Where does our craving for sweets come from? Have you ever craved a sweet food when looking for sweetness in your life? Perhaps it starts with the sweet taste of mother’s milk? As people start to eat more whole foods and fewer processed ingredients, their taste buds become more sensitive to sweetness. Quality and usage are the factors to take into consideration when choosing a natural sweetener. There are many natural sweetening agents to have as alternatives to sugar and other processed sweeteners.