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.
Sugar Free Chocolate
Sugar-free chocolate is chocolate made without added sucrose (table sugar). Instead, it uses sugar substitutes like artificial sweeteners or sugar …
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Seeds Contain Sugar & Corn Starch
Sugar is a simple carbohydrate that comes from sugarcane and sugar beets. Corn starch is a powder made from the …
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Crushed Peppermint Candy: Sugar
Crushed peppermint candy is a confectionary product made primarily from sugar, often with corn syrup, and flavored with peppermint oil. …
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Thaumatin
Thaumatin is a protein that comes from the katemfe fruit (Thaumatococcus daniellii), which is native to West Africa. It is …
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Black Strap Molasses
Black strap molasses is a thick, dark syrup produced during the sugar refining process. It is the third and final …
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Glaze: 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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Powdered Maple Syrup
Powdered maple syrup is made by removing water from liquid maple syrup, often using spray-drying or freeze-drying methods. This process …
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Naturally Malted Organic Wheat And Barley Extract
This is a liquid sweetener made from grains, typically barley and wheat, that have been sprouted (malted) and then extracted. …
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Water Invert Sugar
Water invert sugar is a liquid sweetener made from sucrose (table sugar). It is produced by breaking down sucrose into …
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Sugar Canola Oil
Sugar is a simple carbohydrate that occurs naturally in plants like sugarcane and sugar beets. It is typically extracted from …
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Corn Syrup Whey
Corn syrup whey is a sweetener made from corn syrup and whey. Whey is a byproduct of cheese production, containing …
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Brownie Mix Ingredients: Sugar
Sugar is a common term for sweet-tasting carbohydrates, most often referring to sucrose. Sucrose is naturally found in many plants, …
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Caramel 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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Honey Maltodextrin
Honey maltodextrin is a carbohydrate derived from maltodextrin, which is made from starch. The starch is typically sourced from corn, …
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Brownsugar
Brown sugar is granulated white sugar with molasses added back in. The amount of molasses determines the color and flavor, …
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Fruit Filling: High Fructose Corn Syrup
High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. Enzymes are used to convert some of the …
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Frosting: Confectioners Sugar
Confectioners sugar, also known as powdered sugar or icing sugar, is a very finely ground form of granulated sugar. It …
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Monk Fruit Juice Concentrate And Rebiana
Monk fruit juice concentrate is a sweetener made from the monk fruit, a small, round fruit native to Southeast Asia. …
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Crystalline Sorbitol
Crystalline sorbitol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in some fruits. It is manufactured commercially by the hydrogenation of …
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Maple Syrup1
Maple syrup is a natural sweetener made from the sap of maple trees, primarily sugar, red, or black maple trees. …
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6x Confectioners Sugar
Confectioners' sugar, also known as powdered sugar or icing sugar, is finely ground granulated sugar. It is made by milling …
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Sugar And Molasses
Sugar is a common term for sweet-tasting carbohydrates, often referring to sucrose, which is extracted and refined from sugar cane …
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Jelly Beans Ingredients: Sugar
Sugar, commonly known as sucrose, is a carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted from sugarcane or …
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Each Of: Sugar
Sugar is a common term for sweet-tasting carbohydrates, most often referring to sucrose. Sucrose is typically extracted from sugar cane …
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Smarties Ingredients: Dextrose
Dextrose is a simple sugar that is chemically identical to glucose. It is derived from corn and is often used …
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Allulose Powder
Allulose is a rare sugar that occurs naturally in small amounts in foods like wheat, raisins, and figs. It is …
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Fructooligosaccharide And Tapioca Fiber
Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are short chains of sugar molecules. Tapioca fiber is a soluble fiber derived from the tapioca plant. FOS …
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Tootsie Roll Midgees: Sugar
Sugar, specifically sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted and refined from sugarcane …
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Caramel Drops
Caramel drops are small, hard pieces of caramel candy. They are made by heating sugar, butter, and cream until they …
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Sweetleaf Stevia
Sweetleaf Stevia is a brand name for a high-purity stevia leaf extract. Stevia is a plant native to South America, …
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Bugar
Sugar is a common term for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, primarily sucrose. It is typically extracted from sugarcane or sugar beets, …
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Toffee Candy - Sugar
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a carbohydrate that occurs naturally in plants like sugarcane and sugar beets. It is …
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Sprinkles: Dextrose
Dextrose is a simple sugar, a type of carbohydrate. It is chemically identical to glucose, a sugar found naturally in …
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Cane Refinery Honey
Cane refinery honey is a sweetener made from the syrup that remains after sugar crystals are removed from sugarcane juice. …
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Monk Fruit Extract Flavor
Monk fruit extract is a natural sweetener derived from the monk fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii), a small, round fruit native to …
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Fse 95% Glucosylstevosides
Glucosylsteviosides are a type of stevia-based sweetener. They are made by using an enzyme to attach glucose molecules to steviol …
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Stevia & Erythritol Vitamin B12
Stevia is a high-intensity sweetener derived from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant. Erythritol is a sugar alcohol that …
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Green Icing: 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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Green Sanding Sugar: Sugar
Sugar, or sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily made from sugarcane or sugar …
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Cookie Icing: Powdered Sugar
Powdered sugar, also known as confectioners' sugar or icing sugar, is granulated sugar that has been ground into a very …
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Sugar Pieces: 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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Monk Fruit Extract Powder
Monk fruit extract powder is a natural sweetener derived from the monk fruit, a small, round fruit native to Southeast …
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Organic Monk Fruit Concentrate
Organic monk fruit concentrate is a sweetener derived from the monk fruit, a small, round fruit native to Southeast Asia. …
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White Sorghum Syrup
White sorghum syrup is a sweetener made from the grain of the white sorghum plant, which is native to Africa. …
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Corn Malt Extract
Corn malt extract is a sweetener made from corn. It is produced by malting corn (allowing it to sprout) and …
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Chocolate Flavored Chips Sugar Sugar
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate that provides a sweet taste. It is naturally found in many …
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Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme Fangs - Sugar
Sugar is a carbohydrate that occurs naturally in plants like sugarcane and sugar beets. It is typically produced by crushing …
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Nbsp
Nbsp is a type of sugar alcohol, also known as sorbitol. It is a carbohydrate that the body absorbs slowly. …
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Kit Kat Wafer Bars - Sugar
Sugar, often referred to as sucrose or table sugar, is a disaccharide made of glucose and fructose. It is naturally …
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Ryl Sweetener
Ryl Sweetener is a high-intensity sweetener made from a proprietary blend of natural and artificial ingredients. It is designed to …
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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.