Chemistry:Sweetener
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Short description: 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 produced food and drink.
List of sweeteners
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
- 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
See also
- Sweet (disambiguation)
- Sweetness (disambiguation)
- Sugar free (disambiguation)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Bramlet, Kellie. "Artificial sweeteners and natural sweeteners: What to know" (in en). https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/focused-on-health/artificial-sweeteners-natural-sweeteners.h23-1591413.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kitagawa, Isao (2002-01-01). "Licorice root. A natural sweetener and an important ingredient in Chinese medicine" (in en). Pure and Applied Chemistry 74 (7): 1189–1198. doi:10.1351/pac200274071189. ISSN 1365-3075. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1351/pac200274071189/html. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
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