NOT SO SWEET.

Sweeteners based on the miracle berry, a rare sugar from figs and a new kind of sugar crystal are all vying to take the top spot. So, for all their sweetness, low-calorie sugar replacements have often had to settle for certain niches, such as flavouring diet drinks or chewing gum, or accompanying sugar rather than totally displacing it from food. A 2022 survey of different foods and beverages worldwide conducted by Russell and her colleagues found that the use of non-sugar sweeteners in drinks is increasing, as is their use in packaged foods in many countries. There are also sweeteners derived from sugar alcohols, such as the naturally occurring sorbitol and xylitol, which are roughly as sweet as table sugar but contain less than half the calories. [Extracted from the article]