Its taste is somewhat sweet, its sweetening power being estimated at from a to -*- that of cane sugar.
There is also a variety of Pedro-Ximenes, which, however, is not used for making ordinary wine, but for the purpose of preparing the so-called dulce, a very sweet must or wine, made from over-ripe grapes, which, after fortification with spirit, is employed for sweetening other wines.
I made a meal gruel and gave it to her after sweetening it with sugar.
It is also a traditional way of purifying and sweetening water, known to render even putrid water palatable.
Yes, the sweetening agents used in Senokot Hi-Fibre are aspartame (a source of phenylalanine) and saccharin sodium.
