The ultimate guide to sugars & sweeteners: discover the taste, use, nutrition, science, and lore of everything from agave nectar to xylitol

Sugars and sweeteners A to Z

Health matters. Added sugars equal added calories

Sugars, sweeteners and digestion

Additional health issues

Special diets

Sweet talk on labels

Test kitchen: substituting sugars and sweeteners in two classic recipes (Challenge 1. Vanilla butter cookie ; Challenge 2. Blueberry bran muffin)

Appendix: Brand names of high-intensity, nonnutritive seeteners.