low-calorie sweetener

Diet soda ingredient

A low-calorie sweetener is a substance used to sweeten food or drinks while contributing fewer calories than sugar.

These include artificial sweeteners like aspartame and saccharin, as well as sugar alcohols and plant-derived options like stevia.

She switched to a low-calorie sweetener in her coffee.

The term often appears in dietary and food-labeling contexts.

Related

monk fruit · saccharin · diet soda · sugar substitute · zero sugar · sucralose · allulose · polyol · food additive · sugar-free · sweet taste · aftertaste · blood sugar · guilt-free · diet · blue · pink · chemical

Opposites
caloric content

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Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener

table sugar · sucrose · cane sugar · honey · maple syrup

naturalness vs artificiality

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Sweetener from plants

raw honey · natural sweetener · fruit sugar · coconut sugar

taste profile

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Sodium chloride compound

Family

sweetener, calorie

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G