Sweetener

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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 and artificial sweeteners are used to produce food and drink.

Many artificial sweeteners have been invented and are now used in commercially produced food and drink. Natural non-sugar sweeteners also exist,^[1] such as glycyrrhizin found in liquorice.^[2]

• Sugar^[1]
  • Sugar alcohol
  • Sucrose, or glucose-fructose, commonly called table sugar
    • Fructose, or fruit sugar
    • Glucose, or dextrose
• Sugar substitute, including artificial sweetener^[1]
• Syrups
  • Agave syrup, or agave nectar^[1]
  • Maple syrup^[1]
  • Corn syrup
    • High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), used industrially
• Honey^[1]
• Molasses^[1]
• Dates^[1]
• Glycyrrhizin, found in liquorice^[2]
• Unrefined sweetener

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

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