e962 Salt Of Aspartame-Acesulfame

Synthetic food additive with sweetening and flavor enhancing role. It is obtained by chemical processes from a mixturse of aspartame and acesulfame K in a 2:1 ratio. This way, the resulting compouns is more stable at high temperatures compared to aspartame, with a sweetening power of 350 bigger than sugar, from which potassium is eliminated (from acesulfame). It is used in a wide range of products, like acesulfame K or aspartame ( E950 and E951), the quantities added in foods being calculated as equivalent, either by aspartame or aceulsfame K. The new additive, entered the European market in 2003, manages to eliminate some of the inconveniences of both its components, without bringing any particular advantages to the consumers. Until 2005, this additive was not allowed in Romania, being introduced in order to align with European legislation.

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e953 Isomalt
Food additive with multiple functions. It is a natural product with anti-caking, thickening, emulsifying, glazing role and is a substance-support for other additives and sweeteners. Due to its high temperature stability, this sweetener is successfully used in heat-treated…
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e955 Sucralose
Food additive with sweetening role, obtained by chemical processes from regular sugar, being 600 times sweeter than sugar, very stable at any pH and at high temperatures, as well as over time, thus allowing its use in a…
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e957 Thaumatin
Food additive with flavor enhancing and sweetening role. It is a natural product, obtained from the katemfe’s fruit seed husks of the Thaumatococcus daniellii shrub that grows in West Africa. As a sweetener, thaumatin is 2000 times sweeter…
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