Artificial sweetening agents

 

 Artificial sweetening agents

Artificial sweetening agents like saccharin, aspartame, sucralose, alitame(are artificial sweeteners) do not have any nutritional value. They do not provide calorie intake. Artificial sweeteners have a very great importance to diabetic persons and to the persons who need to control intake of calories. Some artificial sweeteners like aspartame can be used only in cold foods and soft drinks because they are not stable at high temperatures. Alitame is about 2000 times sweeter than sucrose.

saccharin- is Ortho-sulphobenzimide and fist popular artificial sweetening reagent, discovered in 1879. it is about 550 times as sweet as cane sugar. it is excreted from the body in urine unchanged

Aspartame- is the most successful and widely used artificial sweetener. it is about 100 times as sweet as cane sugar. it is methyl ester of dipeptide formed from aspartic acid and phenylalanine.

Alitame-is high potency sweetener, although it is more stable aspartame . the control of sweetness of food is difficult while using.

Sucralose- is trichloro derivative of sucrose. its taste and appearance like  sugar. it is stable at cooking temperature.

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Question 2.1 The purpose of using artificial sweetening agents is-

(A)          As a source of instant energy to the body.

(B)         To give sweet taste .

(C)         To provide intake of calories  .

(D)        Both (B) and ( C) .

Ans-B

Question 2.2  - Aspartame can not be used in hot tea because-

(A)    It is stable at cooking temperature .

(B)    It decomposes in hot tea.

(C)    It does not provide calorie.

(D)   All of the above.

 Ans-B

Question 2.3 --------- is trichloro derivative of sucrose.

Ans- Sucralose