sugar substitute
Sign in to saveAlso known as substitute sugar, fake sugar, non-nutritive sweetener, high-intensity sweetener, artificial sweetener
sweetener that contains significantly less food energy than sugar
Nutrition · Open Food Facts
Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 54 products
- Energy
- 68 kcal
- Fat
- 0.1 g
- — of which saturates
- 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates
- 54.2 g
- — of which sugars
- 23.9 g
- Fibre
- 2.9 g
- Protein
- 0.3 g
- Salt
- 0.84 g
via Open Food Facts · ODbL
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Three artificial sweeteners in paper packets, coded by color: Equal (aspartame; blue), Sweet'N Low (saccharin, pink) and Splenda (sucralose, yellow). Other colors used are green for stevia.
A sugar substitute or artificial sweetener is a food additive that provides a sweetness like that of sugar while containing significantly less food energy than sugar-based sweeteners, making it a zero-calorie (non-nutritive) or low-calorie sweetener. Artificial sweeteners may be derived from plant extracts or processed by chemical synthesis. Sugar substitute products are commercially available in various forms, such as small pills, powders and packets.