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 45
Sugar, specifically sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is most often extracted from sugarcane or …
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Preservatives And Sucralose
Sucralose is an artificial sweetener made from sugar. It is many times sweeter than sugar and is not broken down …
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Xylitol Gum Base
Xylitol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in small amounts in many fruits and vegetables. It is commercially produced …
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Bte
Bte is a sweetener derived from stevia, a plant native to South America. It is produced by extracting steviol glycosides …
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Glaze Mix: Confectioner's Sugar
Confectioner's sugar, also known as powdered sugar, is a very finely ground form of granulated sugar. It is typically made …
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R Glucose - Fructose Syrup
Glucose-fructose syrup is a liquid sweetener made from starches, usually corn or wheat. It contains a mix of glucose and …
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Butter Toffee Popcorn: 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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Semisweet Chocolate Chunks 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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Honey Flakes
Honey flakes are a processed form of honey, a natural sweetener produced by bees. They are typically made by drying …
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Flavour Enhancer: Neohesperidine Dc
Neohesperidine DC is a high-intensity sweetener derived from citrus fruits, primarily bitter oranges. It is produced by chemically modifying neohesperidin, …
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Non-gmo Brown Cane Sugar
Non-GMO brown cane sugar is a type of sugar made from sugar cane that has not been genetically modified. It …
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Glycerin Citric Acid
Glycerin, also known as glycerol, is a simple sugar alcohol. It is a clear, colorless, odorless, viscous liquid that is …
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Humectants: Sorbitols
Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in some fruits like apples and pears. It is commercially produced by …
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Sweetener: Isomalt
Isomalt is a sugar substitute made from sucrose, commonly known as table sugar. It is produced through a multi-step process …
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Refiner's Molasses
Refiner's molasses is a byproduct of sugar refining. It is the thick, dark syrup left after sugar crystals are removed …
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Us-106 - Old Fashioned Molasses
Old-fashioned molasses is a thick, dark syrup produced during the refining of sugar cane or sugar beets. It is a …
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Stabiliser: E420
Sorbitol (E420) is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in some fruits like apples and pears. It is manufactured commercially …
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Crumbs: Sugar
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate. It is primarily obtained from sugarcane or sugar beets, where it …
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Organic Agave Extract
Agave extract is a natural sweetener derived from the agave plant, primarily *Agave tequilana*. The plant's sap is collected, filtered, …
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Pure Wisconsin Maple Syrup: Un-graded And Non Blended
Maple syrup is a natural sweetener made from the sap of maple trees, primarily sugar maple, red maple, or black …
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Cream Cheese Icing: Icing Sugar
Icing sugar, also known as powdered sugar or confectioners' sugar, is a finely ground form of granulated sugar. It is …
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Dipping Sauce: Sugar
Sugar is a common carbohydrate, also known as sucrose, that provides sweetness. It is primarily extracted from sugarcane or sugar …
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Corn Syrup Souds
Corn syrup solids are a dried form of corn syrup, which is made by breaking down corn starch into simpler …
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Anhydrous Glucose
Anhydrous glucose is a form of glucose, a simple sugar, that has had virtually all its water removed. It is …
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Gummy Trees: Sugar
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted and refined …
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Organic Agave Light Syrup
Organic agave light syrup is a natural sweetener extracted from the agave plant, a succulent native to arid regions. The …
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Fruit Roll-ups : Corn Syrup
Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from the starch of corn. The starch is broken down into sugars, primarily …
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Steviol Glycosides Processed From Stevia Leaf
Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant. The process involves harvesting the leaves, …
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Organic Evaporated Sugar Cane Juice
Organic evaporated sugar cane juice is a sweetener made from sugarcane. It is produced by pressing sugarcane to extract its …
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Sugar Crystals: Sugar
Sugar, chemically known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is typically extracted from sugar …
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Pinwheel Candies: Sugar
Sugar, specifically sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in plants. It is primarily extracted from sugarcane or sugar beets. …
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Stabilizer: Glycerol
Glycerol, also known as glycerin, is a simple sugar alcohol. It is a colorless, odorless, thick liquid that is sweet-tasting …
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Filling Mix: Sugar
Sugar is a sweet carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is typically extracted from sugarcane or sugar beets and …
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Chocolate Pieces: Sugar
Sugar, chemically known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted from sugarcane …
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Jelly Candy: Sugar
Sugar, specifically sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily produced commercially from sugarcane or …
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Coating: Icing Sugar
Icing sugar, also known as powdered sugar, is a finely ground form of granulated sugar (sucrose). It typically contains a …
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Organic Fructose
Fructose is a simple sugar, also known as "fruit sugar," naturally found in fruits, vegetables, and honey. Organic fructose means …
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Organic White Grape Concentrate
Organic white grape concentrate is made from white grapes grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. The grapes are pressed to …
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Sweetener: Steviol Glycosides
Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant. They are intensely sweet, with a …
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Aspartame Magnesium Oxide
Aspartame Magnesium Oxide refers to a formulation containing aspartame, an artificial sweetener made from two amino acids, aspartic acid and …
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Peanut Wafers Sugar
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a sweet carbohydrate found naturally in plants. It is primarily extracted from sugarcane or …
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Rainbow Sprinkles: Icing Sugar
Icing sugar, also known as powdered sugar or confectioners' sugar, is finely ground granulated sugar (sucrose). A small amount of …
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Filling: 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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Sugar And Ascorbic Acid
Sugar is a carbohydrate obtained from plants like sugarcane or sugar beets through extraction and purification. Ascorbic acid is a …
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Dextrose Coconut Oil
Dextrose is a simple sugar, a form of glucose, derived from corn or other starches. It is made through the …
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Fructose Powder
Fructose is a simple sugar (monosaccharide) found naturally in fruits, honey, and some vegetables. Fructose powder, also known as crystalline …
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Bi
Bi is a brand name for a sweetener made from stevia leaf extract. It is produced by purifying the sweet-tasting …
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Folic Acid High Fructose Corn Syrup
High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The starch is processed to convert some …
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Cocoa High Fructose Corn Syrup
Cocoa high fructose corn syrup is a sweet syrup made from corn starch that has been flavored with cocoa. To …
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Strawberry Spread: Sugar
Sugar is a common carbohydrate that provides sweetness and energy. It is naturally found in many plants and is commercially …
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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.