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By:
Luis Trujano
Anh Tran
Luis Vargas
• Sugar-free agents are synthetic compounds that
have sweet taste similar to that of natural sugar.
However, they are usually sweeter than regular
sugar.
• Some do not provide any energy at all; however,
some provide only a small amount of energy after
being consumed.
• They have different names, including: sugar
substitutes, sugar sweeteners, artificial
sweeteners, etc. Sometimes, these names show
the level of sweetness of sugar.
• Seven main types of Sugar substitutes:
1. Acesulfame-K
2. Aspartame
3. Neotame
4. Saccharin
5. Stevia (“Sweet Honey Leaf”)
6. Sucralose
7. Sugar Alcohols
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Lose weight
Dental Care
Reduce blood sugar levels
Reduce calories
Prevent people from having diabetes
• Brain Cancers
• Bladder Cancers
• Gain Weight- because people feel like they
have not had enough sugar
• Heart disease
• Increase blood sugar levels
• Characteristics:
1. a calorie-free sweetener
2. 200 times sweeter than sugar
3. Made from the combination of acetoacetic
acid, an organic intermediate, with the
naturally occurring mineral, potassium
4. It’s a highly stable, crystalline sweetener
5. Safe if it is used in a small amount
• Uses:
1. Serves mostly as an ingredient in foods in the United
States
2. Foods that contain acesulfame potassium: candy,
tabletop sweeteners, chewing gums, beverages,
dessert and dairy product mixes, baked goods,
alcoholic beverages, syrups, refrigerated and frozen
desserts, and sweet sauces and toppings
3. Used in sweetener blends to produce a more sugarlike taste in a food or beverage with less calories
Chewing Gums
Baked Goods
• Happens only when used in large amounts or for
long terms.
• Causes:
1. Headache
2. Gastrointestinal upset
3. Nausea
4. Mental Confusion
5. Liver Cancer
6. kidney Cancer
7. Visual disturbances
• Characteristics:
1. 200 times sweeter than sugar
2. low-calorie sweetener
3. aspartame's taste is very similar to the taste
of sugar
4. Has ability to intensify and extend fruit
flavors
5. Breakdown rapidly
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• Uses:
1. Used to make soft drinks taste sweeter
2. Beverages and foods contain Aspartame: soft
drink, coca cola, chewing gums, etc
3. Used in sweetener blends to produce a more
sugar-like taste in a food or beverage
• It is considered to be one kind of carcinogen.
• Causes:
1. Brain Cancer
2. Headaches (some severe)
3. Dizziness
4. Confusion
5. Memory loss
6. Both severe drowsiness and sleepiness
Products containing Asparatame
Negative Effects
Products containing Asparatame
• Characteristics:
1. 7,000 and 13,000 times sweeter than sugar
2. Does not appear to accumulate in the body
after being consumed
3. Breakdown rapidly
4. Stable at high temperature
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• Uses:
1. Serves both as an ingredient in foods and in
beverages.
2. Foods and beverages that contain Neotame:
coffee candies, chewing gums, beverages,
dessert and dairy product mixes, baked
goods, alcoholic beverages, syrups,
refrigerated and frozen desserts, sweet
sauces and toppings, and cereals.
• Causes:
1. Gain Weight because it made people addicted to
it. Even though they use small amount but it
made them kept using it again and again.
2. Increase Calories level (if overuse)
3. Damage endocrine system and nervous systemhuman body fails to respond to hormones sent
from these systems.
1. Reduce calorie intake (zero-calorie
sweetener)
2. Dental care
3. Increase great flavors for foods and
beverages
4. Save money
5. Important for people who have diabetes
• Characteristics:
1. Provide no energy
2. Unstable when heated
3. 500 times sweeter than cane sugar
4. Has bitter and metallic taste
5. White crystalline powder
6. Calorie free sweetener
7. Rapidly breakdown
8. Does not accumulate in your body
1. Serves both as an ingredient in foods and in
beverages.
2. Foods and beverages contain Sacharrin: soft
drinks, tabletop sweeteners, baked goods,
jams, chewing gum, canned fruit, candy,
dessert toppings and salad dressings
3. Also used in pharmaceuticals.
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4. Important for people who have diabetes
5. Reduce dental cavities
6. Reduce weights
7. Low cost
• Very toxic
• Causes (if overuse):
1. Bladder distention
2. Bladder cancer
3. Urine osmolality
4. Increase of insulin- signals health problemincrease level of glucose in blood cells
• Characteristics:
1. Made from leaves of Stevia flower, in South
America
2. Calorie free sweetener
3. 300 times of sweetness of sugar
4. Available in health food stores
1. Reduces blood pressures (if use only 7501500 mg per day)
2. Reduce blood sugar levels
3. Reduce obesity
4. Important for people who have diabetes
• Causes:
1. Dizziness
2. Bloating and Nausea
3. Mild muscle pains
4. Numbness
5. Prevent pregnancies
6. Carcinogens
• Characteristics:
1. 600 times as sweet as sucrose
2. Does not break down in body
3. Calorie free sweetener
4. Stable under heat
5. Suitable over a broad range of pH conditions
6. Decompose into other substances at
temperature above 119 °C or 246 °F
7. Safe for consumption by diabetics
1. Used to make soft drinks taste sweeter
2. Beverages and foods that contain Sucralose:
candy, breakfast bars and soft drinks
3. Used in sweetener blends to produce a more
sugar-like taste in a food or beverage
4. Reduce dental cavities
5. Reduce weights
6. Does not affect insulin levels
7. Serves as energy storage
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Very Toxic if overused.
Causes:
Brain Cancers
Bladder Cancers
Make people gain weight
Liver Cancers
• Characteristics:
1. Extracted from plants’ leaves, such as
seaweed
2. Not Calorie free
3. Very harmful for health
4. Provide about half the calories of sugar.
5. Body has difficulty breaking down these
compounds.
• Foods and products containing sugar alcohols:
1. Chocolates
2. Coffee
3. Star Brites Fruity Candies
4. Chewing gums.
5. Alcohol (beers, whines, etc)
• Important for people who have diabetes only if
they use half of the grams of alcohol sugars
• Reduce dental cavities
• Very harmful even a in small doses
• They are slowly and incompletely absorbed
from intestine into the blood
• Overconsumption causes individual feel
discomfort. It also produces abdominal gas.
• Causes:
1. Gastrointestinal (GI) disturbances
2. Laxative effects
3. Heartburn
4. Diarrhea
5. Nausea and Vomiting
• Overall, sugar-free agents are diverse. They have
different effects in our lives. In general, they
share common characteristics and effects such as
reducing weights, reduce dental cavities , and low
caloric sweeteners.
• The most important thing we need to remember
is not to make use of these synthetic compounds
because overconsumption could bring back some
adverse and detrimental effects for our lives.
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