Sweeteners, Regular, Natural and Artificial
5-Nitro-2-propoxyaniline
One of the sweetest artificial sweeteners known to man, it is 4000 times sweeter than sucrose. It is made from Nitrogen. It is banned in the USA. No Calories
Acelfame-K
Acelfame K (AKA) Ace-k or Acelfame Potassium) is a methylization of oxide of potassium Never used as a sweetener alone, always used together with other sweeteners to masks its aftertaste. Non caloric
Agave Syrup
Agave Syrup is a sweet syrup produced by collecting and fermenting the syrup from Agave Cores. Its just as bad for you as HFCS
Algarrobina
Algarrobina is the sweet syrup of the Black Carob tree
Alitame
Alitame is similar to Aspartame, in that it is a dipeptide sweetener but it contains no Phenylalanine. It contains aspartic acid though. No calories
Amazake
Very low alcohol rice syrup liquor sometimes used as a sweetener
Amber Rock Sugar
Rock Sugar is formed when the sugar level in a water-sugar syrup blend is too high and it recrystallizes on the sides of the pot or on strings or in the pot themselves. The Amber color s either from caramelization or when raw sugar is used in the syrup. Used primarily in tea services
Arrope
Arrope is a Spanish grape syrup used as a sweetener
Aspartame
Aspartame was originally created as a form of Chemical Neurotoxic Warfare weaponry. It is two Amino Acids, Aspartic Acid and Phenylalanine bound together by Methyl Alcohol. Unfortunately the binding method is not as secure as say, the L Sugar binds of Sucralose, so Aspartame breaks down fast in heat, some acids and time. It has no calories. Some people say it leads to neurological issues. Non caloric
Beet Sugar
Beet Sugar is the concentrated and purified, then crystalized syrup of the sugar beet. It is one of the top 2 sources of sugar in the world.
Birch Syrup
Birch syrup is the concentrated sap from the Birch Tree. It is similar to Maple Syrup
Birnenhonig
Birnenhonig is "honey" from pears. It is the reduced and boiled down syrup of pear juice.
Brazzein
Brazzein is a sweetener from the protein of the Oubli Fruit
Brown Sugar (both light and dark)
Modern day Brown Sugar is just white granulated sugar which has been mixed with varying degrees of Molasses.
Cane Sugar
Cane Sugar is the concentrated and purified, then crystalized syrup of the juicing of the sugar cane. It is one of the top 2 sources of sugar in the world.
Cane Syrup
Cane syrup is the concentrated sap from Sugar Cane
Coconut Sugar
Coconut Sugar is the concentrated sap from the coconut palm. It comes in crystals or liquid
Corn Syrup (both light and dark)
Corn Syrup is a sweetener derived by adding a bacterial or acidic culture to corn starch to change it from a complex starch to a simple sugar. It was invented in Japan
Curculin
Curculin is a sweetener made from the protein of the Curculigo latifolia plant in Malaysia
Cyclamate
Cyclamates are the sodium or calcium salts of the sulfurization process of cyclamic acid. They were discovered accidentally. Banned in the USA for decades you can still buy them online from other countries
Non caloric
Date Sugar
Date sugar is basically ground dried dates used as a sweetener, also available in syrup
Demerara Sugar
Demerara Sugar is the ORIGINAL and NATURAL Brown Sugar
Dextrose
Detrose is glucose made from corn
Disaccharides
Disaccharides are double sugars, the joining of 2 simple sugars into one.
Dulcin
Dulcin is a sweet tasting Amide Distillate of Urea (urine) It has been banned for use in food
Erythritol
Erythritol is the Sugar Alcohol of Sucrose Non caloric
Fructose
Fructose is sugar that naturally occurs in fruits
Fructooligosaccharide Fructooligosaccharides are difficult to explain in laymans terms so just read the Wikipedia entry
Fruit Syrups
Fruit Syrups are just that, sweeteners made from the concentration of fruit juices or by products
Galactose Galactose is a simple sugar made from milk sugar
Glucin
Glucin is an artificial no calorice sweetener derived from the tar of coal. It has been banned in the USA.
