The artificial sweetner used only for cold food is

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  1. Alitame
  2. Sucralose
  3. Aspartame
  4. Saccharin

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Option 3 : Aspartame
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Aspartame is unstable at cooking temperature therefore limited to cold foods and soft drink only.

Concept :

   Artificial sweetener: as an alternative to sucrose, some artificial sweetener is used.

  • The diabetic patient can’t take sucrose, but this sweetener can be taken.
  • It does not take part in biochemical reactions in the body.
  • And also don’t produce calories in the body.
  • So these are called calorie-free sweeteners.

There are many artificial sweeteners, Major examples of artificial sweeteners are:

  1. Saccharin: it is one of the popular sweeteners. the chemical name of saccharine is ortho-sulphonamide. but nowadays its uses are restricted.
  2. Aspartame: it is produced from two amino acids – phenylalanine and aspartic acid. It is 200 times sweeter than sucrose. It is used in soft cold drinks.
  3. Alitame: it is 2000 times sweeter than that sugar.
  4. Sucralose: it is the trichloro derivative of sucrose. it is 600 times sweeter than sucrose.
  5. Cyclamate and succinic acid are used as artificial sweeteners.
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