These include brown, powdered, granulated, and raw. These sugars come from sucrose made from sugar cane or sugar beets. These provide 60 percent of average sugar consumption. High-fructose corn syrup is a major ingredient in sweetened foods including sodas and juice drinks. These sweeteners are used in candy, chewing gum, and in some baked goods.
Sugar alcohols have about half the calories of other nutritive sweeteners.
They are called sugar alcohols because of their chemical structure. They do not contain alcohol. They are not included on the food label under grams of sugar but they are included in the ingredient list. Unlike sugar, they are not cavity producing. Sugar alcohols don't break down completely in the body, so they do not affect blood sugar.