Glucose
Glucose is the simplest of sugars, it is made from cane or sugar beets and is what is in your blood as blood sugar.
Glycerol
Glycerol is also known as Glycerine It is a sugar alcohol made out of Palm Sugar
GlycineGlycine is an Amino Acid and can lend sweeteness to some foods
Glycyrrhizin
Glycyrrhizin is a sweetener created from licorice root
Gynostemma pentaphyllum
Gynostemma pentaphyllum is a non caloric sweetener from the Chinese Jiaogulan plant, which shares its genetics with cucumbers etc.
Hernandulcin
Hernandulcin is a very sweet non calorice sweetening agent from the South American plant Tzopelic-Xihuitl
High Fructose Corn Syrup
High Fructose Corn Syrup is corn syrup that has been processed with a glucose enzyme to make the fructose higher and sweeter
High Maltose Corn Syrup
High Maltose Corn Syrup is corn syrup that has mostly Maltose and very little Fructose, It is less sweet than HFCS or regular corn syrup, Its is used primarily to keep hard candy hard.
Honey
Honey is the regurgitated food of honey bees. It has antiviral and antibacterial properties. It should not be fed to infants
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysates are a combination of several different Sugar Alcohols They contain minimal calories, but high stomach distress Non caloric
Inulin
Inulin is the sweet tasting soluble fiber from the artichoke plant or the roots of the Sunflower. It adds fiber but can cause stomach upset.Non caloric
Inverted Sugar Syrup
Inverted Sugar Syrup is sugar syrup which has a component added to discourage recrystalization. Those components can be citrus juice or corn syrup.
Isomalt
Isomalt is the Sugar Alcohol of sucrose. Non caloric
Isomaltooligosaccharide Isomaltooligosaccharides are difficult to explain in laymans terms so just read the Wikipedia entry
Jaggery
Jaggery is a rough combination of Palm, Date and Cane sugar without any further processing or clarification so it sustains its brown color.. Used mainly in Indian and Asian cooking.
Jallab
Jallab is a middle eastern rose scented syrup created from carob, grape an date syrup.
Lacitol
Lacitol is the Sugar Alcohol of Lactose, it can cause stomach issues, but it has no calories
Lactose
Lactose is the naturally occurring sugar in most milks, It can cause some sensitive individuals stomach issues
Lead Sugar
Lead Sugar was a popular non caloric sweetener years ago. It was made from LEAD Acetate and poisoned many people. Its totally banned.
L-Sugars
L-Sugars are real sugars which a molecule has been removed and replaced with something that is indigestible or which lets the sugar pass thru your body unabsorbed into the blood sugar as energy. One such L-Sugar is Sucralose aka Splenda
Lugduname
Lugduname is an extremely sweet sweetening agent not yet approved for use in foods. It is derived from Guanidine, a metabolite of protein found in URINE
Luo Han
Luo Han is the concentrated and crystallized juice of the Monk Fruit Non caloric
Mabinlin
Mabinlin is a sweet tasting compound from a protein found in a Chinese seed from the Capparis masaikai plant
Maltisorb
Maltisorb is he French versiomn of Maltitol, a widely used sugar alcohol made from Maltose
Maltodextrin
Maltodextrin, like Polydextrose is a bulking agent is less of a sweetening agent than a bulking adder and a fiber replacer. That being said it is slightly sweet and is added to replace some bulk lost when using artificial sweeteners in which the molecules are smaller than regular granulated sugar..It is typically added to sweeteners like Splenda to make them measure cup for cup like regular sugar.
Maltitol
Maltitol is the sugar alcohol of Maltose. Although it has no calories, it can be known to have major stomach and intestinal issues Non caloric
Maltose
Maltose is a sweetener derived by adding a bacterial or acidic culture to sprouted bartley to change it from a complex starch to a simple sugar. It is used a lot in beer making and bread making.
