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 Functionality Comparison of Several Main Sweeteners

    Functionality Comparison of Several Main Sweeteners

    by shawn 2014-09-11

    Sweeteners are widely used in our daily food for both health and cost reasons. Here is a simplified summary of comparison between several most widely used sweeteners.


    Name

    Sweetness
    (To Sucrose)

    Taste

    Stability

    Calories

    Prices

    Defective

    Sucrose

    1

    Sweet

    Medium

    High

    Medium

    Cause obesity, tooth decay and development of type II diabetes

    Sucralose

    500~600

    Sweet

    Stable

    0

    Medium

    No

    Xylitol

    0.9

    Cool and sweet

    Stable to heat and pH3-8

    Low

    High

    Cause laxness after ingestion in large quantity

    Maltitol

    0.7~0.8

    Malt flavor

    Stable to heat and acidity

    Low

    High

    Cause laxness after ingestion in large quantity

    Acesulfame Potassium

    180~200

    Metallic Aftertaste

    Stable to heat, sweetness decrease under acidity

    0

    Low

    Metallic Aftertaste, sweetness decrease under acidity

    Aspartame

    200

    Cool and sweet

    Unstable to Alkali and heat

    0

    Low

    Unstable, need to be avoided by people with phenylketonuria

    Stevia

    200~300

    Bitter aftertaste, Grass smell

    Stable

    0

    Low

    Applications are restricted for its Grass smell

    Sodium Cyclamate

    30~50

    Taste of rubber

    Pose bitter taste after heated

    0

    Very low

    Dying out for safety concerns

    Saccharin Sodium

    450

    Metallic Aftertaste

    Sweetness disappear when heated under acidity

    0

    Very low

    Dying out for safety concerns



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