Table 1 Description of sweeteners
|
Sweetener Commercial products | Nutritive, kcal/g |
Sweetness intensity, relative to sucrose |
|---|---|---|
| Non-caloric | ||
|
Acesulfame-K [83–85] Sunett® | 0 | 200 |
|
Aspartame [83–86] Equal®, NutraSweet® | 4 | 180 |
| Cyclamate [83–85] | 0 | 30-50 |
|
Saccharin [83–85] Sweet'N Low®, Sugar Twin®, Hermesetas® | 0 | 300-500 |
|
Sucralose [83–85] Splenda®a | 0 | 600 |
| Sugar alcohol | ||
| Hydrogenated starch hydrolysate (HSH) [85] | ≤3 | 0.4-0.9 |
| Lycasin [87] | 2.4 | 0.75 |
| Maltitol [85] | 3 | 0.9 |
| Sorbitol [85, 86] | 2.6 | 0.6 |
| Saccharide | ||
| Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) [88] | 2 | 0.3-0.6 |
| Fructose [85, 86, 89] | 4 | 1-2 |
| Glucose [86, 89] | ≥ 4 | 0.5-1 |
|
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) [85, 89] Varieties: HFCS 55, HFCS 42, HFCS 90 | ≥ 4 | ~1 |
| Honey [90] | ≥ 4 | 1-1.5 |
|
Isomaltulose [88, 91] Palatinose | 4 | 0.5 |
| Maltose [86, 89] | ≥ 4 | 0.5 |
| Sucromalt [88] | 4 | 0.7 |
| Sucrose [86, 89] | 4 | 1 (reference) |
| Tagatose [83] | 1.5 | 0.9 |
| Trehalose [92] | 4 | 0.45 |