Sweetener Explained

A sweetener is a substance added to food or drink to impart the flavor of sweetness, either because it contains a type of sugar, or because it contains a sweet-tasting sugar substitute. Various natural non-sugar sweeteners and artificial sweeteners are used to produce food and drink.

List of sweeteners

Many artificial sweeteners have been invented and are now used in commercially produced food and drink. Natural non-sugar sweeteners also exist, such as glycyrrhizin found in liquorice.^[1]

• Sugar^[2]
  • Sugar alcohol
  • Sucrose, or glucose-fructose, commonly called table sugar
    • Fructose, or fruit sugar
    • Glucose, or dextrose
• Sugar substitute, including artificial sweetener
• Syrups
  • Agave syrup, or agave nectar
  • Maple syrup
  • Corn syrup
    • High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), used industrially
• Honey
• Molasses
• Dates
• Glycyrrhizin, found in liquorice
• Unrefined sweetener

See also

• Sweet (disambiguation)
• Sweetness (disambiguation)
• Sugar free (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Kitagawa . Isao . 2002-01-01 . Licorice root. A natural sweetener and an important ingredient in Chinese medicine . Pure and Applied Chemistry . en . 74 . 7 . 1189–1198 . 10.1351/pac200274071189 . 97931248 . 1365-3075 . 2023-01-22 . 2023-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230122005218/https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1351/pac200274071189/html . live . free .
2. Web site: Bramlet . Kellie . Artificial sweeteners and natural sweeteners: What to know . 2023-05-05 . MD Anderson Cancer Center . en . 2023-05-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230505173129/https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/focused-on-health/artificial-sweeteners-natural-sweeteners.h23-1591413.html . live .