The ingredient may replace refined sugar in food manufacturing.

Although the Splenda brand of sweeteners contains sucralose, it does not contain S6A, which is not the same as the sucralose in Splenda, according to Heartland Food Products Group.

Kerry has launched an alternative to sugar and stevia called Tastesense Advanced.

This syrup features 9% less sugar and 8% fewer calories and has 10% of the solids retained as prebiotic inulin fiber, according to the company. 

The recommendation does not apply to low-calorie sugars and polyols (sugar alcohols), which are sugars or sugar derivatives containing calories and thus not considered non-sugar sweeteners.

With growing consumer demand for clean label products, more bakers are turning to natural sweeteners for their products.