Question

1. What are the three non-carbohydrate sweetening agents that have been approved by the American Diabetic Association? Indicate their sweetness when compared to sugar.

2. What are the trade names for these artificial sweeteners?

3. What are the other expanded options for diabetics?

4. Can you add any additional artificial sweeteners and their sweetness and properties?

Answer 1

Low caloric sweeteners are called artificial sweeteners,sugar substitutes or non nutritive sweeteners. They can be used to sweeten food and drinks for less calories and carbohydrates when they replied sugar.

The sweetening power of the most low calorie sweeteners is at least 100 times more intense than regular sugar .so only a small amount is needed these sugar substitutes.

Approved artificial sweeteners are ...

• Acesulfame pottasium
• Advantame
• Neotame

2. Brand names

• Aspartame. : Nutra sweet and Equal.
• Saccharin. : Sweet N Low,SweetTwin
• Sucrulose. : Splenda, Nevella.
• Stevia. : Sweet leaf,purevia,
• Aceuslfame potassium. : Sunett,Sweet and safe.

3. Other expanded options are...these are sugar alternatives can use

• Tagatose
• Monk fruit extract
• Coconut palm sugar
• Date sugar
• Sugar alcohol such as erytritol

4. Other artificial sweeteners are

Sucralose

World most common artificial sweetener.it is used in beverages, frozen deserts, chewing gum, and other foods.it is stable when heated and can therefore be used in baked and fried goods.

Saccharin

It is the first artificial sweetener.it is 300to 500time sweeter as a sugar. it often used to improve tooth pastes, dietery foods, dietery beverages. It is bitter aftertaste of saccharin is often minimized by blending with other Sweeteners.

Aspartame

It is 180 to200 time as sweet as sugar and can be used as a table top sweetener or in frozen deserts,gelatine and chewing gum. This makes aspartame undesirable as a baking sweeteners it is more stable in somewhat acidic conditions ,such as in soft drinks.