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The May 16 New Yorker has John Seabrook’s latest article “Pepsi’s mission to make their offerings healthier”, which takes some time to enumerate recommendations on daily diet that have been lobbied away by the food industry. Regarding sugar:

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Harmful Drinks in America, 2010. Rockstar Energy Drink sugar equivalent: 6 Krispy Kreme originals.

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Less sweet than sugar, but still usable on food: erythritol.

From the article: “It is 60-70% as sweet as table sugar yet it is virtually non-caloric, does not affect blood sugar, does not cause tooth decay, and is absorbed by the body, therefore unlikely to cause gastric side effects unlike other sugar alcohols. Under U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labeling requirements, it has a caloric value of 0.2 calories per gram (95% less than sugar and other carbohydrates), but some countries like Japan label it at 0 calories.”

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