Artificial sweeteners may seem like a trend of the late 20th and 21st centuries, but they've been around for a lot longer. There are many different kinds of sugar substitutes: Artificial sweeteners ...

There's something magical about whipping up a delicious treat from scratch, whether it's cakes, cookies, or pies. Still, we don't always have all the ingredients we need on hand. One ingredient that ...

American Candies You Can Only Get In Certain Regions Because brown sugar is just white sugar plus molasses, it's quite easy ...

With just a few minutes of mixing, you can create a brown sugar substitute that's perfect for baking and cooking.

For all the flack sugar gets, artificial sweeteners may not have a leg to stand on, either. New research on the artificial sweetener erythritol, which is an ingredient in Truvia, Splenda, and many ...

Health concerns have been mounting for decades. Here’s what the research suggests. By Alice Callahan and Dani Blum When artificial sweeteners entered the U.S. market in the 1950s, food manufacturers ...

Sugar substitutes add sweetness with little effect on blood sugar, helping manage blood sugar levels. Natural options like stevia, monk fruit and allulose are low-calorie and gentle on blood sugar.

A recent report from the World Health Organization advises against sugar-substitute use for weight loss. The review found that the use of non-sugar sweeteners “does not confer any long-term benefit in ...

The sugar alternatives tested include sucralose, aspartame and stevia. Low-calorie sugar alternatives, which had previously been thought to be relatively harmless, may actually have a negative effect ...