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.
Barbeque Sauce: Sugar
Sugar is a common term for sucrose, a sweet-tasting carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted and …
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Creme Cake Mix Sugar
Creme Cake Mix Sugar refers to a prepared blend of sugars, primarily sucrose, often combined with other dry ingredients like …
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Non-dairy Derived From Sugar Beets
Non-dairy derived from sugar beets is a sweetener made from the sugar extracted from sugar beets. Sugar beets are root …
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Product Contains: Corn Syrup
Corn syrup is a sweet, thick liquid made from the starch of corn. It is produced by breaking down corn …
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Organic Sucanat With Honey
Organic Sucanat with Honey is a sweetener made from dehydrated organic sugar cane juice and honey. The sugar cane juice …
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Raw Organic Cane Sugar
Raw organic cane sugar is a less processed form of sugar derived from sugarcane. It retains some of the molasses …
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Sushi Vinegar Sugar
Sushi vinegar sugar is a blend of sugar and vinegar, typically rice vinegar. It is used to season sushi rice, …
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Organic Evaporated Sugar Cane Syrup
Organic evaporated sugar cane syrup is a sweetener made by heating and concentrating the juice extracted from organic sugar cane. …
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White Icing Ingredients: Powdered Sugar
Powdered sugar, also known as confectioners' sugar or icing sugar, is a finely ground form of granulated sugar. It is …
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Yogurt Flavored Coating Sugar
Yogurt flavored coating sugar is a confection made primarily from sugar, vegetable oil, and flavoring agents to mimic the taste …
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High Fructose Wheat Syrup
High fructose wheat syrup is a liquid sweetener made from wheat starch. The starch is broken down into simpler sugars, …
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Decorations: Sugar
Sugar is a common term for sweet-tasting carbohydrates, most often referring to sucrose. It is primarily extracted from sugarcane or …
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Chocolate Cake: Sugar
Sugar is a sweet carbohydrate that comes from sugarcane or sugar beets. It is refined from the plant's juice through …
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Concentrated Date Juice
Concentrated date juice is a sweetener made from dates, a fruit native to the Middle East. The juice is extracted …
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Sucralose And Acesulfame K
Sucralose and Acesulfame Potassium (Ace-K) are both artificial sweeteners. Sucralose is made from sugar through a process that changes its …
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Sugar Corn Sweetener
Sugar corn sweetener is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The starch is broken down into simpler sugars, primarily …
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Dextrose Maltodextrin
Dextrose is a simple sugar, also known as glucose. Maltodextrin is a complex carbohydrate made from starch, often from corn, …
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2% Or Less: Organic Sugar
Organic sugar is a sweet-tasting carbohydrate, typically sucrose, obtained from plants like sugarcane or sugar beets. To be certified organic, …
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Seasonings: Sugar
Sugar, often referring to sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is commercially produced by extracting …
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Corn Syrupsolids
Corn syrupsolids are a dried form of corn syrup, made by removing water from liquid corn syrup. They are produced …
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Ammoniated Glycyrrhizin
Ammoniated glycyrrhizin is a derivative of glycyrrhizin, the main sweet-tasting compound found in licorice root. It is produced by treating …
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Monk Fruit Juice From Concentrate
Monk fruit juice from concentrate is a sweetener made from the monk fruit, a small, round fruit native to Southeast …
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Monster Energy Blend: Glucose
Glucose is a simple sugar, also known as a monosaccharide, which is a primary source of energy for the body. …
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Organic Maple Sugar Powder
Organic maple sugar powder is a sweetener made from the sap of maple trees. The sap is boiled to create …
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Organic Tapioca Syrup Soilds
Organic tapioca syrup solids are a sweetener made from the starch of the cassava root, also known as the tapioca …
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Sucralose And Gellan Gum
Sucralose is an artificial sweetener made from sugar through a multi-step chemical process. Gellan gum is a polysaccharide produced by …
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Hardwood Smoked Sugar
Hardwood smoked sugar is a sweetener made by smoking sugar over hardwood chips, such as hickory or oak. This process …
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Humectant: Sorbitol
Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in some fruits, like apples and pears. It is often manufactured commercially …
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Organic Purified Stevia Extract
Organic Purified Stevia Extract is a high-intensity sweetener derived from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant. The leaves are …
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Reba
Rebaudioside A is a sweet compound found in the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant. It is one of several …
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Honey Stinger
Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance made by honey bees from the nectar of flowers. Bees collect nectar and …
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Sweetheart Quins: Icing Sugar
Icing sugar, also known as confectioners' sugar or powdered sugar, is finely ground granulated sugar mixed with a small amount …
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Modified Chicory Root Extract
Modified chicory root extract is a soluble fiber derived from the chicory root. The root is processed to change its …
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Ingredient Not Found In Regular Yogurt
Ingredient Not Found In Regular Yogurt is a sweetener. It is a type of sugar alcohol, also known as a …
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Milk Duds Candy - Corn Syrup Solids
Corn syrup solids are a dry sweetener made from corn syrup. Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener produced from the …
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Grape Pear Juice Concentrate
Grape pear juice concentrate is made from grapes and pears. The water is removed from the juice, making it more …
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Organic Unbleached Cane Sugar
Organic unbleached cane sugar is a sweetener made from sugarcane. The sugarcane is grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. After …
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Vinegar Sugar
Vinegar sugar is a type of sugar that has been treated with vinegar. It is made by dissolving sugar in …
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Xylose
Xylose is a type of sugar, also known as wood sugar. It is found naturally in fruits, vegetables, and hardwoods. …
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Corn Syrup And Water
Corn syrup is a sweet, thick liquid made from corn starch. It is produced by breaking down corn starch into …
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Sweetener: Maltitol
Maltitol is a sugar alcohol, also known as a polyol. It is produced commercially by hydrogenating maltose, which is derived …
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Stabilizers: Sorbitol
Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in some fruits like apples and pears. It is commercially produced by …
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Evaporated Cane Juice Powder
Evaporated cane juice powder is a sweetener made from the juice of sugarcane. The juice is heated and then dried …
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Sweetner
Sweeteners are substances added to foods to provide a sweet taste. They can be natural, like sugars and sugar alcohols, …
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Blend Of Glucose Syrup And Invert Sugar
This ingredient is a mixture of glucose syrup and invert sugar. Glucose syrup is made from the breakdown of starches, …
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Sorbitol Solution
Sorbitol solution is a liquid form of sorbitol, a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in some fruits. It is typically …
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Pucker Up Candy: Dextrose
Dextrose is a simple sugar, also known as D-glucose. It is a carbohydrate that is found naturally in fruits and …
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Brown Sugar Cane
Brown sugar cane is a type of sugar made from sugarcane juice that has not been fully refined. It retains …
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Coconut Blossom Sugar
Coconut blossom sugar is a sweetener made from the sap of coconut palm flowers. The sap is harvested, heated to …
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An Excessive Consumption Can Cause Laxative Effects
Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol, also known as glucitol. It is found naturally in some fruits like apples and pears. …
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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.