Aspartame-free sweeteners on the rise-Doehler MultiSweet~® Plus offers sweet alternatives with balanced sensory profiles!

摘要

Around 12,000 new products with "reduced-sugar" or "sugar-free" claims are introduced to the global food and beverages market every year, and this figure is set to rise even further. Although they are not harmful to health, some sweeteners such as aspartame and cyclamate receive a negative press and are only reluctantly accepted by consumers. Doehler offers innovative sweetening systems under its MultiSweet~® Plus brand, including a series of alternatives that allow aspartame and cyclamate to be replaced. One of these is advantame - a sweetener that has only recently been approved in Europe. Depending on the application, it is up to 20,000 times sweeter than sugar and 100 times sweeter than aspartame, as well as being characterised by a particularly balanced sweetness profile. In contrast to aspartame, products with advantame do not have to be labelled as a source of phenylalanine. This is particularly important for consumers suffering from the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria, who have to maintain a low- phenylalanine diet. The EFSA gave the go-ahead for the aspartame derivative back in July 2013.