Malt Syrup
Malt Syrup is Maltose that has been made into an unrefined syrup
Mannitol
Mannitol is the Sugar Alcohol of Fructose. Non caloric
Maple Syrup
Maple Syrup is the concentrated sap of the Sugar Maple tree
Millet Jelly
Milley Jelly is a sweetener derived by adding a bacterial or acidic culture to Millet starch to change it from a complex starch to a simple sugar. Mainly used in Japan and Asia
Mizuame
Mizuame is a Japanese sweetener created from converting rice, potatoe or sweet potato starch into a syrup
Molasses
Molasses is the dark unrefined by product of the refining process of making sugar from Sugar Beets or Sugar Cane, It is very nutrient rich
Monatin
Monatin is a sweetener from South Africa created out of the plant Sclerochiton ilicifolius. It is extremely sweet
Monellin
Monellin Is a sweetener discovered in Philadelphia from a protein in the Serendipity Berry from Sierra Leone
Monk Fruit Extract
Monk Fruit Extract is the concentrated and crystallized juice of the Monk Fruit, also known as Luo Han Guo, it has no calories.
Monosaccharides
Monosaccharides Are simple sugars
Neomogroside
Neomogroside Is a sugar alcohol created from Luo Han Guo. AKA Monk Fruit
Neotame
Neotame was created by the same folks who gave us Aspartame. It was created to "correct" Aspartames rapid breakdown issues. But it is the same ingredients and people say it is just as bad. Buyer beware. It has no calories
Oligofructose
Oligofructose is also known as Fructooligosaccharides, Which see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructooligosaccharide
Oligosaccharide
Oligosaccharides are a mixture of several carbohydrates joined by a larger molecule which renders them only partially digestable
Orgeat Syrup
Orgeat Syrup is a sweetener made out of Almonds and Sugar either flavored with Orange Flower Water or Rose Water...Used primarily in Europe and the Mid East...Its a main ingredient in Mai Tais
Osladin
Osladin is a sweetener made from a European plant known as Polypodium vulgare, a licorice type plant
Palm Sugar
Palm Sugar is a sweetener, either crystallized or a thick liquid, made from the sap of the palm tree or coconut palm, lightly colored and less cloyingly sweet than sugar its delicious in most anything. Used primatily in the tropics and Asia
Pentadin
Pentadin is another sweet tasting protein discovered in the Oubli plant, the other sweetener from this plant is Brazzein
Perillartine
Perillartine, is a sweetener made from the oxidization of Perilla Seed extractives. Perilla is AKA Sesame Leaf in Korea or Shiso in Japan
Phyla Dulcis
Phyla Dulcis is another sweet leafed plant like Stevia (yet not in the same family) Its non caloric
Phyllodulcin Phyllodulcin is a sweetener isolated from a species of Hydrangea plant
Pilloncillo
Pilloncillos are the conical shaped cones of unrefined raw Demerara sugar processed in Mexico and South America. You grate them to use them.
Polydextrose
Polydextrose is less of a sweetening agent than a bulking agent and a fiber replacer. That being said it is slightly sweet and is added to replace some bulk lost when using artificial sweeteners in which the molecules are smaller than regular granulated sugar..
Polysaccharides
Polysaccharides are a mixture of carbohydraes and non digestable matter suc as fiber, cellulose and chitin (from shellfish) They have a tough time being digested.
Raw Sugar
Raw Sugar is the free flowing granular version of Demerara Sugar. Its got some nutritional value.
Rice Syrup
Rice Syrup is a sweetener derived by adding a bacterial or acidic culture to Rice starch to change it from a complex starch to a simple sugar. However Brown Rice Syrup acts like a complex carb in your body and digests slower.
Rock Sugar
Rock Sugar is formed when the sugar level in a water-sugar syrup blend is too high and it recrystallizes on the sides of the pot or on strings or in the pot themselves. Used a lot as candy or in Asian cooking
Saccharin
Saccharin is an artificial sweetener that was accidentally invented during lab experiments on Coal Tar, one of those Coal Tar derivatives, benzoic sulfimide, was sweet and tested as GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) by the US FDA and thus a new sugar substitute was born. It has no calories.
Selligueain A
Selligueain Ais a sweetener extracted from the rhizome of an Indonesia plant called Selliguea feei.
