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- Dictionarysweetener/ˈswiːtnə/
noun
- 1. a substance used to sweeten food or drink, especially one other than sugar: "diet drinks contain artificial sweeteners like saccharin"
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Substance added to food to give it the basic taste of sweetness
A sweetener is a substance added to food or drink to impart the flavor of sweetness, either because it contains a type of sugar, or because it contains a sweet-tasting sugar substitute. Various natural non-sugar sweeteners and artificial sweeteners are used to produce food and drink. Wikipedia