Question

The artificial sweetener that has the highest sweetness value in comparison to cane sugar is :
A) Aspartame
B) Alitame
C) Sucralose
D) Saccharin

Answer 1

Hint: An artificial sweetener or sugar substitute is a chemical. It is added to some foods to make them taste sweet. It is made to taste like sugar or corn syrup. Usually it has a much lower energy value than sugar. It can be found in many products. To attempt this question, we must know about the artificial sweeteners and after that we will compare the sweetness value of different given sweeteners.

Complete answer:
An artificial sweetener or sugar substitute is a chemical. It is added to some foods to make them taste sweet. It is made to taste like sugar or corn syrup. Usually it has a much lower energy value than sugar. It can be found in many products. Artificial sweeteners were made for people who cannot eat sugar or who want to cut down on calories from sugary foods. Some people think that they are good because they do not cause cavities and may help them lose weight. Some examples of artificial sweetener are sugarcane, aspartame, saccharin and sucralose etc.
Alitame is the artificial sweetener that has the highest sweetness value in comparison to cane sugar. Alitame is about 2000 times sweeter than the cane sugar. It is stable at higher temperatures.

Hence, option (b) is correct.

Note: After many years of use, artificial sweeteners are still controversial. Some people think that they are good because they do not cause cavities and may help them lose weight and some people think that they are very harmful as they cause a variety of problems.