Artificial Sweeteners: Types (and) Benefits
Chennai, Feb. 18 -- Overview
An artificial sweetener is a sugar substitute with fewer or no calories.
A food additive which has a similar taste like sugar and has fewer calories in comparison to sugar is called an artificial sweetener. Artificial sweeteners are also called sugar substitutes, non-nutritive sweeteners, no-calorie sweeteners, low-calorie sweeteners and the alternative sweeteners.
Some sugar substitutes are synthetic, and some are natural. High-intensity sweeteners are a class of artificial sweeteners, which are many times sweeter than the common table sugar or sucrose. Hence, a small amount of sweetener is required to sweeten food, and it contributes a negligible amount of calories. The Food and Beverage industries use ar...
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