Here is a list of “artificial sweeteners and their trade names”. This topic belongs to the chapter “chemistry in everyday life” which itself is a part of General Science for competitive exams. At the end of this article, we provide some previous year MCQs, which were asked in the SSC exam.
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What are artificial sweeteners?
• The Artificial sweetener is a type of chemical compound. These are many times sweeter than ordinary sugar.
• Artificial sweeteners are used as an alternative to table sugar. It has zero calories or almost no calories.
Artificial Sweetening Agents
• All the compounds that are used as a substitute for sugar to sweeten food are called artificial sweetening agents.
• Saccharin is the first popular artificial sweetening agent.
• Another most commonly used artificial sweetening agent is Aspartame, Alitame Sucralose, etc.
Some commonly used artificial sweeteners with Sweetness value/Index
• Aspartame ➥ 100
• Acesulfame potassium ➥ 200
• Dulcin ➥ 250
• Glucin ➥ 300
• Saccharin ➥ 550
• Sucralose ➥ 600
• Alitame ➥2000
• Neotame ➥ 10,000
List of Artificial Sweeteners with trade name
| Artificial sweeteners name | Trade name |
|---|---|
| Sucralose | • Kaltame
• Splenda • 1, 4,6′-Trichlorogalactosucrose • Trichlorosucrose • Equal Sucralose • NatraTaste Gold |
| Saccharin | • Sweet’N Low
• Sodium Saccharin • Equal Saccharin • Acid saccharin • Necta Sweet • Sweet Twin |
| Neotame | • NutraSweet |
| Aspartame-acesulfame salt | • TwinSweet |
| Cyclamate | • Calcium cyclamate
• Cologran • Sucaryl |
| Erythritol | • Sugar alcohol
• Zerose • ZSweet |
| Xylitol | • Sugar alcohol
• Smart Sweet • Xylipure • Xylosweet |
| Mannitol | • Sugar alcohol |
| Tagatose | • Natrulose |
| Sorbitol | • Sugar alcohol
• D-glucitol • D-glucitol syrup |
| Polydextrose | • Sugar alcohol (Derived from glucose and sorbitol) |
| Lactitol | • Sugar alcohol |
| Maltitol | • Sugar alcohol
• Maltitol Powder • Lesys • Maltitol Syrup • SweetPearl • Hydrogenated High Maltose Content Glucose Syrup • Hydrogenated Maltose • MaltiSweet (hard to find online to buy) |
| Glycerol | •Glycerin
• Glycerine |
| Isomalt | • Decomalt
• Sugar alcohol • Hydrogenated Isomaltulose • Isomaltitol • ClearCut Isomalt • DiabetiSweet (also contains Acesulfame-K) |
| Glycyrrhizin | • Licorice |
| Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate (HSH) | • Sugar Alcohol |
| Aspartame | • NutraSweet
• Canderel • Equal Classic • APM • AminoSweet • NatraTaste Blue |
| Acesulfame potassium | • Nutrinova
• ACK (Acesulfame Potassium) • Sweet One • Ace K • Equal Spoonful • Sunett |
Important points for Competitive Exams
• Aspartame is 200 times sweeter than sucrose.
• Aspartame is composed of aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methanol.
• Alitame is about 2000 times sweeter than sucrose or table sugar.
• Sucralose is 600 times sweeter than ordinary sugarortablesugar
• Sucralose is a trichloro derivative of sucrose. (produced by chlorination of sucrose)
• The chemical name of Saccharin is Ortho-sulphobenzimide.
• Saccharin is about 550 times as sweet as cane sugar.
Previous year’s MCQ questions from this topic
Q1. Which one of the following is not an artificial sweetener? [(SSC (10+2) Stenographer Grade ‘C’ & ‘D’ Exam. 2016)]
A. Fructose
B. Saccharin
C. Sucralose
D. Aspartame
Answer: Fructose
Q2. 80. Saccharin is made up of …. [SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 2005]
A. Toluene
B. Phenol
C. Propane
D. Butane
Answer: Toluene
Q3. 272. Which one of the following is not a plant product? [SSC CPO Sub-Inspector Exam. 2007]
A. Caffeine
B. Piperine
C. Nicotine
D. Saccharin
Answer: Saccharin
Q4. Sweetex used by diabetic patients has an energy content of : [SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 2002]
A. Five calories
B. Ten calories
C. Hundred calories
D. Zero calories
Answer: Zero calories
