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.
Unsulphured Molasses
Unsulphured molasses is a thick, dark syrup produced from sugarcane or sugar beets. It is made by boiling down sugar …
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Fondant
Fondant is a type of icing or candy that is often used to decorate cakes and pastries. It is typically …
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Liquid Invert Sugar
Liquid invert sugar is a syrup made from sucrose, which is common table sugar. It is produced by breaking down …
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Syrup Blend
A syrup blend is a mixture of various concentrated sugar solutions. These can be derived from different plant sources like …
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Non-gmo 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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Derived From Corn And Malted Barley
This ingredient is a sweetener made from corn and malted barley. The process typically involves breaking down the starches in …
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Rice Malt
Rice malt, also known as rice syrup or malted rice extract, is a sweetener derived from the starch of cooked …
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Non-gmo Cane Sugar
Cane sugar is a type of sucrose obtained from sugar cane plants. After harvesting, the sugar cane stalks are crushed …
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Organic Fair Trade Cane Sugar
Organic Fair Trade Cane Sugar is a sweetener derived from sugarcane plants. 'Organic' means the sugarcane is grown without synthetic …
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Organic Barley Malt Syrup
Organic barley malt syrup is a sweetener made from sprouted organic barley. The grains are malted (sprouted and dried), then …
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Light Amber Honey
Light amber honey is a natural sweetener produced by honeybees from the nectar of flowers. It is typically lighter in …
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Organic Blue Agave
Organic blue agave is a sweetener made from the sap of the blue agave plant, which is native to Mexico. …
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Sugar High Fructose Corn Syrup
Sugar, also known as sucrose, is a sweet carbohydrate typically extracted from sugarcane or sugar beets. High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) …
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Ingredients
This is a type of sugar alcohol, a carbohydrate that the body can digest but not fully absorb. It is …
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Raisin Juice
Raisin juice is a liquid sweetener made from dried grapes, commonly known as raisins. The raisins are typically soaked in …
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Stevia Leaf
Stevia leaf extract comes from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant, native to South America. The sweet compounds, called …
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Organic Invert Syrup
Invert syrup is a liquid sweetener made from sucrose (table sugar). It is produced by breaking down sucrose into its …
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Filling: Sugar
Sugar, chemically known as sucrose, is a common carbohydrate found naturally in many plants. It is primarily extracted and refined …
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Saccharin
Saccharin is an artificial sweetener, about 200 to 700 times sweeter than table sugar. It was discovered in 1879 and …
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Organic Blue Agave Nectar
Organic blue agave nectar is a sweetener derived from the blue agave plant, native to Mexico. The plant's sap is …
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Coconut Syrup
Coconut syrup is a sweetener made from the sap of the coconut palm tree. The sap is harvested and then …
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Caramel: 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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Sugar Water
Sugar water is a simple mixture made by dissolving sugar, typically sucrose, in water. It can be prepared in various …
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Dry Molasses
Dry molasses is a powdered form of molasses, a syrup produced during the refining of sugarcane or sugar beets into …
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Inverted Cane Sugar
Inverted cane sugar is a liquid sweetener made from regular cane sugar (sucrose). It is produced by breaking down sucrose …
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High Fructose Com 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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Fair Trade Organic Cane Sugar
Cane sugar is a type of sugar produced from sugar cane plants. It is primarily sucrose, a disaccharide made of …
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Isomaltulose
Isomaltulose is a disaccharide, a type of sugar, made of glucose and fructose. It is naturally found in honey and …
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White Chocolate Sugar
White Chocolate Sugar refers to the sugar component found in white chocolate. Sugar is a carbohydrate, typically sucrose, which is …
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Organic Rice Syrup Solids
Organic rice syrup solids are a sweetener made from organic brown rice. The rice is cooked, then enzymes are used …
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Corn Syrup Sugar
Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The starch is broken down into simpler sugars, primarily glucose, …
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Sugar Corn Syrup
Sugar corn syrup, commonly known as corn syrup, is a liquid sweetener made by breaking down corn starch. This process, …
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Cinnamon Sugar
Cinnamon sugar is a common food ingredient made by blending ground cinnamon spice with granulated sugar. It is typically prepared …
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Organic Monk Fruit
Monk fruit, also called luo han guo, is a small, round fruit native to Southeast Asia. It is dried and …
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Sodium Saccharin
Sodium saccharin is an artificial sweetener, meaning it provides a sweet taste without the calories of sugar. It is synthesized …
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Natural Stevia Leaf Sweetener
Natural Stevia Leaf Sweetener is a high-intensity sweetener derived from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant. The sweet compounds, …
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Inverted Sugar Syrup
Inverted sugar syrup is a liquid sweetener made from sucrose, commonly known as table sugar. It is produced by breaking …
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Dehydrated Marshmallows
Dehydrated marshmallows are small, chewy confections made primarily from sugar, corn syrup, and gelatin. Water is removed to create a …
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Sugar Dextrose
Dextrose is a simple sugar that is chemically identical to glucose. It is a monosaccharide, meaning it is the simplest …
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Organic Milled Cane Sugar
Organic milled cane sugar is a sweetener made from sugarcane. The sugarcane is grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, then …
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Smoked Sugar
Smoked sugar is a sweetener made by smoking regular sugar, typically sucrose. The smoking process imparts a distinct smoky flavor …
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Polyglycitol Syrup
Polyglycitol syrup is a sugar alcohol produced from hydrogenated glucose syrup. It is a mixture of several sugar alcohols, including …
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Icing: Powdered Sugar
Powdered sugar, also known as confectioners' sugar, is a finely ground form of granulated sugar. It often contains a small …
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Fair Trade Certified Sugar
Sugar is a common carbohydrate, primarily sucrose, that is extracted and refined from plants like sugarcane or sugar beets. 'Fair …
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Wheat Glucose Syrup
Wheat glucose syrup is a liquid sweetener made from wheat starch. The starch is broken down into simpler sugars, primarily …
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Organic Stevia Leaf Extract Powder
Organic Stevia Leaf Extract Powder is a sweetener derived from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant, native to South …
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Organic Rice Extract
Organic rice extract is a sweetener derived from organic rice. It is produced by breaking down the starches in rice …
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Naturally Milled Sugar
Naturally milled sugar is a type of sugar, typically derived from sugar cane, that has undergone less refining than white …
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Glucose And Fructose Syrup
Glucose and fructose syrup is a liquid sweetener made from cornstarch or wheat starch. The starch is broken down into …
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Brown Sugar Molasses
Brown sugar molasses is a byproduct of refining sugar cane or sugar beets into granulated sugar. It is a thick, …
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Other ingredient types
Note:
This site presents label data from USDA FoodData Central for general information. It is not medical advice.
Check the package label; formulations change.