A sugar substitute is a food additive which duplicates the effect of sugar in taste. This includes artificial sweetners such as aspartamem, saccharin, and sucralose; and natural sweetners such as stevia, xylitol and sorbitol.
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Stevia is a natural sugar substitute from a group of herbs and shrubs in the sunflower family. It is most popular in Japan as a sweetner, but is not approved by the FDA. It is available in the US and Canada only as a supplement.
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Sucralose is an artificial sweetener known by the trade name Splenda and "Altern." In the European Union, it is also known under the E number (additive code) E955. It is 320–1,000 times as sweet as sucrose, making it roughly twice as sweet as saccharin and four times as sweet as aspartame.
Xylitol, also called wood sugar or birch sugar, is a five-carbon sugar alcohol that is used as a sugar substitute. Xylitol is a naturally occurring sweetener found in the fibers of many fruits and vegetables, including various berries, corn husks, oats, and mushrooms. It can be extracted from corn fiber, birch, raspberries, plums, and corn. Xylitol is roughly as sweet as sucrose but contains 40% less food energy.