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Can Artificial Sweeteners Cause Headaches?
CALORIC SWEETENERS
Processed:
- Confectioner's sugar (also known as powdered sugar) is finely ground sucrose.
- Corn sweeteners are
sugars made from corn (for example, corn syrup). Corn syrup is used frequently in carbonated beverages, baked goods, and some canned products. It is a liquid combination of maltose, glucose, and dextrose sugars - Dextrose is glucose combined with water.
- Invert sugar is a sugar that is made by dividing sucrose into its two parts: glucose and...
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