甘味料(かんみりょう)

かんみりょう
noun
sweetener
food
1. sweetener; sweetening agent
A substance used to add sweetness to food or drinks. Covers both natural sweeteners like sugar and honey, and artificial ones like aspartame and stevia.
この飲(の)み物(もの)には甘味料(かんみりょう)が入(はい)っている。
This drink contains sweetener.
人工(じんこう)甘味料(かんみりょう)を使(つか)わないお菓子(かし)を選(えら)んでいる。
I choose sweets that don't use artificial sweeteners.
最近(さいきん)は天然(てんねん)の甘味料(かんみりょう)を使(つか)った製品(せいひん)が増(ふ)えてきた。
Recently, products using natural sweeteners have been increasing.

Usage

A technical-sounding word commonly encountered on food labels and in health discussions. Distinguished from 砂糖(さとう) (sugar), which is a specific sweetener, whereas 甘味料(かんみりょう) is the broader category.

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Related Words

Related: 保存料(ほぞんりょう) (preservative (food additive))
Related: 着色料(ちゃくしょくりょう) (coloring agent)
Compare: 白砂糖(しろざとう) (white sugar)
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Added 2026.3.20 21:11 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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