édulcorant

Definitions of édulcorant
  1. noun
    something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
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    saccharine
    a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener
    sucre
    a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
    sirop
    a thick sweet sticky liquid
    sucre en morceau
    refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings
    pain de sucre
    a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar
    sucre de canne
    sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent
    sucre de betterave
    sugar from sugar beets used as sweetening agent
    sucre de maïs
    dextrose used as sweetening agent
    cassonade
    unrefined or only partly refined sugar
    mélasse
    thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
    mélasse
    a pale cane syrup
    type of:
    aromatisant, assaisonnement
    something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
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