Food and drinks loaded with added sugars are cheap, tasty, and everywhere. Yet evidence suggests that a diet that gets
a large percentage of calories from added sugars is associated with metabolic disorders that lead to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. In the US, public health advocates have struggled to enact policies targeting sugar-sweetened products. They will get a hand from a new Nutrition Facts label rolling out from year 2020 that displays the amount of added sugars on food packages and is intended to help consumers limit added sugars to 10% of total calories. In anticipation of the label, C&EN explores some of the sweet molecules that ingredient firms are offering to food industry customers newly motivated to cut sugar levels.

Choosing sweeteners

The type of food or beverage, as well as customer preferences, dictate the best route to sweetness.

1. Sucrose(Table Sugar)

Calories per gram: 4

Cost: $0.68 per kilogram

Source: Natural

2. Acesulfame potassium (Ace-k)
Caloriess per gram: 0
Sweetness compared with sugar: 200 times as sweet
Cost: $5-$10 per kilogram
Source: Synthetic

3. Sucralose
Calories per gram: 0
Sweetness compared with sugar: 600 times as sweet
Cost:$30-40 per Kilogram
Source: Synthetic

4. Erythritol
Calories per gram: 0.24
Sweetness compared with Sugar: 70% as sweet
Cost: $4-5 per kilogram
Source: Natural

5. Rebaudioside M
Calories per gram: 0
Sweetness compared with sugar: 208 times as sweet
Cost: $ 450 per kilogram
Source: Natura

6. Allulose
Calories per gram: 0.4
Sweetness compared with sugar: 70% as sweet
Cost: $ 7 per kilogram
Source: Natural

If you have interest, pls contact Qingdao Healthchem Biotech Co., Ltd. Email: sales@healthchembio.com

You can read more: https://cen.acs.org/business/specialty-chemicals/sugar-wars-change-food-label/97/i41