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J Food Sci Technol (April 2014) 51(4):611621
Revised: 7 September 2011 /Accepted: 10 October 2011 /Published online: 21 October 2011
DOI 10.1007/s13197-011-0571-1
REVIEW
Artificial sweeteners a review
Sanchari Chattopadhyay & Utpal Raychaudhuri &
Runu Chakraborty
# Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India) 2011
Abstract Now a days sugar free food are very much popular because of their less calorie content. So food industry uses various artificial sweeteners which are low in calorie content instead of high calorie sugar. U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved aspartame, acesulfamek, neotame, cyclamate and alitame for use as per acceptable daily intake (ADI) value. But till date, breakdown products of these sweeteners have controversial health and metabolic effects. On the other hand, rare sugars are monosaccharides and have no known health effects because it does not metabolize in our body, but shows same sweet taste and bulk property as sugar. Rare sugars have no such ADI value and are mainly produced by using bioreactor and so inspite of high demand, rare sugars cannot be produced in the desired quantities.
Keywords D-allose . D-psicose . Low calorie sweetener . Stevia . Sugar alcohols
Introduction
Obesity is a major problem throughout the world. Surveys consistently show that people are concerned by weight and its health related implications, and for that most individuals are making a concerted effort to either maintain or lose weight. (Serdula et al. 1999; Scott et al. 2006).
Today the major goal of diabetes management is control of blood glucose. So the consumers have a free choice of
food products. They must choose the right food to comply with dietary recommendations and at the same time the food industry can considerably contribute to this change by providing adapted food products. This led food industry to discover several forms of alternative intense sweeteners, which have made possible to offer consumer the sweet taste without the calories.
Sugar cannot simply be replaced by these type of intense sweetener because the question of bulk, quality, intensity of sweetness and physical characteristics. Due to these features, rare sugars are desirable for low calorie, as well as bulk sweetener. These sugars tend to have desirable sweetness but are not metabolized in the human body and therefore do not provide calorie intake.
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