Non-sugar Sweeteners

Question 1

Saccharin Sweetness potency

Answer 1

Non-nutritive sweetener

200–700 times sweeter than sucrose

Question 2

Saccharin Uses/safety

Answer 2

Beverages, fruit juices, cooking, processed foods.

Safe for human consumption

Question 3

Aspartame Sweetness potency

Answer 3

Nutritive sweetener

200–700 times sweeter than sucrose

Question 4

Aspartame Uses/safety

Answer 4

“general purpose sweetener”.

Not heat stable that loses sweetness when heated. Contains Phenylalanine (PKU sufferers)

Question 5

Acesulfame potassium (Ace-K) Sweetness potency

Answer 5

Non-nutritive sweetener
200 times sweeter than sucrose.
Often combined with other sweeteners

Question 6

Acesulfame potassium (Ace-K) Uses/safety

Answer 6

General purpose sweetener and flavour enhancer in food, except in meat and poultry.

Heat stable and stays sweet at high temp during baking, Suitable as a sugar substitute in baked goods.

Question 7

Sucralose Sweetness potency

Answer 7

Non-nutritive sweetener

600 times sweeter than sucrose

Question 8

Sucralose Uses/safety

Answer 8

General purpose sweetener.

Heat stable and stays sweet at high temp during baking, Suitable as a sugar substitute in baked goods.

Question 9

Neotame Sweetness potency

Answer 9

Non-nutritive sweetener

7000-13000 times sweeter than sucrose

Question 10

Neotame Uses/safety

Answer 10

General purpose sweetener and flavour enhancer in food, except in meat and poultry.

Heat stable and stays sweet at high temp during baking, Suitable as a sugar substitute in baked goods.

Question 11

Advantame Sweetness potency

Answer 11

Non-nutritive sweetener
2000 times sweeter than sucrose.
Often combined with other sweeteners

Question 12

Advantame Uses/safety

Answer 12

General purpose sweetener and flavour enhancer in food, except in meat and poultry.

Heat stable and stays sweet at high temp during baking, Suitable as a sugar substitute in baked goods.

Question 13

Steviol glycosides Sweetness potency

Answer 13

Natural constituents of the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Bertoni. Plant native to parts of South America

Non-nutritive sweetener
200-400 times sweeter than sucrose

Question 14

Steviol glycosides Uses/safety

Answer 14

Steviol glycosides including Rebaudioside A (also known as Reb A), Stevioside, Rebaudioside D, or steviol glycoside mixture preparations with Rebaudioside A and/or Stevioside as predominant components

The use of stevia leaf and crude stevia extracts is not considered GRAS and their import into the United States is not permitted for use as sweeteners