I don’t consume anything on this list — not even stevia, honey, or agave.

Compiling this list of natural and artificial sweeteners reminded me of the classic Arthur C. Clarke science fiction short story “The Nine Billion Names of God“. The creation of my list didn’t trigger a universe-shaking event, but it brought home for me how hard we humans have worked to support our sugar addiction. How many hours of effort does each item on the list represent — especially the artificial sweeteners? When you think of research, testing, marketing, and so on, it’s truly sobering.

Almost 100 different types of natural and artificial sweeteners are listed below; sometimes we humans really are too smart for our own good.

List of all natural and artificial sweeteners

To make it easy for you to quickly scan the list, I listed them alphabetically, without separating out natural vs. artificial sweeteners. I also added brand names for the artificial ones, where possible.

If I missed any, please let me know.

1. Acesulfame Potassium (Sunnett, Sweet One)
2. Agave nectar/ agave syrup
3. Aspartame (Nutrasweet, Equal)
4. Barley malt
5. Beet sugar
6. Blackstrap molasses
7. Brown rice syrup
8. Brown sugar
9. Buttered syrup
10. Cane juice crystals
11. Cane sugar
12. Caramel
13. Carob syrup
14. Castor sugar
15. Coconut sugar
16. Confectioner’s sugar (powdered sugar)
17. Corn sweetener
18. Corn syrup
19. Corn syrup solids
20. Crystalline fructose
21. Cyclamate
22. Date sugar
23. Dehydrated cane juice
24. Demerara sugar
25. Dextrin
26. Dextrose
27. Diastatic malt
28. D-ribose
29. Erythritol (Zerose, Zsweet)
30. Ethyl maltol
31. Evaporated cane juice
32. Florida crystals
33. Fructose
34. Fruit juice
35. Fruit juice concentrate
36. Galactose
37. Glucose
38. Glucose solids
39. Glycerin
40. Glycerol (glycerin, glycerine)
41. Glycyrrhizin (licorice)
42. Golden sugar
43. Golden syrup
44. Grape sugar
45. High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
46. Honey
47. Hydrogenated starch hydrolysate (HSH)
48. Icing sugar
49. Inulin
50. Invert sugar
51. Isomalt (clearcut isomalt, Decomalt, Diabetisweet (also contains acesulfame-k), hydrogenated isomaltulose, isomaltitol)
52. Jaggery
53. Lactitol
54. Lactose
55. Malt syrup
56. Maltitol (hydrogenated high maltose content glucose syrup, hydrogenated maltose, Lesys , Maltisweet, Sweetpearl)
57. Maltodextrin
58. Maltose
59. Mannitol
60. Maple syrup
61. Molasses
62. Monk fruit (luo han guo)
63. Muscovado sugar
64. Neotame
65. Neotame
66. Palm sugar
67. Panela sugar
68. Panocha
69. Polydextrose
70. Rapadura
71. Raw cane sugar
72. Raw sugar
73. Refined sugar
74. Refiner’s syrup
75. Rice bran syrup
76. Rice syrup
77. Saccharin (Necta Sweet, sodium saccharin
    Sweet ‘N Low, Sweet Twin)
78. Saccharin (Sweet ‘N Low, Sweet Twin, Sugar Twin)
79. Saccharose
80. Sorbitol (d-glucitol, d-glucitol syrup)
81. Sorghum syrup
82. Stevia/Rebaudioside (A Sweet Leaf, Sun Crystals, Steviva, Truvia, PureVia)
83. Sucanat
84. Sucralose (1′,4,6′-trichlorogalactosucrose, trichlorosucrose, Equal Sucralose, Natrataste Gold, Splenda)
85. Sucralose (Splenda)
86. Sucrose
87. Sugar / Sucrose /table sugar
88. Syrup
89. Tagatose (Natrulose)
90. Treacle
91. Treacle sugar
92. Turbinado sugar
93. Xylitol (Smart Sweet, Xylipure, Xylosweet)
94. Yacon syrup
95. Yellow sugar