Artificial Sweeters

Replacing sugar with artificial sweeteners may be doing your body more harm than good. Recent studies show that these chemically modified sweeteners can damage the way your body naturally processes sugar, making you much more susceptible to overeating. Because of the increasing public health warnings, food companies are now using obscure names to hide these artificial sweeteners in their products. This list will help you avoid these dangerous chemicals.

 

ACESULFAME POTASSIUM

ACK

Ace K

Equal Spoonful (also +aspartame)

Sweet One

Sunett

 

ASPARTAME

APM

AminoSweet (but not in US)

Aspartyl-phenylalanine-1-methyl ester

Canderel (not in US)

Equal Classic

NatraTaste Blue

NutraSweet

 

ASPARTAME-ACESULFAME SALT

TwinSweet (Europe only)

 

CYCLAMATE

Not in US as per FDA

Calcium cyclamate

Cologran = cyclamate and saccharin; not in US

Sucaryl

 

ERYTHRITOL

Sugar alcohol

Zerose

ZSweet

 

GLYCEROL

Glycerin

Glycerine

 

GLYCYRRHIZIN

Licorice

HYDROGENATED STARCH HYDROLYSATE (HSH)

Sugar alcohol

 

ISOMALT

Sugar alcohol

ClearCut Isomalt

Decomalt

DiabetiSweet (also contains Acesulfame-K)

Hydrogenated Isomaltulose

Isomaltitol

 

LACTITOL

Sugar alcohol

 

MALTITOL

Sugar alcohol

Maltitol Syrup

Maltitol Powder

Hydrogenated High Maltose Content Glucose Syrup

Hydrogenated Maltose

Lesys

MaltiSweet (hard to find online to buy)

SweetPearl

 

MANNITOL

Sugar alcohol

 

NEOTAME

 

POLYDEXTROSE

Sugar alcohol

(Derived from glucose and sorbitol)

 

SACCHARIN

Acid saccharin

Equal Saccharin

Necta Sweet

Sodium Saccharin

Sweet N Low

Sweet Twin

 

SORBITOL

Sugar alcohol

D-glucitol

D-glucitol syrup

STEVIOL GLYCOSIDERebiana

SUCRALOSE

1′,4,6′-Trichlorogalactosucrose

Trichlorosucrose

Equal Sucralose

NatraTaste Gold

Splenda

 

TAGATOSE

Natrulose

 

XYLITOL

Sugar alcohol

Smart Sweet

Xylipure

Xylosweet

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