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 (NSS) and artificial sweeteners are used to produce food and drink.
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Research
284,896 papers- Stevia as a Natural Sweetener: A Review.Cardiovascular & hematological agents in medicinal chemistry · 2020
- Sugar or Sweetener?Southern medical journal · 2024
- Artificial sweetener-induced dysbiosis and associated molecular signatures.Biochemical and biophysical research communications · 2024
- Non-nutritive Sweetener Aspartame Disrupts Circadian Behavior and Causes Memory Impairment in Mice.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2024
- Early-life influences of low-calorie sweetener consumption on sugar taste.Physiology & behavior · 2023
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- List of sweeteners
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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 sweeteners are used to produce 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, such as glycyrrhizin found in liquorice. Sugar Sugar alcohol Sucrose, or glucose-fructose, commonly called table sugar Fructose, or fruit sugar Glucose, or dextrose Sugar substitute, including artificial sweetener Syrups Agave syrup, or agave nectar Maple syrup Corn syrup High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), used industrially Honey Molasses Dates Glycyrrhizin, found in liquorice Unrefined sweetener
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