Artificial Sweetener Determination
Artificial Sweetener Determination
As the harms of sugar on human health began to be known, different alternatives began to be used. Sugar causes health problems, especially for diabetics or those struggling with obesity. For this reason, artificial sweeteners are used in many foods and beverages today.
Artificial sweeteners such as acesulfame-K (E 950), aspartame (E 951), saccharin (E 954), sucrolose (E 955) are the most commonly used artificial sweeteners in the foods we consume. The sweetness of artificial sweeteners is determined by sucrose. The sweetness degree of sucrose is accepted as 100 and other sweeteners are evaluated.
The sweetness levels of artificial sweeteners can be listed as follows.
Aspartame: 180x - Acesulfame- K: 200x - Saccharine: 300x - Sucralose: 600x - Neotame: 7000x
As for the reasons for the detection of artificial sweeteners in foods, it is primarily carried out in order to meet the claims of sweeteners in a food, to determine the amount of sweetener contained in the food. “Determination of Artificial Sweeteners” is one of the important test parameters carried out within the scope of food additives.