While the United States has only been continuously using artificial sweeteners since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Nutrasweet in 1981, other cultures have been using sugar ...

As a licensed sommelier, cheese educator, culinary school graduate and food writer, my tastebuds have a few credentials behind them -- if I may say so. That had me wondering about alternative ...

It seemed too good to be true. Stevia, used for centuries by the natives of Paraguay, was 30 times sweeter than sugar. But the plant’s leaves, available as ground-up powder in health-food stores for ...

Date sugar and stevia are both healthier than refined sugars. To figure out which sweetener is better for weight loss and diabetes, you need to look at the individual mechanisms behind them.

(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp, the world's largest coffee chain, said it would serve its first stevia-based, zero-calorie sweetener at select cafes in the U.S. and Canada. The "Nature Sweet" packets by ...