Medically reviewed by Maggie Moon, MS, RD Sugars occur naturally in some foods, such as honey, fruits, and milk. Table sugar is industrially produced from sugar cane and sugar beets. Sugar alcohols ...

His most noteworthy contributions deal with the structure of the sugar alcohols, important naturally occurring substances which, for many years, resisted the attack of the chemists of his time ...

So we can say that sugar has some addictive qualities, but it's not officially classified as an addictive substance like alcohol, nicotine, or drugs. It's also important to make a distinction ...