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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

sweeteners

Subject Category: E Economics, Business and Industry; Q Food and Human Nutrition
Definition: Substances that sweeten food, beverages, medications, etc., such as sugar, saccharine or other low-calorie synthetic products.
Definition Source: Medical Subject Headings
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/485.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/485
Used For: sweetening agents
Broader Term: foods
Narrower Term: artificial sweeteners; nonnutritive sweeteners; protein sweeteners; sugar substitutes
Related Term: flavorings; honey; sugar alcohols; sugar products; sugars; syrups
Spanish: edulcorantes
Term Number: 485

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