Sweetener is a sugar substitute.

In December 2008, the FDA gave a " no objection " approval for GRAS status to Truvia ( developed by Cargill and The Coca-Cola Company ) and PureVia ( developed by PepsiCo and the Whole Earth Sweetener Company, a subsidiary of Merisant ), both of which use rebaudioside A derived from the Stevia plant.

The album title comes from a line in the song " Artificial Sweetener.

A spice is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark, or vegetative substance primarily used for flavouring, colouring or preserving food.

These types of American whiskey must be distilled to no more than 80 % alcohol by volume, and any addition of colouring or flavouring is prohibited.

Based on sugars cooked to the hard-crack stage: a 2: 3 mixture of glucose syrup and sucrose in water is concentrated to a plastic state, amenable to colouring and flavouring.

Modern squashes may also contain food colouring and additional flavouring.

In the middle are ordinary squashes, which contain sugar, water, a larger amount of juice, preservatives, colouring such as anthocyanin and often a small amount of flavouring.

The traditional gummy bear is made from a mixture of sugar, glucose syrup, starch, flavouring, food colouring, citric acid, and gelatin.

Traditionally, the crop was grown for its seeds, and used for colouring and flavouring foods, in medicines, and making red ( carthamin ) and yellow dyes, especially before cheaper aniline dyes became available.

Crab flavouring is added ( either artificial or crab-derived ), and a layer of red food colouring is applied to the outside.

It is not related to the chicken flavouring or seasoning that is found on potato crisps, although it can be similar in appearance ( both have a slight yellow colouring ).

It may include other ingredients such as sugar, mustard, salt, thickener, spices, flavouring and colouring.

In some countries, fruit flavouring or some other flavouring may be added to a spirit that is called " brandy ".

* In Canada, the regulations regarding naming conventions for brandy are basically similar to those the United States ( provisions B. 02. 050 – 061 ), the minimum specified aging period is six months in wood ( although not necessarily oak, provision B. 02. 061. 2 ), and caramel, fruit, other botantical substances, flavourings, and flavouring preparations may also be included in a product called brandy ( provisions B. 02. 050 – 059 ).

The Siderno area is famous for the production of bergamot orange, a valuable and unique citrus fruit that is used as an essence and fundamental ingredient in cosmetics, for its wound healing properties in the pharmaceutical industry, and for flavouring in the food industry.

Usually for chewing, a few slices of the nut are wrapped in a betel leaf along with lime ( not to be confused with the citrus fruit named lime ) and may include clove, cardamom, catechu ( kattha ) and / or other spices for extra flavouring.

The Maya and Aztec people of Central America used Capsicum fruit in cocoa drinks as a flavouring.

It is often blended with other materials such as dried fruit, and has even been used as the flavouring for chocolate.

They tend to be very low in fruit juice, around 5-10 % or less and instead flavoured with cheap, low calorie synthetic flavouring ( isoamyl acetate for pear or banana, or mixed with malic acid to make an apple-like flavour, ethyl methylphenylglycidate for strawberry, octyl acetate for orange, allyl hexanoate for pineapple etc.

Many commercial sloe gins today are made by flavouring less expensive neutral grain spirits, producing a fruit cordial effect, although some manufacturers still use the traditional method.

Much like yoghurts in some parts of the world, these treats mostly come with fruit flavouring ( Früchtequark, fruit quark ), and are often also simply referred to as quark.

Red Kola is a carbonated soft drink made from fruit extracts, and may include flavouring from the kola nut.

Introduced in 1957, it was advertised as Brauselimonade mit Frucht-und Kräutergeschmack ( carbonated soft drink with fruit and herb flavouring ), using a formula that is still kept secret ( similar to Coca-Cola's " Merchandise 7X " formula ).

The use of the fruit as an exotic flavouring, one of the best known bushfoods, has led to the attempted domestication of the species.

Broth differs in that it is a basic soup where the solid pieces of flavouring meat or fish, along with some vegetables, remain.

Its dehydrated mixture consists of wide noodles, textured soya pieces ( replaced by meat in the " GTi " variant ), assorted dried vegetables and flavouring powder.

Oyster sauce adds a savory flavour to many dishes, making it an ideal choice for flavouring meat and vegetables.

The basic ingredients of beer are water ; a starch source, such as malted barley, which is able to be fermented ( converted into alcohol ); a brewer's yeast to produce the fermentation ; and a flavouring, such as hops.

The basic ingredients of beer are water ; a starch source, such as malted barley, able to be fermented ( converted into alcohol ); a brewer's yeast to produce the fermentation ; and a flavouring, such as hops, to offset the sweetness of the malt.

Hops are the female flower clusters or seed cones of the hop vine Humulus lupulus, which are used as a flavouring and preservative agent in nearly all beer made today.

Before the thirteenth century, beer was flavoured with plants such as yarrow, wild rosemary, and bog myrtle, and other ingredients such as juniper berries, aniseed and ginger, which would be combined into a mixture known as gruit and used as hops are now used ; between the thirteenth and the sixteenth century, during which hops took over as the dominant flavouring, beer flavoured with gruit was known as ale, while beer flavoured with hops was known as beer.

The leaves are strongly flavoured and are used less often, either as a flavouring in soups and stews or as a dried herb.

The leaves are used as a flavouring in foods like stuffings and roast lamb, pork, chicken and turkey.

Rose flowers are used as food, also usually as flavouring or to add their scent to food.

Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are parts of leafy green plants also used for flavouring or as garnish.

The oils are added to pure alcohol, a concentrated solution of sugar, and other flavouring.

* Blended whiskies are typically made from a mixture of malt and grain whiskies — often along with neutral spirits, caramel, and flavouring.

Whiskies and other distilled beverages such as cognac and rum are complex beverages containing a vast range of flavouring compounds, of which some 200 to 300 can be easily detected by chemical analysis.

The ingredients of a traditional bottle of Worcestershire sauce sold in the UK as " The Original & Genuine Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce " are malt vinegar ( from barley ), spirit vinegar, molasses, sugar, salt, anchovies, tamarind extract, onions, garlic, spice, and flavouring.

Various additives are combined into the shredded tobacco product mixtures, with humectants such as propylene glycol or glycerol, as well as flavouring products and enhancers such as cocoa solids, licorice, tobacco extracts, and various sugars, which are known collectively as " casings ".

Coca leaves are also found in a brand of herbal liqueur called " Agwa de Bolivia " ( grown in Bolivia and de-cocainized in Amsterdam ), and a natural flavouring ingredient in Red Bull Cola, that was launched in March 2008.

Other products, such as calcium, vitamin D, and flavouring, are also added to appeal to consumers.

Some species are harvested for the manufacture of aperitif wines, liqueurs, tonics and flavouring, as in bitters.

Kola nuts are perhaps best known to Western culture as a flavouring ingredient and one of the sources of caffeine in cola and other similarly flavoured beverages, although the use of kola ( or kola flavoring ) in commercial cola drinks has become uncommon.

There are several types of home-brewed alcoholic beverages, sima ( mead ), sahti ( traditional beer ) and kilju ( sugar wine, a notorious drink traditionally fermented without flavouring ).