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Cookbook:Sweeteners

Cookbook | Basic foodstuffs

Here is a list of sweeteners generally used in cooking. The list is divided into natural sweeteners, such as sugar and honey, and artificial sweeteners, like saccarin.

Sugar

• sugar

Liquid sweeteners

• honey
• maple syrup
• corn syrup
• cane syrup (US) = golden syrup (AUS/NZ) = light treacle (UK)
• molasses
  • blackstrap (US) = dark treacle (UK)
• sorghum = sorghum molasses = sorghum syrup

Natural "alternative" sweeteners

• apple juice concentrate
• stevia

Artificial sweeteners

The list below includes the apparent sweetness of the sweetener, when compared to granulated sugar, and also includes the common trademarked names these sweeteners are often sold as.

• acesulfame potassium (also known as Acesulfame-K or Ace-K) - 200x
• alitame
• aspartame - 160x (trademarked as Equal and Nutrasweet)
• cyclamate (calcium cyclamate or sodium cyclamate) - 30x
• glucitol
• isomalt
• saccharin (also spelled saccarine, saccarin, or saccharine) - 300x (Sweet'n Low)
• sorbitol
• sucralose (trademarked as Splenda or Splendar) - 600x
• xylitol - 1x (gram for gram); 1.5x (joule for joule)