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sweetener

[sweet-n-er] / ˈswit n ər /










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To stave off creditors, some firms are using cash from new funds to invest in ailing companies as a sweetener to extend due dates on loans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Like, nobody wants an artificial sweetener, artificial flavoring,” Bezos said.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Those findings, published in 2023, raised questions about a little studied substance that researchers detected in some samples of the sweetener.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Once the yeast-derived ingredients have been produced, researchers combine them with fiber, starch, and sweetener.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Mom pours milk into her mug, then opens a packet of sweetener and sprinkles it in.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

Such associations do not necessarily mean that sweeteners cause these diseases, and scientists are still working to understand the biological mechanisms that might explain the findings.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

An additional challenge is that people rarely consume sweeteners on their own.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

To investigate these interactions, Blasche and her colleagues designed a series of laboratory experiments examining both artificial and naturally derived low-calorie sweeteners.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Although sweeteners are consumed around the world, surprisingly little research has directly examined how they affect individual gut bacteria.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

You might think that it has replaced other sweeteners in the American diet, but that isn’t so.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan


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