Sorbitol
Sorbitol is the Sugar Alcohol of Corn Syrup Non caloric
Sorghum Syrup Sorghum Syrup is a syrup from fermented Sorghum kernels Sorghum is a cousin of Corn
Stevia
Stevia is the concentrated juice of the Stevia Rebaudiana plant. It has a slight licorice taste and no calories
Sucralose
Sucralose is an L-Sugar. L-Sugars are produced with real sugar which has part of the molecule removed and replaced with another harmless molecule. In this case the molecule is chlorine.. It can bleach out some foods, it has no calories.
Sucrononic Acid
Sucrononic Acid is another high sweetness sweetener from the metabolism of URINE. Its not allowed in food.
Sucrose
Sucrose is a disaccharide of glucose and fructose
Sugar Alcohols (AKA Polyols)
Sugar Alcohols are NATURAL sweeteners, lower in carbs, glycemic loads and calories made from real sugars thru the process of hydrogenation ad fermentation to eliminate the body's ability to digest them. They can have varying degrees of stomach upset involved, so go slowly. .
Suosan
Suosan is another sweetener made from the fusion of amino acids such as aspartic acid and alanine
Sweet Cicely Syrup
Sweet Cicely Syrup is the concentrated syrup of the root of the Sweet Cicely plant.
Tagatose
Tagatose is a sweetener made from milk, that behaves like a Sugar Alcohol but it is not..It has some calories, but no glycemic effect.
Thaumatin
Thaumatin or thaumatins are sweeteners from the isolations of proteins from the Katemfe Fruit found in West Africa
Treacle
Treacle is the unrefined sugar cane or sugar beet syrup before the molasses has been removed and it turns into crystals and becomes granulated sugar,
Trehalose
Trehalose is a disaccharide made from mushrooms. High in calories and glycemic load
Xylitol
Xylitol is the sugar alcohol of Birch Syrup, It has no calories and has a mild stomach effects.
Whey-Low
Whey Low is supposedly a reduced calorie sweetener that tastes and behaves like sugar yet its made from Fructose, Lactose and Sucrose....I dont get it.
Yacon Syrup
Yacon Syrup is the concentrated syrup of the Yacon root from the Andes
Volemitol
Volemitol is a natural Sugar Alcohol derived from some algaes and mushrooms.
5-Nitro-2-propoxyaniline
One of the sweetest artificial sweeteners known to man, it is 4000 times sweeter than sucrose. It is made from Nitrogen. It is banned in the USA. No Calories
Acelfame-K
Acelfame K (AKA) Ace-k or Acelfame Potassium) is a methylization of oxide of potassium Never used as a sweetener alone, always used together with other sweeteners to masks its aftertaste. Non caloric
Agave Syrup
Agave Syrup is a sweet syrup produced by collecting and fermenting the syrup from Agave Cores. Its just as bad for you as HFCS
Algarrobina
Algarrobina is the sweet syrup of the Black Carob tree
Alitame
Alitame is similar to Aspartame, in that it is a dipeptide sweetener but it contains no Phenylalanine. It contains aspartic acid though. No calories
Amazake
Very low alcohol rice syrup liquor sometimes used as a sweetener
Amber Rock Sugar
Rock Sugar is formed when the sugar level in a water-sugar syrup blend is too high and it recrystallizes on the sides of the pot or on strings or in the pot themselves. The Amber color s either from caramelization or when raw sugar is used in the syrup. Used primarily in tea services
Arrope
Arrope is a Spanish grape syrup used as a sweetener
Aspartame
Aspartame was originally created as a form of Chemical Neurotoxic Warfare weaponry. It is two Amino Acids, Aspartic Acid and Phenylalanine bound together by Methyl Alcohol. Unfortunately the binding method is not as secure as say, the L Sugar binds of Sucralose, so Aspartame breaks down fast in heat, some acids and time. It has no calories. Some people say it leads to neurological issues. Non caloric
Beet Sugar
Beet Sugar is the concentrated and purified, then crystalized syrup of the sugar beet. It is one of the top 2 sources of sugar in the world.
Birch Syrup
Birch syrup is the concentrated sap from the Birch Tree. It is similar to Maple Syrup
Birnenhonig
Birnenhonig is "honey" from pears. It is the reduced and boiled down syrup of pear juice.
