What’s the difference between sugar, other natural sweeteners and artificial sweeteners?

What’s the difference between sugar, other natural sweeteners and artificial sweeteners?: A quick walk down the drink aisle of any corner store reveals the incredible ingenuity of food scientists in search of sweet flavors. In some drinks you’ll find sugar. A diet soda might have an artificial or natural low-calorie sweetener. And found in nearly everything else is high fructose corn syrup, the king of U.S. sweetness.