Types of sweeteners
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Last Update: 2017-10-13
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Author: User
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Introduction: there are many kinds of sweeteners Do you know what they are? Now our editor will introduce it to you Sweeteners refer to the food additives that give sweetness to food What are the types of sweeteners? There are about 20 kinds of sweeteners allowed in the world at present Sweeteners can be classified into natural sweeteners and artificial sweeteners according to their sources, nutritional sweeteners and non nutritional sweeteners according to their nutritional value, and sugar and non sugar sweeteners according to their chemical structure and properties Sugar sweeteners include glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, starch sugar, lactose and other sugar substances Although they are also natural sweeteners, they are not used as food additives in China because they are eaten for a long time and are important nutrients Nutritive sweetener refers to a sweetener whose calorific value is more than 2% of that of sucrose when its sweetness is the same as that of sucrose Non nutritive sweeteners are defined as those whose calorific value is less than 2% of the calorific value of sucrose Non sugar sweeteners are also called natural sweeteners Natural non nutritional sweeteners are getting more and more attention, which is the development trend of sweeteners Who points out that diabetes patients have reached more than 50 million, and more than a quarter of Americans require low calorie food Among the sucrose substitutes, aspartame is mainly used in the United States, more than 90%, stevia is mainly used in Japan, and AK sugar (Acesulfame) is more interested in Europe These three non nutritive sweeteners can be used in China We must pay attention to our health Now our country's life is getting better and better With the food safety detector, we can detect whether the food we eat is healthy, so that we can safely eat it, and then meet food safety knowledge like food sweetener safety , you can pay attention to our safety net, our editor will explain it patiently for you Editor in charge: he xianrob
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