All About Sweeteners
The many benefits of low-calories sweeteners
Eat and drink with pleasure ... and sensibly. In our affluent society, hunger and thirst are often only secondary reasons for eating and drinking. Increasingly, we look for taste and enjoyment. Sweet foods have always been a temptation. Low-calorie sweeteners are the only means of giving food a sweet taste without increasing its calorie content. The ISA publication “The many benefits of low-calories sweeteners” gives a detailed introduction to the world of low-calorie sweeteners…more
Safety of low-calorie sweeteners
Before being authorised for use in food and drinks all low-calorie sweeteners come under rigorous scrutiny of national and international scientific expert committees. These independent bodies include the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and are responsible for evaluating the safety of low-calorie sweeteners that have been petitioned for use in a given market. Low-calorie sweeteners are among the most thoroughly tested food additives in use today …more
European regulation of low-calorie sweeteners
In the European Union, the harmonisation of legislation is a continuous process and the harmonisation of legislation on foodstuffs, and food additives in particular, is an exceptional achievement. Directive 94/35/EC, the so-called Sweeteners Directive, was adopted on June 30, 1994 and has been amended twice to keep pace with technological developments in the area of low-calorie sweeteners....more
Fact sheets on low-calorie sweeteners
The range of low-calorie sweeteners approved and authorised for use in the European Union includes acesulfame-K, aspartame, aspartame-acesulfame salt, cyclamate, neohesperidine DC, saccharin, sucralose and thaumatin. Read more about these low-calorie sweeteners in the ISA fact sheets…more