Sweetener
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A sweetener is a food additive which adds the basic taste of sweetness to a food.
In Commonwealth English, "sweeteners" is usually used to refer to sugar substitutes.
Nutritive sweeteners
- sucrose (table sugar)
- sugar alcohols
- honey
- syrups, including
- maple syrup
- sugar beet syrup
- corn syrup
- cane syrup
- golden syrup
- barley malt syrup
- molasses (treacle)
Non-nutritive sweeteners
- acesulfame potassium, also known as Sunett
- alitame
- aspartame, also known as Nutrasweet
- cyclamate
- glycyrrhizin
- neotame
- saccharin
- stevioside
- sucralose, also known as Splenda