Brazzein
Brazzein is a sweetener from the protein of the Oubli Fruit
Brown Sugar (both light and dark)
Modern day Brown Sugar is just white granulated sugar which has been mixed with varying degrees of Molasses.
Cane Sugar
Cane Sugar is the concentrated and purified, then crystalized syrup of the juicing of the sugar cane. It is one of the top 2 sources of sugar in the world.
Cane Syrup
Cane syrup is the concentrated sap from Sugar Cane
Coconut Sugar
Coconut Sugar is the concentrated sap from the coconut palm. It comes in crystals or liquid
Corn Syrup (both light and dark)
Corn Syrup is a sweetener derived by adding a bacterial or acidic culture to corn starch to change it from a complex starch to a simple sugar. It was invented in Japan
Curculin
Curculin is a sweetener made from the protein of the Curculigo latifolia plant in Malaysia
Cyclamate
Cyclamates are the sodium or calcium salts of the sulfurization process of cyclamic acid. They were discovered accidentally. Banned in the USA for decades you can still buy them online from other countries
Non caloric
Date Sugar
Date sugar is basically ground dried dates used as a sweetener, also available in syrup
Demerara Sugar
Demerara Sugar is the ORIGINAL and NATURAL Brown Sugar
Dextrose
Detrose is glucose made from corn
Disaccharides
Disaccharides are double sugars, the joining of 2 simple sugars into one.
Dulcin
Dulcin is a sweet tasting Amide Distillate of Urea (urine) It has been banned for use in food
Erythritol
Erythritol is the Sugar Alcohol of Sucrose Non caloric
Fructose
Fructose is sugar that naturally occurs in fruits
Fructooligosaccharide Fructooligosaccharides are difficult to explain in laymans terms so just read the Wikipedia entry
Fruit Syrups
Fruit Syrups are just that, sweeteners made from the concentration of fruit juices or by products
Galactose Galactose is a simple sugar made from milk sugar
Glucin
Glucin is an artificial no calorice sweetener derived from the tar of coal. It has been banned in the USA.
Glucose
Glucose is the simplest of sugars, it is made from cane or sugar beets and is what is in your blood as blood sugar.
Glycerol
Glycerol is also known as Glycerine It is a sugar alcohol made out of Palm Sugar
GlycineGlycine is an Amino Acid and can lend sweeteness to some foods
Glycyrrhizin
Glycyrrhizin is a sweetener created from licorice root
Gynostemma pentaphyllum
Gynostemma pentaphyllum is a non caloric sweetener from the Chinese Jiaogulan plant, which shares its genetics with cucumbers etc.
Hernandulcin
Hernandulcin is a very sweet non calorice sweetening agent from the South American plant Tzopelic-Xihuitl
High Fructose Corn Syrup
High Fructose Corn Syrup is corn syrup that has been processed with a glucose enzyme to make the fructose higher and sweeter
High Maltose Corn Syrup
High Maltose Corn Syrup is corn syrup that has mostly Maltose and very little Fructose, It is less sweet than HFCS or regular corn syrup, Its is used primarily to keep hard candy hard.
Honey
Honey is the regurgitated food of honey bees. It has antiviral and antibacterial properties. It should not be fed to infants
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysates are a combination of several different Sugar Alcohols They contain minimal calories, but high stomach distress Non caloric
Inulin
Inulin is the sweet tasting soluble fiber from the artichoke plant or the roots of the Sunflower. It adds fiber but can cause stomach upset.Non caloric
Inverted Sugar Syrup
Inverted Sugar Syrup is sugar syrup which has a component added to discourage recrystalization. Those components can be citrus juice or corn syrup.
Isomalt
Isomalt is the Sugar Alcohol of sucrose. Non caloric
Isomaltooligosaccharide Isomaltooligosaccharides are difficult to explain in laymans terms so just read the Wikipedia entry
Jaggery
Jaggery is a rough combination of Palm, Date and Cane sugar without any further processing or clarification so it sustains its brown color.. Used mainly in Indian and Asian cooking.
Jallab
Jallab is a middle eastern rose scented syrup created from carob, grape an date syrup.
