{"id":91,"date":"2009-07-13T17:06:13","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T21:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caloriecontrol.wpengine.com\/?p=91"},"modified":"2023-04-14T11:11:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T15:11:05","slug":"acesulfame-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caloriecontrol.org\/acesulfame-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Acesulfame K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discovered in 1967 by Hoechst AG, acesulfame potassium (also known as acesulfame K) is a high-intensity, non-caloric sweetener. It is approximately 200 times sweeter than sucrose. Acesulfame K has a clean, quickly perceptible, sweet taste that does not linger or leave an aftertaste. Acesulfame K is not metabolized by the body and is excreted unchanged. It is sold under the brand name Sunett\u2122 by Nutrinova, Inc., a business of Celanese AG.<\/p>\n<p>Acesulfame\u00a0K is currently used in thousands of foods, beverages, oral hygiene and pharmaceutical products in about 90 countries. Among these are tabletop sweeteners, desserts, puddings, baked goods, soft drinks, candies and canned foods.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, acesulfame K was granted general purpose approval in December 2003. It is approved for use in numerous products including chewing gum, dry beverage mixes, dry dessert mixes, dry dairy analog bases, tabletop sweeteners, confections, soft candy, hard candy (including breath mints, cough drops and lozenges), baked goods, dairy products, carbonated beverages and alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"jquery-toc\">Benefits<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Helps Reduce Calories<\/strong> \u2014 Since acesulfame K is not metabolized, it contributes no calories. By substituting acesulfame K for sugar in foods and beverages, calories can be reduced substantially, or, in some products, practically eliminated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Remains Stable Under High Temperatures<\/strong> \u2014 The sweet taste of acesulfame K remains unchanged during baking. Even at oven temperatures over 200\u00baC, acesulfame K shows no indications of breaking down or losing its sweet taste. Beverages containing acesulfame K also can be pasteurized under normal pasteurizing conditions without loss of sweetness.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Excellent Shelf Life<\/strong> \u2014 Acesulfame K has a high degree of stability over a wide range of pH and temperature storage conditions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tastes Sweet and Clean<\/strong> \u2014 Acesulfame K has a clean, quickly perceptible sweet taste that does not linger. Acesulfame K generally does not exhibit any off-taste in foods and soft drinks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Synergistic<\/strong> \u2014 Acesulfame K can provide a synergistic sweetening effect when combined with other non-nutritive sweeteners.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Does Not Promote Tooth Decay<\/strong> \u2014 Acesulfame K does not contribute to dental caries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Useful in Diabetic Diets<\/strong> \u2014 Studies have shown that acesulfame K has no effect on serum glucose, cholesterol, or triglycerides. People with diabetes may incorporate products containing acesulfame K into their balanced diet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"jquery-toc\">Safety<\/h2>\n<p>More than 90 studies have demonstrated the safety of acesulfame K. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted the use of acesulfame K after evaluating numerous studies and determining it is safe for its intended use.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA approved acesulfame K for use in liquid non-alcoholic beverages (soft drinks) on July 6, 1998. FDA has reaffirmed acesulfame K&#8217;s safety on nine separate occasions by broadening its approval. A general use approval was granted by the FDA in December of 2003.<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), the scientific advisory body to the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, reviewed the available research on acesulfame K and concluded that it is safe. JECFA has also established an ADI of 15 mg\/kg of body weight.<\/p>\n<p>The Scientific Committee for Food of the European Union published a comprehensive assessment of sweetening agents in 1985. This committee of toxicological experts from the EU member countries accepted acesulfame K for use in foods and beverages. Acesulfame K has been used in Europe since 1983, and in the U.S. since 1988, with no known documented adverse health effects.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"jquery-toc\">Multiple Ingredient Approach\u00a0to Calorie Control<\/h2>\n<p>Americans continually are searching for good-tasting, low-calorie products to consume as part of an overall healthy lifestyle. Recent surveys continue to show that calorie-conscious consumers want additional low-calorie foods and beverages.<\/p>\n<p>The development and approval of a variety of safe low-calorie sweeteners, fat substitutes and other low-calorie ingredients is helping to meet this demand. The availability of several low-calorie ingredients allows food manufacturers to choose the most appropriate ingredient, or combination of ingredients, for a given product. When acesulfame K is combined with other low-calorie sweeteners, they enhance each other so that the combinations are sweeter than the sum of the individual sweeteners with significantly improved taste profiles.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"jquery-toc\">Future<\/h2>\n<p>Testing of acesulfame K has shown good performance in juices, fruit preparations and dairy products. It is also an excellent sweetener for use in baked goods, a market which has great potential for low-calorie sweeteners, and is well suited for use in toothpaste, mouthwashes and pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n<p>Acesulfame K&#8217;s good taste, stability and solubility make it suitable for numerous products. The availability of a variety of low-calorie sweeteners will expand the market to provide products with improved taste, increased stability, lower manufacturing costs, and, ultimately, more choices for the consumer.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acesulfamek.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.acesulfamek.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Register, Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., Vol. 53, No. 145, 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Register, Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., Vol. 57, No. 236, 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Register, Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., Vol. 63, No. 128, 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Hartl, Brigitte., &#8220;Influence of Sweetener Solutions on Insulin Secretion and Blood Glucose Level.&#8221; August Bier European Society for Ecology and Medicine, Medical School of Hanover. Vol. 40, No.4, Berlin 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Linke, H.A.B., &#8220;Sweeteners and Dental Health: The Influence of Sugar Substitutes on Oral Microorganism.&#8221; In: Developments in Sweeteners &#8211; 3. T.H. Grenby, ed., Elsevier Applied Science, London, 1987.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick, R.D. &#8220;Legal clearance anticipated for new non-calorie sweetener with high temperature stability.&#8221; Prepared Foods, No. 153, pg. 5, May 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Code of Federal Regulations, Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., Title 21, S. 172.800, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Report of the Scientific Committee for Food Concerning Sweeteners.&#8221; Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 1985.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Report on the Review of Sweeteners in Food,&#8221; Food Additives and Contaminants Committee of Great Britain. Her Majesty&#8217;s Stationery Office, London, 1982.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Toxicological Evaluation of Certain Food Additives,&#8221; World Health Organization. Food Additives Series 1981, No. 16, pp. 11-27, Geneva, 1981.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Toxicological Evaluation of Certain Food Additives,&#8221; World Health Organization. Food Additives Series 1983, No. 18, pp. 12-14, Geneva, 1983.<\/p>\n<p>von Rymon Lipinski, G.-W and Hanger, L.Y.., &#8220;Acesulfame-K.&#8221; In: Alternative Sweeteners, Third Edition. L. O&#8217;Brien Nabors, ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>von Rymon Lipinski, G.-W.,&#8221;The New Intense Sweetener Acesulfame-K.&#8221; Food Chemistry 16: 259-269, 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Ziesenitz, S.C. and Siebert, G., &#8220;Nonnutritive Sweeteners as Inhibitors of Acid Formation by Oral Microorganisms.&#8221; Caries Research 20: 498-502, 1986.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discovered in 1967 by Hoechst AG, acesulfame potassium (also known as acesulfame K) is a high-intensity, non-caloric sweetener. It is approximately 200 times sweeter than sucrose. 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