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Substance added to food to give it the basic taste of sweetness

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)

1. ^ a b c d e f g h Bramlet, Kellie. "Artificial sweeteners and natural sweeteners: What to know". MD Anderson Cancer Center. Archived from the original on 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
2. ^ a b Kitagawa, Isao (2002-01-01). "Licorice root. A natural sweetener and an important ingredient in Chinese medicine". Pure and Applied Chemistry. 74 (7): 1189–1198. doi:10.1351/pac200274071189. ISSN 1365-3075. S2CID 97931248. Archived from the original on 2023-01-22. Retrieved 2023-01-22.

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