Lacitol
Lacitol is the Sugar Alcohol of Lactose, it can cause stomach issues, but it has no calories
Lactose
Lactose is the naturally occurring sugar in most milks, It can cause some sensitive individuals stomach issues
Lead Sugar
Lead Sugar was a popular non caloric sweetener years ago. It was made from LEAD Acetate and poisoned many people. Its totally banned.
L-Sugars
L-Sugars are real sugars which a molecule has been removed and replaced with something that is indigestible or which lets the sugar pass thru your body unabsorbed into the blood sugar as energy. One such L-Sugar is Sucralose aka Splenda
Lugduname
Lugduname is an extremely sweet sweetening agent not yet approved for use in foods. It is derived from Guanidine, a metabolite of protein found in URINE
Luo Han
Luo Han is the concentrated and crystallized juice of the Monk Fruit Non caloric
Mabinlin
Mabinlin is a sweet tasting compound from a protein found in a Chinese seed from the Capparis masaikai plant
Maltisorb
Maltisorb is he French versiomn of Maltitol, a widely used sugar alcohol made from Maltose
Maltodextrin
Maltodextrin, like Polydextrose is a bulking agent is less of a sweetening agent than a bulking adder and a fiber replacer. That being said it is slightly sweet and is added to replace some bulk lost when using artificial sweeteners in which the molecules are smaller than regular granulated sugar..It is typically added to sweeteners like Splenda to make them measure cup for cup like regular sugar.
Maltitol
Maltitol is the sugar alcohol of Maltose. Although it has no calories, it can be known to have major stomach and intestinal issues Non caloric
Maltose
Maltose is a sweetener derived by adding a bacterial or acidic culture to sprouted bartley to change it from a complex starch to a simple sugar. It is used a lot in beer making and bread making.
Malt Syrup
Malt Syrup is Maltose that has been made into an unrefined syrup
Mannitol
Mannitol is the Sugar Alcohol of Fructose. Non caloric
Maple Syrup
Maple Syrup is the concentrated sap of the Sugar Maple tree
Millet Jelly
Milley Jelly is a sweetener derived by adding a bacterial or acidic culture to Millet starch to change it from a complex starch to a simple sugar. Mainly used in Japan and Asia
Mizuame
Mizuame is a Japanese sweetener created from converting rice, potatoe or sweet potato starch into a syrup
Molasses
Molasses is the dark unrefined by product of the refining process of making sugar from Sugar Beets or Sugar Cane, It is very nutrient rich
Monatin
Monatin is a sweetener from South Africa created out of the plant Sclerochiton ilicifolius. It is extremely sweet
Monellin
Monellin Is a sweetener discovered in Philadelphia from a protein in the Serendipity Berry from Sierra Leone
Monk Fruit Extract
Monk Fruit Extract is the concentrated and crystallized juice of the Monk Fruit, also known as Luo Han Guo, it has no calories.
Monosaccharides
Monosaccharides Are simple sugars
Neomogroside
Neomogroside Is a sugar alcohol created from Luo Han Guo. AKA Monk Fruit
Neotame
Neotame was created by the same folks who gave us Aspartame. It was created to "correct" Aspartames rapid breakdown issues. But it is the same ingredients and people say it is just as bad. Buyer beware. It has no calories
Oligofructose
Oligofructose is also known as Fructooligosaccharides, Which see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructooligosaccharide
Oligosaccharide
Oligosaccharides are a mixture of several carbohydrates joined by a larger molecule which renders them only partially digestable
Orgeat Syrup
Orgeat Syrup is a sweetener made out of Almonds and Sugar either flavored with Orange Flower Water or Rose Water...Used primarily in Europe and the Mid East...Its a main ingredient in Mai Tais
Osladin
Osladin is a sweetener made from a European plant known as Polypodium vulgare, a licorice type plant
Palm Sugar
Palm Sugar is a sweetener, either crystallized or a thick liquid, made from the sap of the palm tree or coconut palm, lightly colored and less cloyingly sweet than sugar its delicious in most anything. Used primatily in the tropics and Asia
Pentadin
Pentadin is another sweet tasting protein discovered in the Oubli plant, the other sweetener from this plant is Brazzein
Perillartine
Perillartine, is a sweetener made from the oxidization of Perilla Seed extractives. Perilla is AKA Sesame Leaf in Korea or Shiso in Japan
Phyla Dulcis
Phyla Dulcis is another sweet leafed plant like Stevia (yet not in the same family) Its non caloric
Phyllodulcin Phyllodulcin is a sweetener isolated from a species of Hydrangea plant
Pilloncillo
Pilloncillos are the conical shaped cones of unrefined raw Demerara sugar processed in Mexico and South America. You grate them to use them.
