Determination of Artificial Sweeteners
High-intensity sweeteners used as sugar substitutes or sugar alternatives have many times greater sweetness than sugars. Sweeteners are preferred because they are high in sweetness and low in calories.There are many different types of sweeteners. High-intensity sweeteners such as aspartame, sorbitol, xylitol, lactitol, neotame, saccharin, sucralose are among the sweeteners frequently used in the food industry. Sweeteners are expressed by evaluating their sweetness ratio relative to sucrose.
The sweetness rates of some sweeteners are specified by the FDA as follows.
Acesulfame- K: 200x
Aspartame: 180x
Neotame: 7000x
Saccharin: 300x
Sucralose: 600x
Sweeteners used in foods are indicated on the label. "Determination of Artificial Sweeteners" is carried out in order to label a food product with correct information or to verify the label information.
The Determination of Artificial Sweeteners is a test parameter that must be performed on foods that claim to contain no sweeteners.
