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Honey
White sugar
A magnified view of sugar crystals
Brown sugar
A sweetener is a food additive which adds the basic taste of sweetness to a food; it may come from a natural source or it may be artificially manufactured.
Natural Sweeteners
Sugar
- sugar
- Coconut sugar
Liquid sweeteners
- Agave syrup
- apple juice concentrate
- cane syrup (US) aka golden syrup (AUS/NZ) aka light treacle (UK)
- corn syrup
- Gula Jawa
- honey
- maple syrup
- molasses
- blackstrap (US) = dark treacle (UK & AUS)
- Simple syrup
- sorghum aka sorghum molasses aka sorghum syrup
- stevia
Artificial sweeteners
The list below includes the apparent sweetness of the sweetener, when compared to granulated sugar. This is for the chemical sweetener; commercially available preparations may be less sweet due to binders and fillers like dextrose.
- acesulfame potassium (also known as Acesulfame-K or Ace-K) - 200x
- alitame
- aspartame - 160x (trademarked as Equal and Nutrasweet)
- cyclamate (calcium cyclamate or sodium cyclamate) - 30x
- Erythriol
- glucitol
- isomalt
- saccharin (also spelled saccarine, saccarin, or saccharine) - 300x (Sweet'n Low)
- sorbitol
- stevia - 250x (also called Steviosides, or Sweetleaf. Marketed as a 'Dietary Supplement'. Truvia and PureVia are sweeteners partially derived from Stevia. )
- sucralose (trademarked as Splenda or Splendar) - 600x
- xylitol - 1x (gram for gram); 1.5x (joule for joule)
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