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Sugar & Sweeteners
The Guide > Food & Drink > Baking & Cooking > Sugar & Sweeteners |
Different sweetener ingredients
The major brands of sweeteners on the Australian market are Equal, Sugarine, Splenda, Hermesetas and NutraSweet. The main difference between them is their sweetener ingredient; Equal and NutraSweet use Aspartame as their base ingredient, Sugarine has Saccharin, Splenda has Sucralose, Hermesetas uses a blend of Ace K and Aspartame.
- All forms of artificial sweeteners have generated controversy regarding their safety [more]
- Find out more about additives to avoid with the Chemical Maze app and book. [Chemical Maze]
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Bundaburg (sucrose) | Bundaberg Sugar (Finasucre) | BEL | ![]() |
Lakanto (monk fruit) | Saraya Australia (Saraya) | JPN | ![]() |
Sugarless (aspartame) | Bathox Australia | ![]() |
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Sugarless Organic Stevia (stevia) ![]() |
Bathox Australia | ![]() |
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Natvia (stevia) | Natvia | ![]() |
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Nirvana (stevia) ![]() |
Nirvana Health Products | ![]() |
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Splenda (sucralose) | Heartland Food Products Group | USA | ![]() |
Hermesetas (ace K & aspartame) | Hermesetas Distribution & Marketing: Stuart Alexander |
SWI | ![]() |
Stevia Sweet (stevia) | Hermesetas Distribution & Marketing: Stuart Alexander |
SWI | ![]() |
Equal (aspartame) | Merisant (Whole Earth Brands) | USA | ![]() |
PureVia (stevia) | Merisant (Whole Earth Brands) | USA | ![]() |
Whole Earth (stevia) | Merisant (Whole Earth Brands) | USA | ![]() |
Merryfield (sucrose) | Aldi Australia (Aldi South) | GER | ![]() |
Sugarine (saccharin) | Reckitt Australia (Reckitt) | UK | ![]() |
CSR (sucrose) | Sugar Australia (Wilmar) | SGP | ![]() |
TruVia (stevia) | Cargill | USA | ![]() |
Fruisana (fructose) | Danisco (DuPont) | USA | ![]() |
Billington's (sucrose) | Silver Spoon (Garfield Weston Foundation) | UK | ![]() |