Showing Food Sugar substitute
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| Name | Sugar substitute | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Not Available | ||||||||||
| Description | A sugar substitute is a food additive that duplicates the effect of sugar in taste, usually with less food energy. Some sugar substitutes are natural and some are synthetic. Those that are not natural are, in general, called artificial sweeteners. An important class of sugar substitutes is known as high-intensity sweeteners. These are compounds with many times the sweetness of sucrose, common table sugar. As a result, much less sweetener is required and energy contribution is often negligible. The sensation of sweetness caused by these compounds (the "sweetness profile") is sometimes notably different from sucrose, so they are often used in complex mixtures that achieve the most natural sweet sensation. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00656 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Baking goods | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Substitutes | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | Not Available | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Sugar_substitute | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — Saxholt, E., et al. 'Danish food composition databank, revision 7.' Department of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (2008). — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||