Acesulfame Potassium

Acesulfame Potassium is a calorie-free sweetener that is 200 times sweeter than sugar. The sweetener is used in a wide variety of foods in the United States.

Contents

• Uses
• Benefits
• Cautions
• Interactions
• Other names
• References

Uses

• Acesulfame potassium offers consumers a greater choice of low-calorie or reduced-sugar foods that can help them manage their calorie intake. Acesulfame potassium can be used in baking because it is stable, retaining its sweetness at normal baking temperatures. The sweetener, which can be used alone, often is blended with other low-calorie sweeteners to produce a more sugar-like taste than that of any of the low-calorie sweeteners alone.

Benefits

• Acesulfame Potassium is a high-intensity sweetener that is 200 times sweeter than sugar.
• Acesulfame Potassium has a clean, sweet taste with a fast onset and no lingering aftertaste.
• Acesulfame Potassium is calorie-free and suitable for diabetics.
• Acesulfame Potassium is not metabolized by the body but is excreted unchanged.
• Acesulfame Potassium does not promote tooth decay.
• Acesulfame Potassium is sodium-free.
• Acesulfame Potassium has rapid solubility.
• Acesulfame Potassium is heat stable and can be used in cooking and baking.
• Acesulfame Potassium is pH stable.
• Acesulfame Potassium has a long shelf life.
• Acesulfame Potassium can provide a synergistic sweetening effect when combined with caloric and non-caloric sweeteners (more sugar-like sweetness profile than single sweeteners).
• Acesulfame Potassium shortens the lingering sweetness of sucralose and aspartame.
• Acesulfame Potassium enhances and intensifies flavors.
• Acesulfame Potassium is approved for use in foods, beverages and pharmaceutical products in over 100 countries around the world.
• Acesulfame Potassium is safe for the general population.  Over 90 scientific studies have demonstrated the safety of Acesulfame Potassium.

Cautions

Acesulfame potassium is safe and suitable for all segments of the population. The FDA, which is the governmental agency responsible for ensuring the safety of all foods, has approved acesulfame potassium for use in numerous food products on eight separate occasions since 1988. The agency based its decisions on a large body of scientific evidence that demonstrates the safety of the ingredient.

Interactions

• No information has been found about Acesulfame Potassium Interactions

Other names

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References

Source:

Nutrition Express, http://www.nutritionexpress.com/article+index/vitamins+supplements+a-z/showarticle.aspx?id=120

Acesulfamek.org, http://www.acesulfamek.org/benefits.html