Sugar substitutes sweeteners

D-Glucitol, the alditol produced by reduction of D-glucose, is itself a naturally occurring substance present in many fruits and berries. It is used under its alternative name, D-sorbitol, as a sweetener and sugar substitute in foods. 

A large number of sweet-tasting substances has been described in the scientific literature, most of them in the course of the last 20 to 30 years. The number of substances having an intense sweetness is by far higher than the number of products with a sweetening power similar to sucrose which could therefore be used as bulking sugar substitutes. Only a small number of these has found... 

Polyols are frequently used sugar substitutes and are particularly suited to situations where their different sensory and functional properties are attractive. In addition to sweetness, some of the polyols have other useful properties. For example, although it contains the same number of calories/gram as other sweeteners, sorbitol is absorbed more slowly from the digestive tract than is sucrose. It is, therefore, useful in making foods intended for special diets. When consumed in large quantities (1-2 oz 25,059 g)/dav, sorbitol can have a laxative effect, apparently because of its comparatively slow intestinal absorption. 

Jenner, M. (1988) Behr Seminal Artificial Sweeteners and Sugar Substitutes, 8-9 May. 

Saccharin. Intense sweeteners have been widely used for many years. The oldest, saccharin, was used as a sugar substitute during the Second... 

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Traditionally, sugar (sucrose) or honey was used to sweeten food. In modern food processing, however, a number of other sweeteners are used, both bulk sweeteners that are used in amounts similar to the amounts of sugar they replace, and sugar substitutes that are many times sweeter than sugar and are used in very small amounts. 

Acesulfame potassium is used as an intense sweetening agent in cosmetics, foods, beverage products, table-top sweeteners, vitamin and pharmaceutical preparations, including powder mixes, tablets, and liquid products. It is widely used as a sugar substitute in compounded formulations, and as a toothpaste sweetener. ... 

Ayers CS, Abrams RA. Noncariogenic sweeteners sugar substitutes for caries control. Dental Hygiene 1987 61 162-167. 

Saccharin is approximately 300 times as sweet as sucrose but can have a bitter after-taste in concentrated solution it is non-calorific, does not contribute to the problem of obesity or tooth decay, and can be used by diabetics as a sugar substitute. Saccharin is stable to heat and so can be used in cooking. A number of saccharin derivatives, e.g. (88a)-(88e), have been synthesised as potential sweetening agents (Figure 12). 

Trade names Saccharin Sweet n Low Indications Sugar substitute Category Sweetening agent Half-life N/A... 

Sugar substitutes, or replacement sweeteners These come with many names—from saccharin (which the FDA tried unsuccessfully to ban 30 years ago) to aspartame and sucralose—and many claims, but all are best avoided. If you don t recognize the chemical names, some of the brand names include Sweet N Low, Sugar Twin, NutraSweet, Egual, Sunnett, Sweet One, and Splenda. Some of the negative symptoms caused by these artificial sweeteners include headaches, dizziness, and nausea, and a lengthy list of serious diseases has been linked to their use. 

Chicory Stevia Agave nectar All artificial sweeteners and sugar substitutes Beet sugar Corn syrup... 

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More frequently, food is sweetened with sugar substitutes instead of sugar or glucose syrups. Because of the diversity of products containing artificial sweeteners, the matrices to be investigated are very complex. In addition, sweeteners may be contained in these products individually or in combination with others. 

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