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{{Short description|Substance added to food to give it the basic taste of sweetness}}

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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 (NSS) and [[artificial sweetener]]s are used to produce food and drink.

== List of sweeteners ==

A '''sweetener''' is a [[food additive]] which adds the [[basic taste]] of [[sweetness]] to a food.

Many artificial sweeteners have been invented and are now used in commercially produced food and drink. Natural non-sugar sweeteners also exist,<ref name=":0" /> such as [[glycyrrhizin]] found in [[liquorice]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Kitagawa |first=Isao |date=2002-01-01 |title=Licorice root. A natural sweetener and an important ingredient in Chinese medicine |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1351/pac200274071189/html |journal=Pure and Applied Chemistry |language=en |volume=74 |issue=7 |pages=1189–1198 |doi=10.1351/pac200274071189 |s2cid=97931248 |issn=1365-3075 |access-date=2023-01-22 |archive-date=2023-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122005218/https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1351/pac200274071189/html |url-status=live |doi-access=free }}</ref>

* [[Sugar]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Bramlet |first=Kellie |title=Artificial sweeteners and natural sweeteners: What to know |url=https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/focused-on-health/artificial-sweeteners-natural-sweeteners.h23-1591413.html |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=MD Anderson Cancer Center |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505173129/https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/focused-on-health/artificial-sweeteners-natural-sweeteners.h23-1591413.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

** [[sugarSugar alcohol]]s

** [[Sucrose]], or glucose-fructose, commonly called ''table sugar''

*** [[Fructose]], or ''fruit sugar''

*** [[Glucose]], or dextrose

* [[Sugar substitute]], including ''artificial sweetener<ref name=":0" />''

* [[honeySyrup]]s

** [[Agave syrup]], or ''agave nectar''<ref name=":0" />

** [[Maple syrup]]<ref name=":0" />

** [[cornCorn syrup]]

*** [[High-fructose corn syrup]] (HFCS), used industrially

* [[Honey]]<ref name=":0" />

* [[Molasses]]<ref name=":0" />

* [[Dates (fruit)|Dates]]<ref name=":0" />

* [[Glycyrrhizin]], found in [[liquorice]]<ref name=":1" />

* [[Unrefined sweetener]]

== See also ==

In Commonwealth English, "sweeteners" is usually used to refer to [[sugar substitute]]s.

* [[Sweet (disambiguation)]]

* [[Sweetness (disambiguation)]]

* [[Sugar free (disambiguation)]]

== Nutritive sweetenersReferences ==

{{Reflist}}

* [[sucrose]] ([[table sugar]])

* [[sugar alcohol]]s

* [[honey]]

* [[syrups]], including

** [[maple syrup]]

** [[sugar beet syrup]]

** [[corn syrup]]

** [[cane syrup]]

** [[golden syrup]]

** [[Barley malt syrup|barley malt syrup]]

** [[molasses]] (treacle)

== Non-nutritiveExternal sweetenerslinks ==

{{Wiktionary|sweetener}}

* [[acesulfame potassium]], also known as Sunett

{{commons category|Sweeteners}}

* [[alitame]]

* {{Merriam-Webster|Sweetener}}

* [[aspartame]], also known as Nutrasweet

* [[cyclamate]]

* [[glycyrrhizin]]

* [[neotame]]

* [[saccharin]]

* [[stevioside]]

* [[sucralose]], also known as Splenda

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