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.
White Grape Juice Concentrate
White grape juice concentrate is made by removing water from white grape juice. This process intensifies the flavor and sweetness …
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Organic Molasses
Molasses is a thick, dark syrup produced during the refining of sugar cane or sugar beets into sugar. It is …
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Cane Syrup
Cane syrup is a sweetener made from sugarcane. It is produced by boiling the juice extracted from sugarcane stalks, which …
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Brown Sugar Syrup
Brown sugar syrup is a liquid sweetener made from refined sugar that has been treated with molasses or coloring to …
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Allulose
Allulose is a rare sugar that occurs naturally in small amounts in foods like wheat, raisins, and figs. It is …
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Evaporated Cane Sugar
Evaporated cane sugar is a less processed form of sugar made from sugarcane juice. After the sugarcane is harvested, the …
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Mannitol
Mannitol is a sugar alcohol, a type of carbohydrate. It occurs naturally in some fruits and vegetables, like mushrooms and …
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Maple Sugar
Maple sugar is a sweetener made from the sap of maple trees, primarily sugar maple, red maple, and black maple. …
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Acesulfame K
Acesulfame potassium, often called Ace-K, is an artificial sweetener. It is about 200 times sweeter than table sugar. It is …
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Organic Coconut Sugar
Organic coconut sugar is a sweetener made from the sap of the coconut palm flower. The sap is harvested, heated …
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Invert Syrup
Invert syrup is a liquid sweetener made from sucrose (table sugar). It is produced by breaking down sucrose into two …
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Molasses Powder
Molasses powder is dried molasses, which is a thick, dark syrup produced during the refining of sugar cane or sugar …
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Raisin Juice Concentrate
Raisin juice concentrate is made from dried grapes (raisins). The raisins are typically rehydrated, pressed to extract juice, and then …
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Organic Dried Cane Syrup
Organic dried cane syrup is a sweetener made from the juice of organically grown sugarcane. The juice is evaporated to …
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Steviol Glycosides
Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant, native to South America. They are …
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Agave Syrup
Agave syrup, also known as agave nectar, is a sweetener made from the agave plant, native to Mexico and the …
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Coconut Sugar
Coconut sugar is a sweetener made from the sap of the coconut palm tree's flower buds. The sap is collected, …
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Honey Powder
Honey powder is dried honey. It is made by dehydrating liquid honey, often with a drying agent like corn syrup …
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Sweetener
Sweeteners are substances that add sweetness to foods and drinks. They can be natural, like sugar and honey, or artificial, …
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Evaporated Cane Syrup
Evaporated cane syrup is a sweetener made from the juice of sugarcane. The juice is heated to evaporate water, leaving …
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Reb A
Reb A, or Steviol glycoside Rebaudioside A, is a sweet compound found naturally in the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana …
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Organic Evaporated Cane Juice
Organic evaporated cane juice is a sweetener made from the juice of organically grown sugarcane. The juice is heated and …
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Rebaudioside-a
Rebaudioside-A is a sweet compound found in the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant. It is extracted from the leaves …
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Organic Maple Syrup
Organic maple syrup is a natural sweetener made from the sap of maple trees, primarily sugar maple, red maple, or …
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Organic Agave Syrup
Organic agave syrup is a sweetener derived from the agave plant, native to Mexico and the southwestern United States. The …
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Invert Sugar Syrup
Invert sugar syrup is a liquid sweetener made by breaking down sucrose (table sugar) into its two simpler sugar components: …
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Organic Cane Syrup
Organic cane syrup is a liquid sweetener made from the juice of organically grown sugarcane. The sugarcane stalks are crushed …
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Organic Brown Sugar
Organic brown sugar is granulated sugar with molasses added back in. The molasses gives it a brown color and a …
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Monk Fruit
Monk fruit, also known as luo han guo, is a small, round fruit native to Southeast Asia. It is cultivated …
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Concentrated Grape Must
Concentrated grape must is a sweetener made from grape juice that has had most of its water removed by evaporation. …
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Barley Malt Syrup
Barley malt syrup is a sweetener made from sprouted barley grains. The grains are steeped in water, then germinated (sprouted), …
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Sugars
Sugars are simple carbohydrates that provide energy to the body. They are naturally present in many foods like fruits, vegetables, …
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Malted Barley Extract
Malted barley extract is a sweetener made from barley grains that have been allowed to sprout, then dried and mashed. …
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Brown Cane Sugar
Brown cane sugar is granulated sugar derived from sugarcane that retains some molasses. The molasses gives it its characteristic brown …
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Anhydrous Dextrose
Anhydrous dextrose is a simple sugar, which is a form of glucose. It is typically made by breaking down starches, …
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Refinery Syrup
Refinery syrup is a liquid sweetener made from the byproducts of sugar refining. It is a mixture of sugars, primarily …
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Organic Evaporated Cane Sugar
Organic evaporated cane juice is a sweetener made from the juice of organically grown sugarcane. The juice is heated and …
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Organic Stevia Leaf Extract
Organic Stevia Leaf Extract is a sweetener derived from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant, native to South America. …
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Organic Stevia Extract
Organic Stevia Extract is a high-intensity sweetener derived from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant, native to South America. …
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Organic Erythritol
Erythritol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in some fruits and fermented foods. It is produced commercially through the …
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Cane Molasses
Cane molasses is a thick, dark syrup produced during the refining of sugarcane into sugar. It is a byproduct of …
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Organic Agave Nectar
Organic agave nectar is a sweetener derived from the agave plant, a succulent native to Mexico and Central America. It …
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Sweeteners
Sweeteners are a broad category of food ingredients used to impart a sweet taste to foods and beverages. They can …
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Vegetable Glycerine
Vegetable glycerine, also known as glycerol, is a clear, colorless, odorless liquid. It is a sugar alcohol derived from plant …
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Dark Brown Sugar
Dark brown sugar is a type of sucrose sugar product with a distinctive dark color and rich flavor. It is …
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Marshmallow
Marshmallows are a confection made primarily from sugar, corn syrup, and water. Gelatin, egg white, or a plant-based alternative is …
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Sugar Syrup
Sugar syrup is a concentrated solution of sugar, typically sucrose, glucose, or fructose, dissolved in water. It is made by …
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Light Brown Sugar
Light brown sugar is a type of sugar made from sugarcane or sugar beets. It is refined white sugar with …
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Natural Sweetener
Natural sweeteners are sugars or sugar-like compounds that occur naturally in plants or are produced by microorganisms. They are often …
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Honey Coating
Honey coating is a sweet glaze or syrup made primarily from honey. Honey is a natural sweetener produced by bees …
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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.