FOOD CHEMISTRY
FOOD ADDITIVES AND PRESERVATIVES
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example of sweetener
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ascorbic acid
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aspartame
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activated carbon
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Aspartame brand names include Nutrasweet®, Equal®, and Sugar Twin®. It does contain calories, but because it is about 200 times sweeter than table sugar, consumers are likely to use much less of it.
Detailed explanation-2: -In general, sucrose is the most commonly used sweetening agent. Other examples include acesulfame potassium, aspartame, glucose, dextrate, dextrose, fructose, mannitol, maltose, alitame, isomalt, saccharin, sorbitol, sucralose, and xylitol.
Detailed explanation-3: -Let’s take a look at the three most popular artificial sweeteners-saccharin (Sweet n’ Low), aspartame (Equal), and sucralose (Splenda). All three are FDA-approved.
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