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What is a sweetening agent?

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A sweetening agent means a substance added to food in place of sugar to provide a sweet taste, but does not include aspartame, any sugar, carbohydrate or polyhydric alcohols (for example, sorbitol, isomalt, maltitol, lactitol and xylitol).

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