Sweeteners

Choose the correct definition of nutritive sweetener

• Does not provide energy

• Stevia is an example of NS

• Nutritive sweetener can be artificially synthesize

• Sucrose and Honey are example of NS

Choose is the incorrect statement about sugar alcohols.

• Classified under nutritive sweetener

• Provide energy 2X greater than dextrose

• Examples: sorbitol and mannitol

• Less sweet and less calories

Roles of sugars are...............

(more than one answers is possibile)

• Provide colour

• As bulking agent

• Increase emulsification property

• As preservative

Xylotol ....

(more than one answer is possible)

• is a polyols

• 4x sweeter than glucose

• Has fewer calories

Choose the correct examples of non-nutritive sweetener
(more than one answer is possible)

• Stevia

• Sorbitol

• Sucralose

• Sucrose

Which sweetener must be labeled properly on the nutritive labelling?

• Sucralose

• Aspartame

• Acesulfame-K

• Stevia

Choose the correct statement about Aspartame (E951)
(More than 1 answer is possible)

• Is made up of dipeptide (phenylalanine + glutamic acid)

• Famously used in soft drinks

• Unstable under acid conditions

• Has a clean, sweet taste similar to sucrose

Stevia ....

• provide calories

• 300X sweeter than sugar

• extracted from plant protein

• Safe foe diabetic people