Features

• Technical Qualities
• Admixture Potential
• Applications
• Availability
• Shelf Life
• General Cost/Efficiency
• Effect on Metabolism
• Possible Carcinogenicity and Other Toxicity
• and More!

Alternative Sweeteners - Third Edition brings together current research results on sweeteners with the successful and proven standards of the previous editions. It also surveys the extensive field of sucrose alternatives-detailing the essential scientific information, technical applications, and regulatory ratings for a wide array of sweeteners.

Contents

1. Alternative Sweeteners: An Overview

   Part I: Low Calorie Sweeteners

2. Acesulfame K
3. Alitame
4. Aspartame
5. Cyclamate
6. Neohesperidin Dihydrochalcone
7. Tagatose
8. Neotame
9. Saccharin
10. Stevioside
11. Sucralose
12. Less Common High-Potency Sweeteners

    Part II: Reduced Calorie Sweeteners

13. Erythritol
14. Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysates and Maltitol Syrups
15. Isomalt
16. Maltitol
17. Lactitol: A New Reduced-Calorie Sweetener
18. Sorbitol and Mannitol
19. Xylitol

    Part III: Caloric Alternatives

20. Crystalline Fructose
21. High Fructose Corn Syrup
22. Isomaltulose
23. Trehalose

    Part IV: Multiple Ingredient Approach

24. Mixed Sweetener Functionality
25. Aspartame-Acesulfame: Twinsweet
26. Polydextrose
27. Other Low-Calorie Ingredients: Fat and Oil Replacers

Appendices
Index

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