Question

From the following substances, which carbohydrates have the maximum sweetness?
(A) Sucralose
(B) Saccharin
(C) Aspartame
(D) Alitame

Answer 1

Hint: The question can be dealt only if we know the sweetness of above mentioned products. For example, aspartame is one hundred and eighty times sweeter than sucrose. Similarly, we should know some specific data for commonly used sweeteners.

Complete step by step answer:
Taking Sucrose as the base, the sweetness of other products is calculated. We can understand this from following table

Serial number	Name of the product	Sweetness
!.	Sucrose	1
2.	Sucralose	600
3.	Saccharin	400
4.	Aspartame	180
5.	Alitame	2000

From the table, we see that when we compare sweeteners like sucralose, saccharin and others with sucrose, sweetness increases in the order aspartame, followed by saccharin, then sucralose and is maximum for alitame.
So, option D. Alitame is the correct answer to the given question.
Additional Information:
Definition of Artificial Sweetener:
These are the substances used as sugar substitute to get a sweet taste like sugar. Generally, these are considered as zero calorie or low calorie sweeteners. Examples of artificial sweeteners are Aspartame, sucralose and many others. Another example is Saccharin. The chemical name of Saccharin is o- Sulfobenzoimido.

Note:
The artificial sweeteners (as mentioned above) have side effects. It may cause indigestion, obesity. People taking artificial sweeteners are prone to high risk of type 2 diabetes, hypertension and heart diseases. It is said that aspartame causes severe problems from headache to cancer.