Acesulfame potassium Sunette

Acesulfame potassium (Sweet and Safe, Sunette, Sweet One) was approved in 1988. Also called acesulfame-K, it too is about 200 times sweeter than glucose. It has less aftertaste than saccharine and is more stable than aspartame at high temperatures. 

Acesulfame potassium (Ace-K brand names Sunett, Sweet One), which does not cause any human health problems but it is not broken down by the body. Therefore, it is eliminated in its original form by the kidneys. 

Acesulfame-K. Acesulfame-K [55589-62-3] (4), the potassium salt of acesulfame [33665-90-6] (6-methyl-l,2,3-oxathiaziQ-4(3ff)-one 2,2-dioxide), is a sweetener that resembles saccharin in stmcture and taste profile. 5,6-Dimethyl-l,2,3-oxathiazine-4(3ff)-one 2,2-dioxide, the first of many sweet compounds belonging to the dihydrooxathia2inone dioxide class, was discovered accidentally in 1967 (63). From these many sweet compounds, acesulfame was chosen for commercialisation. To improve water solubiUty, the potassium salt was made. Acesulfame-K (trade name Sunette) was approved for dry product use in the United States in 1988 and in Canada in October, 1994. Later, it was approved by the FDA for additional food categories such as yogurts, frosen and refrigerated desserts, and baked goods. 

The potassium salt of 6-methyl-l,2.3-oxathiazin-4-one 2,2-dioxide known as acesulfame-K is used as an artificial sweetener (trade name Sunett). Here the negative charge is delocalized over both the carbonyl and the sulfone groups. 

Acesulfame K E950 6-methyl-3,4-dihydro-l,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide potassium salt Sunett-, Sweet One. 

Acesulfame K (E950, K being the symbol for potassium) is a potassium salt of 6-methyl-l,2,3-oxa-3//-thiazin-4-one 2,2-dioxide (11-25). Some trade names are Sunett and Sweet One. This substance (approved in the EUin 1983 and in the USAin 2003 for general use. 

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