A sweetener's a food additive which adds the basic taste of sweetness to a food; artificial sweeteners and natural sweeteners that aren't purely sugar are sugar substitutes. Nutritive sweeteners Sugar alcohols Honey Fruits Syrups, including Maple syrup Birch syrup Pine syrup Hickory syrup Poplar syrup Palm syrup Sugar beet syrup Sorghum syrup Corn syrup Cane syrup Golden syrup Barley malt syrup Molasses (treacle) Brown rice syrup Agave syrup Yacon syrup Non-nutritive swee… (More on Sweetener)