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.
Invertsugar 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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High Fructose Corn Syrup And Caramel Color
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The starch is broken down into glucose, …
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Diastatic Malt Syrup
Diastatic malt syrup is a sweetener made from barley malt. The malting process germinates the barley, activating enzymes that convert …
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Grape Juice & Whole Rice Syrup
Grape juice and whole rice syrup is a sweetener blend made from concentrated grape juice and syrup derived from cooked …
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Monk Fruit Juice
Monk fruit juice is a sweetener extracted from the monk fruit, a small, round fruit native to Southeast Asia. The …
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Corn Syrups Solids
Corn syrup solids are a dried form of corn syrup, which is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The …
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Christmas Lights: Dextrose
Dextrose is a simple sugar that is chemically identical to glucose. It is typically derived from corn starch through a …
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Sprinkles Icing Sugar Sugar
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in plants. It is commercially produced by extracting and …
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Demerara Organic Sugar
Demerara sugar is a type of raw cane sugar with a coarse texture and a pale brown color. It is …
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Coconut Sap Sugar
Coconut sap sugar is a sweetener made from the sugary sap of the coconut palm flower. The sap is collected …
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100% Maple Syrup
100% Maple Syrup is a natural sweetener made from the sap of maple trees, primarily sugar, red, or black maple …
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Water Cane Sugar
Water Cane Sugar refers to a syrup made by dissolving cane sugar in water. Cane sugar is a type of …
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Filled With: Corn Syrup
Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from the starch of corn. The corn starch is broken down into sugars, …
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Corn Dextrose
Corn dextrose, also known as glucose, is a simple sugar derived from corn. It is produced by breaking down corn …
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Glaze & Topping Ingredients: Sugar
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted from sugar …
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Pineapple Sugar
Pineapple sugar is a sweetener made from the juice of pineapples. The juice is concentrated and then crystallized to create …
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Confectioner's Coating Sugar
Confectioner's coating sugar is a finely ground sugar product, often combined with other ingredients like cornstarch to prevent caking and …
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Dried Maple Syrup Powder
Dried maple syrup powder is made by removing water from liquid maple syrup. This process concentrates the natural sugars and …
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Non-gmo Erythritol
Erythritol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in some fruits and fermented foods. It is produced commercially by fermenting …
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Dextrose Monosodium Glutamate
Dextrose is a simple sugar, also known as D-glucose. It is chemically identical to glucose. It is typically derived from …
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Milk Chocolate Flavored Coating: Sugar
Sugar, specifically sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is commercially produced by extracting and refining …
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Corn Syrup Dextrose
Corn syrup dextrose is a sweetener made from corn starch. The starch is broken down into glucose, a type of …
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Organic Grade B Maple Syrup
Maple syrup is made from the sap of maple trees, primarily sugar, red, or black maple trees. The sap is …
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Organic Dehydrated Cane Juice Solids
Organic Dehydrated Cane Juice Solids is a type of sugar made from organic sugarcane. It is produced by pressing juice …
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100% Pure Organic Maple Syrup
Maple syrup is a natural sweetener made from the sap of maple trees, primarily sugar maples. The sap is collected …
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Preservative Acesulfame Potassium
Acesulfame potassium, often called Ace-K, is an artificial sweetener. It is a calorie-free sweetener synthesized from acetoacetic acid and is …
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Cured With Honey
Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance made by honey bees from the nectar of flowers. Bees collect nectar and …
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Liquid Maltitol
Maltitol is a sugar alcohol, also known as a polyol. It is produced from maltose, a sugar found in grains …
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Corn Glucose Syrup
Corn glucose syrup is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The starch is broken down into simpler sugars through …
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Organic Enzyme Modified Stevia Extract
Organic Enzyme Modified Stevia Extract is a high-intensity sweetener derived from the stevia plant. It is produced by using enzymes …
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Hawaiian Honey
Hawaiian honey is a type of honey produced by bees that forage on the nectar of plants native to or …
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Organic Can Sugar
Organic cane sugar is a sweetener made from the juice of sugarcane. The juice is extracted, clarified, and then crystallized. …
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Toffee Sugar
Toffee sugar is a type of sugar that has been cooked and caramelized, giving it a distinct toffee-like flavor and …
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Each: Corn Syrup
Corn syrup is a thick, sweet liquid produced from corn starch. The starch is broken down into simpler sugars, primarily …
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Non-gmo Brown Rice Syrup
Non-GMO brown rice syrup is a sweetener made from brown rice. The rice is cooked, then treated with enzymes to …
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Green Leaves: Corn Syrup
Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. It is produced by treating corn starch with enzymes or …
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Sugar And Lemon Juice
This ingredient is a blend of sugar and lemon juice. Sugar is a sweet carbohydrate typically sourced from plants like …
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Raw Multifloral Manuka Honey
Manuka honey is a type of honey produced by bees that pollinate the native Manuka bush (Leptospermum scoparium), which is …
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100% Pure New Zealand Honey
Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance made by honey bees from the nectar of flowers. Bees collect nectar and …
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Madhava Organic Agave Nectar
Agave nectar is a sweetener made from the sap of the agave plant, which is native to Mexico and the …
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Date Sugar
Date sugar is a sweetener made from dried, ground dates. It retains the whole fruit, including the skin and pulp, …
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Sugar Invert Sugar
Invert sugar is a liquid sweetener made from a mixture of two simple sugars: glucose and fructose. It is produced …
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Organic Sucanat
Organic Sucanat is a brand name for dehydrated cane juice. It is made from organically grown sugar cane. The juice …
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Fair Trade Certified Natural Cane Sugar
Natural cane sugar is a sweetener made from sugar cane plants. The stalks are crushed to extract juice, which is …
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Corn Glucose
Corn glucose is a type of sugar that comes from corn starch. It is made by breaking down corn starch …
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Praline Pecans: Sugar
Sugar is a common name for sucrose, a carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted from sugar …
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Caramel Popcorn Popcorn
Caramel popcorn is a sweet snack made by coating popped popcorn kernels with a caramel candy mixture. The caramel is …
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Maltodextrin And Honey
Maltodextrin is a digestible carbohydrate made from corn, rice, potato starch, or wheat. Honey is a sweet, viscous fluid produced …
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Spices: Sugar
Sugar is a common name for sweet-tasting carbohydrates, most often sucrose. It comes from plants like sugarcane and sugar beets. …
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Organic Cane Syrup Solids
Organic cane syrup solids are a sweetener made from organic sugarcane. The sugarcane juice is extracted, purified, and then evaporated …
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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.