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A sweetener is a food additive which adds the basic taste of sweetness to a food.

In Commonwealth English, "sweeteners" is usually used to refer to sugar substitutes.

The most common sweetener is sucrose (table sugar). Other common sweeteners include corn syrup and the entire gamut of sugar substitutes.

Artificial sweeteners include aspartame and sucralose.

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