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.
100% Organic 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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Containing Corn Syrup
Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from the starch of corn. The starch is broken down into simpler sugars, …
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Sorbitol From Fruits & Vegetables
Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in some fruits, like apples and peaches. It is often produced commercially …
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Non-gmo Corn Syrup Solids
Corn syrup solids are a dry sweetener made from corn. They are produced by drying liquid corn syrup, which is …
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Demerara Cane Sugar
Demerara sugar is a type of raw cane sugar with large, light-brown crystals. It is made from the first pressing …
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Soluble Raisin Solids
Soluble Raisin Solids are a concentrated liquid sweetener made from raisins. Raisins, which are dried grapes, are processed to extract …
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Powder: Dextrose
Dextrose is a simple sugar that is chemically identical to glucose. It is derived from corn or other starches through …
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Wheat Sugar
Wheat sugar is a sweetener made from wheat. It is a type of syrup or liquid sweetener derived from the …
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Sugar And Dextrose
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a disaccharide made of glucose and fructose. It is primarily obtained from sugar cane …
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Spread: Sugar
Sugar is a common term for sweet-tasting carbohydrates, primarily sucrose. It is typically extracted from sugarcane or sugar beets, then …
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White Icing Mortar: Sugar
Sugar is a sweet carbohydrate that comes from sugar cane and sugar beets. It is refined from the plant's juice …
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Raw Agave Nectar
Raw agave nectar is a sweetener derived from the agave plant, a succulent native to Mexico. It is produced by …
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Cane Invert Sugar
Cane invert sugar is a liquid sweetener made from cane sugar (sucrose). It is produced by breaking down sucrose into …
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Cream Cheese Icing: Sugar
Sugar, primarily sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is typically extracted from sugar cane or …
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Stevia And Monk Fruit
Stevia and monk fruit are natural, zero-calorie sweeteners derived from plants. Stevia comes from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana …
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Sucralose Non-nutritive Sweetener
Sucralose is a non-nutritive sweetener, meaning it provides sweetness with virtually no calories. It is made from sugar through a …
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Cane Sugar And Molasses
Cane sugar is sucrose, a type of sugar extracted from sugar cane plants. Molasses is a thick, dark syrup that …
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Fudge: Corn Syrup
Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. It is produced by breaking down the starch into simpler …
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Cotton Candy
Cotton candy is a spun sugar confection. It is made by heating granulated sugar until it liquefies, then spinning it …
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Candy Stars: Dextrose
Dextrose is a simple sugar that is chemically identical to glucose. It is derived from corn and is made through …
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All Ingredients Are From Natural Sources: Organic Cane Sugar
Organic cane sugar is a sweetener made from sugarcane. It is produced by crushing sugarcane to extract the juice, which …
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Local 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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Nutella: Sugar
Sugar is a common term for simple carbohydrates, primarily sucrose. It is naturally found in plants like sugarcane and sugar …
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2% Or Less: Sugar
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is typically extracted from sugarcane …
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Candy Ingredients: Dextrose
Dextrose is a simple sugar, a type of carbohydrate. It is chemically identical to glucose and is typically made from …
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Icing: Cane Sugar
Cane sugar is a common type of sugar derived from sugarcane plants. It is produced by crushing sugarcane stalks to …
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Unrefined Organic Coconut Sugar
Unrefined organic coconut sugar is made from the sap of the coconut palm flower. The sap is heated to evaporate …
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Marshmallow Ingredients: 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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Glucose Syrup Powder
Glucose syrup powder is a dried form of glucose syrup, which is made from starch. Starch is typically sourced from …
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Chocolate Sprinkles: Sugar
Sugar, commonly known as sucrose, is a sweet-tasting carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted from sugarcane …
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Peppermint Crush: 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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Honey Blend
Honey blend is a mixture of honey and other ingredients, often including corn syrup, sugar, or other sweeteners. It is …
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Icing: High Fructose Corn Syrup
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The starch is broken down into glucose, …
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Organic Evaporated Cane Invert Syrup
Organic Evaporated Cane Invert Syrup is a liquid sweetener made from organic sugarcane juice. The juice is heated and processed …
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Red Icing: Powdered Sugar
Powdered sugar, also known as confectioners' sugar or icing sugar, is finely ground granulated sugar mixed with a small amount …
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Clarified Watermelon Concentrate
Clarified watermelon concentrate is a liquid sweetener made from watermelon juice. The juice is filtered and concentrated to remove solids …
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Fudge Core: Corn Syrup
Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. It is produced by breaking down the starch into simpler …
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Icing Sugar Sugar
Icing sugar, also known as powdered sugar or confectioners' sugar, is granulated sugar that has been finely ground into a …
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An Ingredient Not In Regular Yogurt
A sweetener made from the fruit of the monk fruit (luo han guo), a small, round gourd native to Southeast …
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Tbst Free
TBST Free is a brand name for a sugar substitute. It is made from a blend of high-intensity sweeteners, often …
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Non-gmo Malt Syrup
Non-GMO malt syrup is a sweetener made from barley. The barley grains are sprouted, which activates enzymes that convert starches …
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Polished White Sugar
Polished white sugar, also known as granulated sugar, is a refined carbohydrate typically made from sugar cane or sugar beets. …
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Stevia Rebaudiana Leaf
Stevia Rebaudiana Leaf is a plant native to South America. Its leaves contain compounds called steviol glycosides, which are intensely …
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Organic Maple Sap Concentrate
Organic Maple Sap Concentrate is made from the sap of maple trees, primarily sugar maple, red maple, and black maple. …
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Dried Tapioca Syrup
Dried tapioca syrup is a sweetener made from the starch of the cassava root. The starch is broken down into …
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Non-gmo Organic Erythritol
Erythritol is a sugar alcohol, a type of carbohydrate that the body doesn't fully absorb. It occurs naturally in some …
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Organic Fair Trade Evaporated Cane Juice
Evaporated cane juice is a sweetener made from sugarcane. It is produced by pressing sugarcane stalks to extract the juice, …
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Dates Honey
Dates honey, also known as date syrup or silan, is a thick, dark sweetener made from cooked dates. It is …
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Mini Quins: Icing Sugar
Icing sugar, also known as confectioners' sugar or powdered sugar, is finely ground granulated sugar. It is made by milling …
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Frosting Mix: 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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Note:
This site presents label data from USDA FoodData Central for general information. It is not medical advice.
Check the package label; formulations change.