artificially sweetened

English

Adjective

artificially sweetened (not comparable)

  1. (standards of identity) Sweetened with saccharin, sodium saccharin, or a combination of both.

Usage notes

Although the phrase generally refers to any food which has been sweetened with a substance not naturally appearing in the food, the term is construed much more narrowly under United States legal standards set forth by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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