Polydextrose
Polydextrose is less of a sweetening agent than a bulking agent and a fiber replacer. That being said it is slightly sweet and is added to replace some bulk lost when using artificial sweeteners in which the molecules are smaller than regular granulated sugar..
Polysaccharides
Polysaccharides are a mixture of carbohydraes and non digestable matter suc as fiber, cellulose and chitin (from shellfish) They have a tough time being digested.
Raw Sugar
Raw Sugar is the free flowing granular version of Demerara Sugar. Its got some nutritional value.
Rice Syrup
Rice Syrup is a sweetener derived by adding a bacterial or acidic culture to Rice starch to change it from a complex starch to a simple sugar. However Brown Rice Syrup acts like a complex carb in your body and digests slower.
Rock Sugar
Rock Sugar is formed when the sugar level in a water-sugar syrup blend is too high and it recrystallizes on the sides of the pot or on strings or in the pot themselves. Used a lot as candy or in Asian cooking
Saccharin
Saccharin is an artificial sweetener that was accidentally invented during lab experiments on Coal Tar, one of those Coal Tar derivatives, benzoic sulfimide, was sweet and tested as GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) by the US FDA and thus a new sugar substitute was born. It has no calories.
Selligueain A
Selligueain Ais a sweetener extracted from the rhizome of an Indonesia plant called Selliguea feei.
Sorbitol
Sorbitol is the Sugar Alcohol of Corn Syrup Non caloric
Sorghum Syrup Sorghum Syrup is a syrup from fermented Sorghum kernels Sorghum is a cousin of Corn
Stevia
Stevia is the concentrated juice of the Stevia Rebaudiana plant. It has a slight licorice taste and no calories
Sucralose
Sucralose is an L-Sugar. L-Sugars are produced with real sugar which has part of the molecule removed and replaced with another harmless molecule. In this case the molecule is chlorine.. It can bleach out some foods, it has no calories.
Sucrononic Acid
Sucrononic Acid is another high sweetness sweetener from the metabolism of URINE. Its not allowed in food.
Sucrose
Sucrose is a disaccharide of glucose and fructose
Sugar Alcohols (AKA Polyols)
Sugar Alcohols are NATURAL sweeteners, lower in carbs, glycemic loads and calories made from real sugars thru the process of hydrogenation ad fermentation to eliminate the body's ability to digest them. They can have varying degrees of stomach upset involved, so go slowly. .
Suosan
Suosan is another sweetener made from the fusion of amino acids such as aspartic acid and alanine
Sweet Cicely Syrup
Sweet Cicely Syrup is the concentrated syrup of the root of the Sweet Cicely plant.
Tagatose
Tagatose is a sweetener made from milk, that behaves like a Sugar Alcohol but it is not..It has some calories, but no glycemic effect.
Thaumatin
Thaumatin or thaumatins are sweeteners from the isolations of proteins from the Katemfe Fruit found in West Africa
Treacle
Treacle is the unrefined sugar cane or sugar beet syrup before the molasses has been removed and it turns into crystals and becomes granulated sugar,
Trehalose
Trehalose is a disaccharide made from mushrooms. High in calories and glycemic load
Xylitol
Xylitol is the sugar alcohol of Birch Syrup, It has no calories and has a mild stomach effects.
Whey-Low
Whey Low is supposedly a reduced calorie sweetener that tastes and behaves like sugar yet its made from Fructose, Lactose and Sucrose....I dont get it.
Yacon Syrup
Yacon Syrup is the concentrated syrup of the Yacon root from the Andes
Volemitol
Volemitol is a natural Sugar Alcohol derived from some algaes and mushrooms.
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