A means for replacing common sugars (particularly sucrose) in a range of foods that maximizes sugar-like taste, texture and other key properties of sugar while minimizing the undesirable traits such as blood sugar response, digestive side effects, high caloric content and aftertastes. Various differing ratios and combinations of high intensity sweetening agents, high molecular weight bulking agent(s), substantially non-digestible sugar(s), and low molecular weight sugar alcohol(s) are used for various applications such as tabletop sugar substitute, frozen deserts, condiments, baked goods, chocolate and confectionaries have different formulations. These sugar replacement approaches are highly relevant to the production of diabetic-friendly foods, diet and/or reduced calorie foods, non-cariogenic (tooth-friendly) foods and other sweet, low-glycemic foods.