FOOD CHEMISTRY
FOOD ADDITIVES AND PRESERVATIVES
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glucose
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aspartame
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cyclamate
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Saccharin
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Detailed explanation-1: -"Natural sweeteners” include honey, agave nectar, maple syrup and other forms of sugar that are favored for being more natural or unprocessed than table sugar. These natural sweeteners are still considered added sugars, and many of them still undergo some form of processing before appearing on the shelf.
Detailed explanation-2: -Natural sweeteners include sugars such as glucose and sucrose, sweet amino acids such as D-tryptophane, glycine, sweet proteins such as monellin, thaumatin, but also some other chemically quite diverse compounds including stevioside and neohesperidin dihydrochalone (Schiffman and Gatlin 1993).
Detailed explanation-3: -Glucose is considered a natural sugar when consumed directly from whole foods such as apricots and dates. Glucose is considered an added sugar when consumed from packaged foods and beverages to which it has been added during manufacturing.