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.
Not An Ingredient In Regular Ice Cream
This ingredient is a type of sugar alcohol, also known as a polyol. It is produced commercially through the hydrogenation …
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Organic Cane Sugar Organic Oat Syrup
Organic cane sugar is granulated sugar derived from sugarcane that has been grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Organic oat …
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Acesulfame Potassium Adds A Negligible Amount Of Sugar
Acesulfame potassium, often called Ace-K, is a zero-calorie artificial sweetener. It is synthesized from acetoacetic acid and is about 200 …
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Sweetened With Nutritive And Nonnutritive Sweeteners
This ingredient indicates that a food product uses a combination of sweeteners that provide calories (nutritive) and those that do …
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Pre-made Icing: Powdered Sugar
Powdered sugar, also known as confectioners' sugar or icing sugar, is granulated sugar that has been finely ground into a …
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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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Glucose Sirup
Glucose syrup is a liquid sweetener made from starch, typically from corn, wheat, or potatoes. The starch is broken down …
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Cane Syrup Crystals
Cane syrup crystals are a natural sweetener made from the evaporated juice of sugar cane. They are less refined than …
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Pear And Grape Juice Concentrates
Pear and grape juice concentrates are made by removing most of the water from pear and grape juice. This process …
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Stabilizer: E420
Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in some fruits. It is commercially produced by the hydrogenation of glucose, …
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Di
Dextrose is a simple sugar that comes from corn. It is chemically identical to glucose. It is made by breaking …
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Vermont Maple Sugar
Vermont Maple Sugar is a sweetener made from the boiled-down sap of maple trees, primarily sugar maple trees, native to …
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Strawberry : Sugar
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is typically extracted from sugar …
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Peppermint Balls: Sugar
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily made from sugarcane …
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Honey Salt
Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance made by honey bees from the nectar of flowers. Bees collect nectar and …
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Whole Cane Sugar
Whole cane sugar is a less refined sugar made from sugarcane juice. It retains some of the natural molasses, giving …
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Acesulfame Potassium Sucralose
Acesulfame potassium (Ace-K) is an artificial sweetener that is about 200 times sweeter than sugar. It is made through a …
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Cured With Dextrose
This ingredient refers to meat that has been preserved using a curing process. The process typically involves salt, sugar (like …
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Highfructose Corn Syrup
High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. Enzymes are used to change some of the …
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Dextrose Anhydrous
Dextrose anhydrous is a pure form of glucose, a simple sugar. It is typically derived from corn starch through a …
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Cake Ingredients: Sugar
Sugar, commonly known as sucrose, is a carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily produced commercially from sugar …
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Royal Icing Mix: Confectioners' Sugar
Confectioners' sugar is a very finely ground form of granulated sugar, also known as sucrose, that typically includes a small …
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Organic Malt Syrup
Organic malt syrup is a sweetener made from sprouted organic barley grains. The grains are mashed with water to release …
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Raw Agave
Raw agave is the unprocessed sap from the agave plant, native to Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is …
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Sweetened
Sweetened is not a specific ingredient but a descriptor indicating that a food product contains added sugar or another sweetening …
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Turbinado Cane Sugar
Turbinado cane sugar is a type of partially refined sugar made from sugar cane. It is produced by pressing sugar …
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Water And Cane Sugar
Water and cane sugar is a simple mixture of purified water and sugar derived from sugarcane. Cane sugar is produced …
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Raw Organic Palm Sugar
Raw organic palm sugar is a sweetener made from the sap of the coconut palm tree. The sap is collected, …
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Red Ready-to-use Icing: Sugar
Sugar, specifically sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in plants. It is typically extracted from sugarcane or sugar beets, …
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Mini Multi-colored Candies: Dextrose
Dextrose is a simple sugar, a type of carbohydrate, that is chemically identical to glucose. It is typically derived from …
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Jimmies: Sugar
Jimmies are a type of confectionery decoration, essentially small, hard candy sprinkles. They are typically made from sugar, corn syrup, …
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Donut Coating: Sugar
Sugar, chemically known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted from sugarcane …
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Luo Han Guo
Luo han guo, also known as monk fruit, is a small, round fruit native to Southeast Asia. It is dried …
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Corn Syrup Solids And Lemon Juice Solids
Corn syrup solids are a dried form of corn syrup, a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. Lemon juice solids …
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Cinnamon Sugar Packet: Sugar
Sugar is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is typically extracted from sugarcane or sugar beets, then …
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Mix Sugar
Mix Sugar is a general term for a blend of different types of sugars, or sugar specifically prepared for use …
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Real Cane Sugar
Real cane sugar is a natural sweetener derived from sugarcane plants. It is primarily composed of sucrose, a disaccharide made …
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Organic Cane Juice Solids
Organic cane juice solids are a type of sugar derived from sugarcane. They are produced by crushing sugarcane to extract …
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High Maltose Corn Syrup Solids
High maltose corn syrup solids are a type of corn syrup that has been dried into a powder. They are …
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Organic Biodynamic Cane Sugar
Organic biodynamic cane sugar is a sweetener made from the juice of sugarcane plants. 'Organic' means the sugarcane was grown …
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Corn Syrup Glucose Syrup
Corn syrup, also known as glucose syrup, is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The starch is broken down …
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Mini Candy Corn Ingredients: Sugar
Sugar is a common term for sweet-tasting carbohydrates. The most common type, sucrose, is extracted and refined from plants like …
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Pudding Mix: Sugar
Sugar, chemically known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted from sugar …
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Organic Monkfruit Extract
Organic monk fruit extract is a natural sweetener derived from the monk fruit, a small, round fruit native to Southeast …
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Organic Wheat Syrup
Organic wheat syrup is a sweetener made from organic wheat. It is produced by breaking down wheat starches into simpler …
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Piloncillo
Piloncillo is an unrefined whole cane sugar, common in Mexico and Latin America. It is made by boiling down sugar …
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Concentrated Raisin Juice
Concentrated raisin juice is made by extracting the juice from dried grapes (raisins) and then removing most of the water. …
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Organic Powdered Evaporated Cane Sugar
Organic powdered evaporated cane sugar is a sweetener made from the juice of organically grown sugarcane. The juice is heated …
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Certified Organic-pure Maple Syrup
Pure maple syrup is a natural sweetener made from the sap of maple trees, primarily sugar, red, or black maple …
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Fermented Sugar Cane Reb M
Fermented Sugar Cane Reb M is a high-purity stevia sweetener produced through a fermentation process using yeast. It is a …
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Other ingredient types
Note:
This site presents label data from USDA FoodData Central for general information. It is not medical advice.
Check the package label; formulations change.