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.
Fruit: Organic Sugar
Organic sugar is a type of sugar produced from sugar cane or sugar beets that have been grown and processed …
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Organic Stevia Extract Powder
Organic Stevia Extract Powder is a sweetener derived from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant, native to South America. …
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Elli Plant-based Sweetener Blend
Elli Plant-based Sweetener Blend is a proprietary mix of sweeteners derived from plant sources. The exact composition is not publicly …
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Monksweet Sweetener
Monk fruit extract, also known as monk fruit sweetener, is a natural sweetener derived from the monk fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii). …
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Non-gmo Steviol Glycosides
Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant. The process involves extraction and purification …
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Sour Patch Kids: Sugar
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted and refined …
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Milk Duds Candy - Corn Syrup
Corn syrup is a food syrup made from the starch of corn. It is produced by breaking down corn starch …
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Not In Regular Preserves
Not In Regular Preserves is a blend of ingredients designed to mimic the texture and sweetness of traditional fruit preserves …
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Haribo Goldbears - Glucose Syrup
Glucose syrup is a liquid sweetener made from starch, typically from corn, wheat, or potatoes. The starch is broken down …
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Barley Extract
Barley extract is a liquid sweetener made from barley grains. The grains are malted (sprouted and dried) and then steeped …
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Seasoning Packet Sugar
Sugar is a common carbohydrate found in many plants. It is typically extracted from sugarcane or sugar beets and then …
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Malt Barley Extract
Malt barley extract is a sweetener made from barley grains. The grains are sprouted, dried, and then steeped in hot …
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Organic Raisin Paste
Organic Raisin Paste is a thick, dark-colored sweetener made from dried grapes (raisins) that have been processed. The raisins are …
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Organic Raw Blue Agave Nectar
Organic raw blue agave nectar is a sweetener derived from the blue agave plant, native to Mexico. It is produced …
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High Fructose Corn Syrup Corn Syrup
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The corn starch is broken down into …
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Dextrose Spices
Dextrose is a simple sugar that is chemically identical to glucose. It is derived from corn, and is often produced …
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Sorbitol And Vegetable Glycerine
Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in some fruits. It is often produced commercially by reducing glucose. Vegetable …
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Gumballs: Sugar
Sugar is a sweet carbohydrate that occurs naturally in plants like sugarcane and sugar beets. It is most commonly extracted …
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Rock Sugar
Rock sugar is a type of sugar that is crystallized from a sugar solution. It is made by allowing a …
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Glaze: Icing Sugar
Icing sugar, also known as confectioners' sugar or powdered sugar, is a finely ground form of granulated sugar. It is …
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Marshmallows: Sugar
Sugar, commonly known as sucrose, is a carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted from sugarcane or …
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Invert Evaporated Cane Sugar
Invert evaporated cane sugar is a liquid sweetener made from evaporated cane juice, which is raw, unrefined cane sugar. It …
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Can Sugar
Cane sugar is a type of sugar made from sugarcane plants. It is produced by crushing sugarcane stalks to extract …
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Glyceryl
Glycerin, also known as glycerol, is a simple sugar alcohol. It is a colorless, odorless, viscous liquid that is both …
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Partially Inverted Sugar
Partially inverted sugar is a liquid sweetener made from sucrose (table sugar). It is produced by heating sucrose with water …
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Cake Base Sugar
Cake base sugar is a blend of sugars, typically sucrose and corn syrup, designed for use in baked goods. It …
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Fruit Sugar
Fruit sugar is a simple sugar found naturally in fruits and vegetables. It is primarily fructose, a type of carbohydrate …
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Fair Trade Certified Invert Sugar
Invert sugar is a liquid sweetener made by splitting sucrose (table sugar) into its two component sugars: glucose and fructose. …
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Detrose
Dextrose is a type of sugar that comes from corn. It is chemically identical to glucose, the main sugar found …
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Vanilla Cake: Sugar
Sugar is a common carbohydrate that provides sweetness. It is typically extracted from plants like sugarcane or sugar beets and …
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Pineapple Juice Syrup
Pineapple juice syrup is a concentrated liquid made from the juice of pineapples. The juice is heated to evaporate water, …
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Topping: Coarse Sugar
Coarse sugar is a type of granulated sugar characterized by its larger crystals compared to regular table sugar. It is …
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Barbecue Seasoning Contains: Sugar
Sugar, specifically sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is typically extracted from sugarcane or sugar …
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Confectionery Sugar
Confectionery sugar, also known as powdered sugar or icing sugar, is a finely ground form of granulated sugar (sucrose). It …
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Water Honey
Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance made by honey bees from the nectar of flowers. Bees collect nectar, process …
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Acacia Honey
Acacia honey is a type of honey produced by bees that have foraged on the nectar of the black locust …
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Caramel Variegate Corn Syrup
Caramel variegate corn syrup is a sweetener made from corn starch. It is a mixture of corn syrup and caramel …
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Sugar Glucose Syrup
Sugar glucose syrup is a blend of common table sugar (sucrose) and glucose syrup. Sucrose is typically derived from sugarcane …
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Brown Sugar Base
Brown sugar base is a prepared ingredient that typically combines brown sugar with other components to create a consistent flavor …
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High Fructose Corn Syrup Dextrose
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The starch is broken down into glucose, …
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Oat Syrup
Oat syrup is a liquid sweetener made from oats. It is produced by enzymatically breaking down the starches in oats …
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Salt Corn Syrup
Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The starch is broken down into simpler sugars, primarily glucose, …
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Cane Sugar And Honey
Cane sugar is a sweetener made from sugarcane plants, which are processed to extract and crystallize sucrose. Honey is a …
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Sugar Brown Sugar
Brown sugar is a type of sugar made from sugar cane or sugar beet. It is either partially refined sugar …
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Pure Cane Sugar And Pure Food Powdered Cornstarch
This ingredient is a blend of sugar, which is extracted from sugarcane, and powdered cornstarch, a carbohydrate derived from corn …
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Organic Raw Coconut Nectar
Organic raw coconut nectar is a sweetener made from the sap of coconut palm blossoms. The sap is tapped from …
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Fillings Sugar
Sugar, or sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted from sugarcane and sugar …
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Spices: Dextrose
Dextrose is a simple sugar, also known as D-glucose. It is derived from corn or other plant starches. The starch …
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Mini Sugared Gum Drops: Corn Syrup
Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The starch is broken down into simpler sugars, primarily glucose, …
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Cane Sugar And Sunflower Oil
Cane sugar is a natural sweetener obtained from sugarcane plants. Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds …
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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.