Sweetener informations

Usually said sweetener is refers to the sugar alcohols sweetener, the sugar natural sweeteners and synthetic sweetener 3 kinds. Sugar alcohols sweetener is much by synthetic, sugar alcohol than the sweetness of sucrose low, but some and sucrose quite. Main varieties: a pear sugar polyol, mannose alcohol, maltitol syrup, xylitol, etc. At present application more is xylitol dehydroacetate, sugar and maltitol.
Because sugar alcohols sweetener calorific value is lower and the and glucose have different metabolic process, so have some special purpose. Such as sugar alcohol can through the insulin mechanism into the fructose metabolic pathway, the experiment proved it won’t cause glucose levels, so is the ideal of diabetes sweeteners. The sugar food additives including natural sweetener and synthetic sweetener, general sweetness is very high, dosage is few, calorific value is small, and some don’t participate in metabolic process, often called the high sweetness sweetener, of nonnutritive or low heat value sweetener, is the important sweeteners varieties. The sugar natural sweeteners mainly products are: sweet chrysanthemum sugar, liquorice, glycyrrhizic acid two sodium, glycyrrhizic acid sodium (k), three bamboo taro, sweet grain, etc. At present application more is a nucleoside glycyrrhizic acid and sweet chrysanthemum). The former such as two glycyrrhizic acid sodium, for 200 times as much as the sweetness of sucrose; The latter pure sweetness is about 300 times as much as the sucrose, Calcium acetate anhydrous because its not absorbed by human body, no heat, is suitable for obesity, diabetes patients sweeteners.
Because of the safety of saccharin dispute, people to replace the saccharine sweetener, especially the development of natural sweeteners interest. For example, Calcium acetate hydrate China’s herbal and Africa bamboo taro, sweet grain, etc, have to be further development and utilization of the ideal sweetener should have the following features: (1) high safety; (2) good taste; (3) the higher stability; (4) the good water-soluble; (5) lower prices.