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Taste

What’s the difference between sugar, other natural sweeteners and artificial sweeteners? A food chemist explains sweet science

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What’s the difference between sugar, other natural sweeteners and artificial sweeteners? A food chemist explains sweet science

By Kristine Nolin

A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you’re programmed to love sugar

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A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you’re programmed to love sugar

By Stephen Wooding