Sweeteners & Sugars

Sugar comes in dozens of forms on an ingredient label, from corn syrups to lab-made sweeteners hundreds of times sweeter than sugar. Many products use several at once, which can spread the sugar across the list so no single sweetener appears first.

Ingredients in this category

High-fructose corn syrup · Dextrose · Fructose · Sucrose · Maltodextrin · Invert sugar · Glucose syrup · Corn syrup solids · Lactose · Barley malt syrup · Agave nectar · Fruit juice concentrates · Aspartame · Sucralose · Acesulfame potassium · Saccharin · Neotame · Stevia leaf extract · Erythritol · Xylitol · Sorbitol · Mannitol

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