artificial sweeteners
This category of nonnutritive, high-intensity sugar substitutes includes
ASPARTAME,
ACESULFAME-K and
SACCHARIN. Two sweeteners undergoing
FDA approval at this writing are
ALITAME and
SUCRALOSE. Cyclamate lost its
FDA approval in 1970. Numerous new sweeteners are in various stages of development or review. Most of these are from two groups: the fructo-oligosaccharides (
FOS) and the L-sugars.
© Copyright Barron's Educational Services, Inc. 1995 based on THE FOOD LOVER'S
COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.
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