar cane, which …
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Sugar Powder
Sugar powder is a finely ground form of granulated sugar, typically sucrose. It is made by grinding white sugar into …
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High Maltose Syrup
High maltose syrup is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. It is produced by an enzymatic process that breaks …
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Mochi Dough Ingredients: Sugar
Sugar is a carbohydrate that occurs naturally in plants like sugarcane and sugar beets. It is processed into a white …
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Cocoa Fructose
Cocoa Fructose is a sweetener made from cocoa beans and fructose, a sugar found naturally in fruits. The process typically …
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Color Powder: Dextrose
Dextrose is a simple sugar that is chemically identical to glucose. It is derived from corn and is produced by …
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Coconut Crystals
Coconut crystals are made from the dehydrated sap of the coconut blossom. The sap is harvested from the flower of …
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Rainbow Sprinkles: Sugar
Sugar, chemically known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted and refined …
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Pure Raw Honey
Pure raw honey is a natural sweetener produced by honeybees from the nectar of flowers. Bees collect nectar, process it …
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Glucose Syrup From Wheat
Glucose syrup is a liquid sweetener made from starch, typically from corn or wheat. The starch is broken down into …
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Peanut Butter Cups Sugar
Peanut Butter Cups Sugar" refers to the sugar content found in peanut butter cups, which are candy items typically made …
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Note:
This site presents label data from USDA FoodData Central for general information. It is not medical advice.
Check the package label; formulations change.