Artificial Sweeteners: A Market Watch

Artificial sweeteners are so much sweeter than sugar that very small amounts are needed to create a sweet taste. Some sugar substitutes are natural and some are synthetic. The intensely-sweet sugars substitutes have been widely in use are saccharin, aspartame, sucralose, neotame, and acesulfame potassium. Stevia is a comparatively newer Herbal sweetener and are used extensively. The present paper enumerates the market trend of the artifical sweetners worldwide.

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ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS: A MARKET WATCH

BARPETE P. K. 1*, SINGH S.2
1, Malhotra College of Pharmacy, Bhopal, M.P-India
2, Dabur Pharma, Delhi-India

ABSTRACT

Artificial sweeteners are so much sweeter than sugar that very small amounts are needed to create a sweet taste. Some sugar substitutes are natural and some are synthetic. The intensely-sweet sugars substitutes have been widely in use are saccharin, aspartame, sucralose, neotame, and acesulfame potassium. Stevia is a comparatively newer Herbal sweetener and are used extensively. The present paper enumerates the market trend of the artifical sweetners worldwide.

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INTRODUCTION

Today, the growing health awareness has increased the demand for quality food products that offer better health. Consumers are demanding a greater variety of low calorie products as they strive to make better food variety.
The sweetener is used as a food additive which adds the basic taste of sweetness; artificial sweeteners are sugar substitutes. A sugar substitute is food additives that substitute the effect of sugar in taste, but usually has less food energy. Artificial sweeteners are so much sweeter than sugar that very small amounts are needed to create a sweet taste. Some sugar substitutes are natural and some are synthetic. There is a link that sugar can cause tooth decay. A high intake of sugar does not cause diabetes, people with diabetes the amount of simple sugar they eat often needs to be reduced.
The intensely-sweet sugars substitutes have been widely in use are saccharin, aspartame, sucralose, neotame, and acesulfame potassium. Stevia is a comparatively newer Herbal sweetener and are used extensively.

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