Quiz on Low-Calorie Sweeteners

What are low-calorie sweeteners primarily characterized as?

• Nutritive substances

• Non-nutritive substances

• Artificial flavors

• Natural sugars

Which of the following sweeteners is about 300 times sweeter than sucrose?

• Aspartame

• Cyclamate

• Acesulfame K

• Saccharin

What is the primary reason for the ban of cyclamate in the USA?

• It is too sweet

• It has a bitter aftertaste

• It is not heat stable

• It can cause bladder cancer

Which sweetener is noted for its instability under acid conditions?

• Cyclamate

• Aspartame

• Neotame

• Alitame

Cyclamate is sweeter than acesulfame K.

• True

• False

Which of the following sweeteners is synthesized from L-aspartic acid and d-alanine?

• Acesulfame K

• Cyclamate

• Alitame

• Saccharin

Neotame has higher stability than aspartame.

• True

• False

Which sweetener is especially useful when blended with other low-calorie sweeteners?

• Saccharin

• Acesulfame K

• Cyclamate

• Aspartame

Which of the following sweeteners has been delisted as a human carcinogen in the United States?

• Cyclamate

• Aspartame

• Saccharin

• Neotame

Which is the sweetest?

• Alitame

• Aspartame

• Neotame