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Nutritive Sweeteners
(Caloric Sweeteners)
Comparable Sweetness to Sugar
Type kcal/gram
(sugar =100%)
Sorbitol 2.6 50-70% UNDERSTANDING
Mannitol
1.6
50-70%
sugar Erythritol 2.4 Comparable, 100% labels
Xylitol
60-80%
0.2
D-Tagatose
45-65%
Isomalt 1.5 75-92%
2
Lactitol 2 30-40%
SUGAR-FREE:
Maltitol 2.1 90% Less than 0.5 g of sugar per serving.
REDUCED SUGAR OR
Non-Nutritive Sweeteners LESS SUGAR:
Name Also Known As Sweeter than Sugar At least 25 percent less sugars per serving
compared to a standard serving size of the
Acesulfame Sweet One, Sunette 200 traditional variety.
K No Added Sugars or Without Added Sugars:
No sugars or sugar-containing ingredient
Aspartame NutraSweet , Equal, Blue Packet 160-200 such as juice or dry fruit is added during
processing.
Monk Fruit,
NectresseTM, PurefruitTM, Fruit-Sweet-
Luo han guo extract 150-300
nessTM, Monk Fruit in the Raw®, Orange
packet
Saccharin Sweet N’ Low, Pink Packet 300
Reb-A with Erythritol Truvia, Pure Via, Green Packet* 250 NOTE ABOUT HIGH FRUCTOSE
CORN SYRUP
Stevia SweetLeaf 30** Sucrose, also known as pure sugar, is a
combination of glucose and fructose. High
Sucralose Splenda, Yellow Packet 600
Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), a comparable
Maltitol 2.1 90% chemical make up to sucrose, is also
made up of glucose and fructose. Sucrose
is from sugar cane or, most commonly in
* Truvia (by Coca-Cola and Cargill) or Pure Via (by Pepsi Co. and Whole Earth Sweetener Company) the United States, sugar beets. Note that
– Note: this is not Stevia. Truvia is a combination of a sugar alochol and the sweet containing HFCS is cheaper to create from corn than to
component of the stevia leaf. extract the sugar from beets.

Natural Sugars
Natural Sugar Use Switch out for 1 cup of sugar
Date Sugar Baked goods 2/3 cup
Crystal Petrello
Brown Sugar Baked goods 1 cup MS, RDN, LD, ACE Certified Health Coach
Honey Glaze, marinade or dressings ¾ cup*
Find Crystal on Instagram @PartyRight_Life
Coconut Sugar Glaze, marinade or dressings 1 cup and check out her weekly videos!
Turbinado or Raw Cane Sugar Baked goods 1 cup
Agave Nectar Beverages ¾ cup*
Maple Syrup Glaze, marinade or dressings ¾ cup*

SOURCES:
1. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/just-how-much-sugar-do-americans-consume-its-complicated/
2. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/HealthyEating/Nutrition/Sugar-101_UCM_306024_Article.jsp#.WSJSYGjyvIU
3. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2012/08/30/how-much-sugar-are-americans-eating-infographic/#17f1b0654ee7
4. https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm385663.htm)
5. Sweetness, satiation and satiety. Journal of Nutrition https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22573779
6. http://www.foodinsight.org/articles/sugar-alcohols-fact-sheet