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Sucralose |
Topic: Sweeteners |
| Sucralose is an artificial sweetener originally sold under the trade name Splenda, and now also supplied as SucraPlus. In the European Union, it is also known under the E number (additive code) E955. Sucralose is approximately 600 times as sweet as sucrose (table sugar),[2] twice as sweet as sacchar... |
| Published: Monday 08 December, 2008 |
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Saccharin |
Topic: Sweeteners |
| Saccharin[2] is an artificial sweetener. The basic substance, benzoic sulfinide, has effectively no food energy and is much sweeter than sucrose, but has an unpleasant bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. In countries where saccharin is allowed as a food additive, it is ... |
| Published: Monday 08 December, 2008 |
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P-4000 |
Topic: Sweeteners |
| 5-Nitro-2-propoxyaniline, also known as P-4000 and Ultrasüss, is one of the strongest sweet-tasting substances known, about 4,000 times the intensity of sucrose. It is an orange solid that is only slightly soluble in water. It is stable in boiling water and dilute acids. Because of its possible toxi... |
| Published: Monday 08 December, 2008 |
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Neotame |
Topic: Sweeteners |
| Neotame is an artificial sweetener made by NutraSweet that is between 8,000 and 13,000 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar). Neotame is moderately heat stable and extremely potent, and is considered to be of no danger to those suffering from phenylketonuria, as it does not metabolize into phenyl... |
| Published: Monday 08 December, 2008 |
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Neohesperidin dihydrochalcone |
Topic: Sweeteners |
| Neohesperidin dihydrochalcone, sometimes abbreviated to neohesperidin DC or simply NHDC, is an artificial sweetener derived from citrus. |
| Published: Monday 08 December, 2008 |
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Glucin |
Topic: Sweeteners |
| Glucin is the name of an artificial sweeting agent similar to saccharin that was used in the early 20th century.[1] The substance is a sodium salt derived from coal tar. It is composed of a mixture of mono- and di-sulfonic acids with a chemical formula of C19H16N4. It typically appears as a light br... |
| Published: Monday 08 December, 2008 |
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Dulcin |
Topic: Sweeteners |
| Dulcin (4-ethoxyphenyl urea), is an artificial sweetener about 250 times sweeter than sugar discovered in 1884 by Joseph Berlinerbau. It was first mass produced about seven years later. Despite the fact that it was discovered only five years after saccharin, it never enjoyed the latter compound’s ma... |
| Published: Monday 08 December, 2008 |
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Cyclamate |
Topic: Sweeteners |
| Like many artificial sweeteners, the sweetness of cyclamate was discovered by accident. Michael Sveda was working in the lab on the synthesis of anti-fever medication. He put his cigarette down on the lab bench and when he put it back in his mouth he discovered the sweet taste of cyclamate. The pate... |
| Published: Monday 08 December, 2008 |
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Salt of aspartame-acesulfame |
Topic: Sweeteners |
| Aspartame-acesulfame salt is an artificial sweetener marketed under the name Twinsweet. It is produced by soaking a 2-1 mixture of aspartame and acesulfame potassium in an acidic solution and allowing it to crystallize; moisture and potassium are removed during this process. It is approximately 350 ... |
| Published: Monday 08 December, 2008 |
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Xylitol |
Topic: Sweeteners |
| Xylitol (from Greek ξύλον - xyl[on], "wood" + suffix -itol, used to denote sugar alcohols) is an organic compound with the formula (CHOH)3(CH2OH)2. This achiral species is one of four isomers of 1,2,3,4,5-pentapentanol. This sugar alcohol is used as a naturally occurring sug... |
| Published: Monday 08 December, 2008 |
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