ISA booklet `Low calorie sweeteners: Role and benefits` (September 2018)

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Author(s): ISA | Publication Year: 2018

Summary

For latest factual scientific information on low calorie sweeteners, their characteristics and the evidence supporting their beneficial contribution to a balanced diet and lifestyle, please download our recently published interactive booklet entitled ‘Low calorie sweeteners: Role and benefits – A guide to the science of low calorie sweeteners’.

This resource contains information on:

• The main characteristics of low calorie sweeteners
• The safety, approval process and regulation of low calorie sweeteners
• The use of low calorie sweeteners in foods and drinks and their role in reformulation and in sugar reduction
• The effect of low calorie sweeteners on reducing energy intake and on weight management
• The impact of low calorie sweeteners on glucose control and therefore their role in the diet of people with diabetes
• How low calorie sweeteners affect oral and dental health
• The role of sweet taste in the human diet
• How low calorie sweeteners can be part of a healthy diet

‘Low Calorie Sweeteners: Role and Benefits’ is based on science, with references and contributions from internationally recognised experts.

The ISA booklet is now also available in Hebrew. Please click here to read this version or to download a copy.