Canada good taste

Noncalorific sweetener with good taste props. Mp 130° (114.5°). [ajo +85.6 (c, 1.0 in H2O). Sweetness approx. 650 x sucrose. Use currently (1999) permitted in Canada, Australia, Russia, Romania, Mexico and USA. 

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. 

Incidentally, Essiac tea was named after Nurse Rende Caisse of Canada — her last name spelled backwards — and is said to be derived from the herbal lore of Indian tribes in the Canadian North. (And though Essiac tea tastes pretty good, chaparral tea is anything but good the plant is not called the creosote bush for nothing. So some folks have opted for chaparral pills, tablets, or capsules.)... 

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