What are artificial or non-nutritive sweeteners?
Artificial or non-nutritive sweeteners are sweeteners that do not provide any carbohydrate or calories per serving. There are four main non-nutritive sweeteners: • Saccharin – Sold as Sweet n Low® (pink packet) or as Sugar Twin® (a brown sugar substitute), this sweetener is very stable for baking, but it does have a noticeable aftertaste when used in large quantities. • Aspartame – Sold as NutraSweet® (blue packet), has little aftertaste but becomes unstable at high temperatures so it is not appropriate for baking or cooking. • Acesulfame potassium – Sold as Sweet One® or Swiss Sweet®, it has less of an aftertaste than saccharin and it is more stable when heated than aspartame. This sweetener, however, it is not available in all markets. • Sucralose – With the trade name of Splenda® (yellow packet), it is an artificial sweetener that is made from sugar with certain chemical changes. It has the same volume and taste as sugar and it is stable to heat. Using large amounts of Splenda® will
