sugar substitute

English

Noun

sugar substitute (plural sugar substitutes)

1. A food additive that replicates the sweetness of sugar but is not sugar.

Usage notes

Some terminologies assert that sugar alcohols are sugar substitutes but are not artificial sweeteners, making the term artificial sweetener hyponymous to the term sugar substitute. This classification method allows for foods made with sugar alcohols to be labeled with the phrase no artificial sweeteners. But in broader usage that is also widespread, the two terms are synonymous.

Synonyms

• artificial sweetener (hyponymous by some definitions)

Hyponyms

sugar substitutes

• acesulfame K
• acesulfame potassium
• artificial sweetener
• aspartame
• cyclamate
• potassium acesulfame
• saccharine
• sorbitol
• stevia
• sucralose
• sugar alcohol

Translations

food additives

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can:
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甜味劑／甜味剂 (zh) (tiánwèijì), 甘味劑／甘味剂 (zh) (gānwèijì), 甘味料 (zh) (gānwèiliào)

• Czech: umělé sladidlo n
• Dutch: zoetstof (nl) f, suikervervanger m
• Finnish: makeutusaine (fi)
• French: édulcorant (fr) m
• German: Zuckeraustauschstoff m
• Hebrew: סוכרזית (he) (sukrazít)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can:
• Italian: dolcificante (it) m, edulcorante (it) m
• Japanese: 甘味料 (ja) (かんみりょう, kanmiryō)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can:
• Polish: słodzik (pl)
• Portuguese: adoçante (pt) m
• Russian: замени́тель са́хара m (zamenítelʹ sáxara), подсласти́тель (ru) m (podslastítelʹ)
• Spanish: sustituto del azúcar m, edulcorante (es) m
• Vietnamese: chất tạo ngọt