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.
Salt And Corn Syrup
Salt is a mineral compound, primarily sodium chloride, obtained from mines or evaporated seawater. Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener …
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Cane Refinery Syrups
Cane refinery syrups are a byproduct of refining sugarcane or sugar beets into granulated sugar. They are concentrated sugar solutions, …
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Extract Of Corn And Malted Barley
This is a sweetener and flavoring agent made from corn and malted barley. The process involves extracting sugars and other …
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Gel: All Flavors Contain: Sugar
Sugar, most commonly sucrose, is a sweet carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is typically extracted and refined from …
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Light Brown Cane Sugar
Light brown cane sugar is granulated sugar derived from sugarcane that retains some of its natural molasses content. This molasses …
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Non-gmo Vegetable Glycerin
Vegetable glycerin, also called glycerol, is a clear, colorless, odorless liquid. It is a sugar alcohol that can be made …
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Glittery Sugar: Sugar
Sugar is a common carbohydrate that provides sweetness. It is primarily extracted from sugar cane or sugar beets, then processed …
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Fluff
Fluff is a brand name for a marshmallow creme spread. It is made primarily from corn syrup, sugar, and egg …
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Cookie Icing Ingredients: Powdered Sugar
Powdered sugar, also known as confectioners' sugar or icing sugar, is a finely ground granulated sugar. It is made by …
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Sugar Cane Crystals
Sugar cane crystals are a type of sugar made from sugarcane. The juice is extracted from sugarcane, filtered, and then …
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Whipped Topping Mix: Sugar
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. Most of the sugar used in …
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Dextrose Yeast
Dextrose is a simple sugar that is chemically identical to glucose. It is often derived from corn or other plant …
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Honey Roasted Coating
Honey roasted coating is a sweet, crunchy coating made by combining honey with other ingredients like sugar, salt, and sometimes …
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Sucar
Sucralose is an artificial sweetener made from sugar. It is many times sweeter than sugar and is not metabolized by …
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Corm Syrup
Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. It is produced by breaking down corn starch into simpler …
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Stick: Dextrose
Dextrose is a simple sugar that is chemically identical to glucose. It is derived from corn and is typically produced …
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Refined Syrup
Refined syrup is a liquid sweetener made from various plant sources, most commonly corn or sugarcane. The refining process removes …
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Organic Amber Agave Nectar
Organic Amber Agave Nectar is a sweetener made from the agave plant, a succulent native to Mexico. The plant's sap …
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100% Pure 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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Modified Starch And Sucrose
Modified starch is a starch (a carbohydrate from plants like corn, potatoes, or wheat) that has been altered physically or …
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Sodium Cyclamate
Sodium cyclamate is an artificial sweetener. It is a synthetic chemical compound, meaning it is made in a lab, and …
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Humectant Sorbitol Syrup
Sorbitol syrup is a liquid made from sorbitol, a sugar alcohol. It is produced by hydrogenating sugars found in corn …
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Organic Dried Cane Sugar Syrup
Organic Dried Cane Sugar Syrup is a sweetener made from the juice of organically grown sugarcane. The juice is evaporated …
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Organic Malted Barley Syrup
Organic malted barley syrup is a sweetener made from organic barley that has been sprouted and then dried. The sprouted …
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0.1% Lecithin & Stevia
Lecithin is a type of fat that acts as an emulsifier, helping to blend ingredients that normally don't mix, like …
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Heart Sprinkles: Sugar
Sugar is a sweet-tasting carbohydrate that occurs naturally in plants. In food, it is most commonly derived from sugarcane or …
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Crystalline Honey
Crystalline honey is honey that has naturally undergone crystallization. This is a normal process where glucose separates from the water …
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Organic Cane Invert Syrup
Organic cane invert syrup is a liquid sweetener made from organic sugar cane. It is produced by breaking down sucrose …
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Min. 90
Min. 90 is a sweetener derived from corn. It is a type of high-fructose corn syrup that has been processed …
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High Fructose Corn Syrup And Citric Acid
High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The starch is processed to yield glucose, …
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Maple Bits
Maple bits are small, solid pieces made from concentrated maple syrup. They are often dried or crystallized to create a …
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Holly Candy: Dextrose
Dextrose is a simple sugar that is chemically identical to glucose. It is derived from corn, and is typically produced …
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Monk Fruit Sweetener
Monk fruit sweetener is a non-nutritive sweetener derived from the monk fruit, a small, round fruit native to Southeast Asia. …
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Caramel Corn Brown Sugar
Caramel corn brown sugar is a sweetener made from refined cane sugar that has been heated to a specific temperature, …
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Vanilla Flavor Filling: Sugar
Sugar is a common carbohydrate, chemically known as sucrose. It is primarily extracted from sugarcane or sugar beets, then purified …
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Dark Molasses Granules
Dark molasses granules are a type of sugar made from sugarcane or sugar beets. The juice from these plants is …
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Corn Syrup Cocoa
Corn Syrup Cocoa refers to a mixture containing corn syrup and cocoa. Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from …
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Coconut Blossom Sap
Coconut blossom sap is a liquid sweetener tapped from the flower buds of the coconut palm tree. The sap is …
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Sugar Fondant
Sugar fondant is a type of icing or candy made primarily from sugar, water, and sometimes a small amount of …
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Malitol
Maltitol is a sugar alcohol, a type of carbohydrate. It is produced from corn or wheat starch through a process …
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Sweet Blackberry Leaf
Sweet blackberry leaf is derived from the leaves of the Rubus suavissimus plant, a species of blackberry native to China. …
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Rebaudioside D
Rebaudioside D is a sweet compound found in the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant. It is one of several …
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Dehydrated Rice Syrup
Dehydrated rice syrup, also known as rice syrup solids, is made from rice. The rice is cooked, enzymes are added …
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Glaze 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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Isomalt From Beets
Isomalt is a sugar substitute made from beet sugar. It is a mixture of two disaccharides, which are carbohydrates made …
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Palmyra Sugar
Palmyra sugar, also known as palm sugar, is a sweetener derived from the sap of the Palmyra palm tree (Borassus …
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Chocolate Variegate: Sugar
Sugar, or sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted and refined from sugarcane …
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Jolly Rancher Hard Candy - Sugar
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily produced from sugarcane …
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Monkfruit Sweetener
Monk fruit sweetener is a natural, zero-calorie sweetener made from the monk fruit, a small, round fruit native to Southeast …
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Skittles Original Bite Size Candies - Sugar
Sugar, chemically known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted from sugar …
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This site presents label data from USDA FoodData Central for general information. It is not medical advice.
Check the package label; formulations change.